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The chair of the Boston School Committee resigned Monday amid criticism of racially charged texts she shared with another member of the committee disparaging families of students, city officials announced Tuesday.

Peruvians on Tuesday were still waiting to learn who will become their president next month as votes from Sundays runoff election continued to be counted and the tiny difference between the two polarizing populist candidates narrowed.

Europe's drug regulator said on Tuesday it expects to give a verdict on the use of Moderna Inc's COVID19 vaccine in 12 to 17year olds next month, following an application by the drugmaker.

Gudkov was detained at his country house last week in connection with an investigation into money allegedly owed to the city for rental of office space.

Netanyahu made his sweeping accusation at a time when Israel's domestic security chief has warned publicly about the prospect of political violence.

The move would let companies take their own decision on whom they want to sell their vaccines.

Dutch ambassador Marten van den Berg also said they are working closely with Serum Institute of India towards vaccine research.

It is the third instance in the last month in which a news media organization has disclosed that federal authorities seized the records of its journalists in an effort to identify sources for national security stories published during President Donald Tru...

The scheme is trying to get enough vaccines for 30 percent of the population in 92 of the poorest territories taking part -- 20 percent in India -- with donors covering the cost.

The MV X-Press Pearl, carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics, burned for 13 days within sight of the island's coast before rescue workers finally managed to extinguish the blaze on Tuesday.

The trial of Chinese-born Australian Yang Jun began behind closed doors Thursday, but the court decided to delay a verdict and a sentence.

The report predicts that Lebanon's economy will shrink by close to 10 percent in 2021 and stresses there is 'no clear turning point in the horizon'.

Authorities are moving to sue the owners of the vessel and its crew and claim damages from insurers.

Bennett has had a long and often rocky relationship with Netanyahu, working between 2006 and 2008 as a senior aide to the then-opposition leader before leaving on reported bad terms.

North Korea's state media on Monday criticised the recent termination of a pact between the United States and South Korea that capped the development of South Korea's ballistic missiles, calling it a sign of Washington's "shameful doubledealing."

Qatar's public prosecution has charged a Kenyan man who has written about migrant rights in the Gulf Arab state with receiving payment to spread disinformation, the government's communication office (GCO) said on Saturday.