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Myanmar’s military is charging families $85 to retrieve bodies of relatives killed in crackdown

Myanmar’s military is charging families $85 to retrieve the bodies of relatives killed by security forces in a bloody crackdown on Friday, according to activists. At least 82 people were killed Friday in Bago, 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of Yangon, after the city was “raided” by the military’s security forces, said advocacy group Assistance

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As vaccinations keep rising, so do Covid-19 hospitalizations among those who aren’t vaccinated

First, the good news: The United States reported a record-high 4.6 million doses of vaccines administered in one day, according to data published Saturday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Amazing Saturday! +4.63M doses administered over total yesterday, a new record,” tweeted Dr. Cyrus Shahpar, the White House Covid-19 data director. “More than

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Incident at Iran’s Natanz facility a ‘terrorist action,’ nuclear chief says

Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization condemned an incident at the Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday, calling it a “terrorist action,” according to the Iranian telegram channel of the Revolution Guard Corps, or IRGC. Akbar Salehi, chief of the organization, said, “Today’s attack demonstrates that the enemies of Iran’s progress and advancement in nuclear science, as well

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