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33 million children in sub-Saharan Africa vaccinated for polio

More than 33 million children in several southern African countries have been vaccinated against polio, part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that has been largely contained in much of the world, the World Health Organization announced on Friday. About 80 million drops of the inoculation have …

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Spain orders extradition of British alleged hacker to US

Spain’s National Court has agreed to the extradition to the U.S. of a British citizen who allegedly took part in computer attacks, including the July 2020 hacking of Twitter accounts of public figures such as Joseph Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Gates. A court statement Friday said requirements had been …

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Former Afghan female lawmaker’s killer arrested by Kabul police

Security forces have arrested a man allegedly behind the killing of former Afghan female lawmaker Mursal Nabizada, a Taliban spokesman said Friday. Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the capital Kabul’s police chief, claimed that the arrested man had “confessed to his crime” of killing Nabizada and her bodyguard earlier this year. …

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