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This handout photo taken on January 13, 2021 and released by Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) shows rescuers searching for victims after landslides killed at least 21 people and scores more were missing in Sumedang, West Java province. (Photo by HANDOUT / Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) / AFP) / Indonesian rescuers dug through mud Wednesday as they scrambled to find survivors from weekend landslides caused by torrential rains, as the death toll rose to 21 and 19 others were listed as missing. A landslide struck the village of Sumedang in West Java Saturday night, followed…

People walk at Shinagawa station in Tokyo on January 13, 2021 as the country expanded the Covid-19 coronavirus state of emergency to seven more regions and tightened border restrictions. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency on Wednesday to seven more regions — including Osaka and Kyoto — and also tightened border restrictions as infections surge nationwide. The expansion means that from Thursday, 11 of the country’s 47 prefectures will be under the state of emergency — accounting for about 60 percent of its GDP. While the country’s outbreak remains comparatively small, with around…

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 20, 2017, Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th US President in front of the Capitol in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Timothy A. CLARY / AFP) Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday temporarily suspended President Donald Trump’s channel and removed a video for violating its policy against inciting violence, joining other social media platforms in banning his accounts after last week’s Capitol riot. Trump’s access to the social media platforms he has used as a megaphone during his presidency has been largely cut off since a violent mob of his supporters stormed the…

(FILES) In this file photo US President Donald Trump stands on stage with philanthropist Chief Executive Officer of Las Vegas Sands Sheldon Adelson (L) ahead of his address to the Israeli American Council National Summit 2019 at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida on December 7, 2019. – Billionaire casino magnate and Republican donor Sheldon Adelson has died, according to a statement on January 12, 2021, from the Las Vegas Sands company. Adelson, a supporter of outgoing President Donald Trump, was 87.” Our founder and visionary leader, Sheldon G. Adelson, passed away last night at the age of 87…

Facebook PHOTO: Shutterstock Para Ef/La Nacion, Zuma<br />Facebook does not intend to lift the suspension on outgoing President Donald Trump, the platform’s second in command Sheryl Sandberg said Monday. “Our ban is indefinite. We have said at least through the transition. But we have no plans to lift it,” Facebook’s chief operating officer said at an online forum organized by Reuters. The social network last week suspended Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the aftermath the violent invasion of the US Capitol by a mob of his supporters, which disrupted the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory. Twitter went…

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 29, 2020 Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn attends a press conference with the President of Lebanon’s University of Kaslik (USEK), in the northern city of Jounieh. – The visit planned to Lebanon by a French judicial security mission to question former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has been postponed. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) A meeting between fugitive ex-auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn and French judicial investigators in Beirut, initially set for next week, will be postponed because of a fresh virus lockdown, Ghosn’s defence team told AFP on Tuesday. “By…

Police Line PHOTO: kali9 / Getty Images Clashes between gunmen and security forces left 10 people dead on Monday in a region of Mexico wracked by cartel-related violence, authorities said. A police officer was among those killed after gunmen in several vehicles opened fire on security forces in the central state of Guanajuato, according to an official statement. Eight alleged assailants were reported dead after police fought off the attack, along with one person described as a civilian. Guanajuato has been shaken by a deadly turf war between rival cartels Jalisco New Generation and Santa Rosa de Lima. The state’s…

(FILES) In this file photo US President Donald Trump waves as he leaves the U.S. Women’s Open round three on July 15, 2017 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. – As much as President Donald Trump loves golf, leaders of the sport are racing away from the embattled US leader for what they say is the good of the game.<br />The PGA of America stripped the 2022 PGA Championship from Trump National at Bedminster, New Jersey, on January 10, days after Trump supporters attacked the US Capitol. (Photo by ELSA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)…

FILES) In this file photo taken on March 25, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said January 11, 2021 he was placing Cuba back on a blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism, a last-minute roadblock to efforts by President-elect Joe Biden’s to ease tensions. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFPPresident Donald Trump’s outgoing administration on Monday returned Cuba to the US blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism, the latest in a slew of last-minute actions to hinder President-elect Joe Biden’s diplomacy. The terror…

Vaccination efforts were boosted Monday as BioNTech planned millions more doses than expected this year and mass inoculation sites opened across England while the world neared two million pandemic deaths a year since the first fatality was recorded. As countries across the globe looked forward to vaccines finally allowing a return to normality in the months ahead, WHO experts were also focusing on Covid-19’s origins and planned a mission to China this week to probe the initial outbreak. The 10 World Health Organization scientists will visit from Thursday, more than a year after the pandemic began and amid accusations Beijing…