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Health authorities are trying to determine whether heart inflammation could be a rare side effect in teens and young adults after the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Russia may start trials on a COVID-19 vaccine combining its Sputnik V vaccine and various Chinese shots in Arab countries

President Joe Bident bans U.S. entities from investing in dozens of Chinese companies with alleged ties to defense or surveillance technology sectors.

U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of nine people who might provide vital clues into whether COVID-19 first emerged of … Read More

Britain’s medicines regulator said on Friday it had approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for use on 12- to 15-year-olds

Iran’s supreme leader urged voters to turn out for this month’s presidential election, warning that staying away would mean doing the work of the “enemies of Islam”.

A long-running campaign by Jewish settlers to evict dozens of Palestinian families in east Jerusalem is still underway, even after it fueled weeks of unrest and helped ignite an 11-day … Read More

The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog told the U.N. Security Council that its experts concluded 17 cases chemical weapons were likely or definitely used by Syria

Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab wrote to the United Nations to request assistance in financing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, following the court’s recent disclosure of severe financial difficulties, the … Read More

The Lebanese pound dropped for a third day in a row Friday, trading at LL13,450 against the dollar on the black market.