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Biden calls India's Modi, pledging assistance amid dire coronavirus outbreak
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden spoke to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, pledging U.S. assistance after growing pressure on Washington to ...
Conor Finnegan and Sarah Kolinovsky, ABC News Apr 26, 2021

Hong Kong and Singapore to open quarantine-free travel bubble
RyanFletcher/iStock(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong and Singapore have agreed to launch a travel bubble from May 26. If all goes to plan, the long-delayed scheme will allow travelers to fly between two of Asi...
Britt Clennett, ABC News Apr 26, 2021

US deploying vaccine materials, PPE to India amid COVID crisis
KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The United States is "immediately" stepping up efforts to assist India as the country battles record COVID-19 cases and deaths, overwhelming hospitals and is leading its...
Justin Gomez, ABC News Apr 26, 2021

Pink moon is first supermoon of 2021: When to see it
oversnap/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The moon will be a little "pink" Monday night. The first supermoon of the year will arrive around 11:33 p.m. ET, according to the Farmers' Almanac. The full moon will be a...
Ivan Pereira, ABC News Apr 26, 2021

Dozens of patients killed in catastrophic hospital fire in Iraq
200mm/iStock(LONDON) - A catastrophic fire in a hospital in Iraq has killed dozens of patients who were being treated there. At least 82 patients have been killed in the massive fire at the Ibn Al-Kha...
Jon Haworth, ABC News Apr 25, 2021

Paul Rusesabagina was called a hero after 'Hotel Rwanda,' now he's accused of terrorism
Courtesy Anaise Kanimba(LONDON) - Paul Rusesabagina thought he was heading to Burundi when he boarded an airplane in the United Arab Emirates on the night of Aug. 27, 2020. But the 66-year-old former ...
Morgan Winsor, ABC News Apr 25, 2021

Biden makes history by declaring killings of Armenians a 'genocide'
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden formally recognized the Ottoman Empire's killing and deportation of Armenians over a century ago as a genocide, breaking f...
Ben Gittleson and Conor Finnegan, ABC News Apr 24, 2021

Italy's airline industry workers protest potential layoffs
AlxeyPnferov/iStock(ROME) -- Commercial airline workers in Italy hoped to save flight industry jobs this week, protesting possible layoffs. Hundreds of employees of Italy's top carrier Alitalia were a...
Carmen Cox, ABC News Apr 24, 2021

Missing Indonesian submarine sank, Navy officials say
yorkfoto/iStock(HONG KONG) -- The missing Indonesia submarine with 53 sailors on board has been officially declared "sunk" by the country's military chief hours after the remaining oxygen supply was b...
Karson Yiu, ABC News Apr 24, 2021

Biden to make first overseas trip to UK, Belgium in June
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will make his first overseas trip as president in June, traveling to the United Kingdom and Belgium to participate in the ...
Molly Nagle and Michelle Stoddart, ABC News Apr 23, 2021
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