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Pope Francis has said he is determined to visit the war-torn country. But some worry that the visit will become a superspreader event in a land where the virus still rages.

Byeon Hee-su, who was declared unfit to serve last year after her gender-reassignment surgery, had sued to be reinstated.

Germany’s AfD under surveillance.

Requiring higher-level approval is a stopgap measure as officials review whether to tighten Trump-era targeting rules and civilian safeguards.

Alek Minassian, who used a rental van to kill 10 people and badly injure 16 on a busy sidewalk in Toronto in 2018, was found guilty of murder and attempted murder on Wednesday.

Amid a debate about Israel’s duty to supply vaccines to Palestinians living under occupation, Palestinian leaders are facing criticism for siphoning off some of the few vaccines already delivered to the occupied West Bank.

Several times in recent years, migrants trying to cross between Djibouti and Yemen have been thrown into the sea.

The police are investigating the attack for potential “terrorist motives.”

Rishi Sunak, Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer, said the country would extend economic recovery measures and announced plans to raise taxes once the pandemic ends.