Joe Hernandez
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Health
WHO member states will work on a global agreement to deal with future pandemics
The coronavirus outbreak exposed flaws in the global health system but also showed a willingness among countries to work together, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO's director-general, says.
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Business
The U.N. predicts that 2021 global tourism losses will barely improve over last year
The recent emergence of the highly transmissible omicron variant presents another potential hurdle as the tourism industry prepares for the upcoming winter holiday season.
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Science
Conservationists flew 30 white rhinos to Rwanda in a huge operation to protect them
The roughly 2,000-mile journey took the rhinos to their new home in Akagera National Park, where advocates hope the animals will be able to establish a new breeding stronghold and evade poachers.
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Health
African leaders condemn travel restrictions as omicron variant spreads globally
African nations are bristling at the restrictions imposed on them by rich countries — and say they are harmful to local economies and discriminate against countries in the region.
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National
80 people stormed a California Nordstrom store and stole merchandise
Police in Walnut Creek said they arrested three people in connection with the incident at the luxury department store, including one person allegedly in possession of a gun.
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National
COVID in the U.S. update: Disney's vaccine mandate, boosters, a startling death toll
Disney has paused its vaccine mandate for Walt Disney World employees after a new Florida law barring workplace vaccine mandates. Meanwhile, new discussion on the definition of "fully vaccinated."
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National
Ann Arbor, Mich., will require all public restrooms to carry menstrual products
Some U.S. states and cities make menstrual products available for free at certain locations, but the Michigan city says it's the first jurisdiction to require them in all public restrooms.
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Science
How you can see the nearly total lunar eclipse Friday morning
It will be the second and final eclipse of the year. West Coast night owls and East Coast early risers could catch the peak of the cosmic event.
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Science
An Australian zoo acquires a venomous, fanged 'megaspider' and is searching for more
The Australian Reptile Park wants to find the anonymous donor of the megaspider, which may lead them to an area with more unusually large arachnids that could boost the zoo's antivenom program.
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National
Heavy rains bring flooding and mudslides to the Pacific Northwest and Canada
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a severe weather state of emergency for 14 counties in the western part of the state. Oregon and British Columbia also saw extreme flooding and high winds.