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2021-05-06 16:07:36 Derek Chauvin’s Legal Team Requests New Trial

The legal team for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd last month, has filed a motion in a Minneapolis court requesting a new trial on multiple grounds, including jury misconduct. In the filing, Chauvin’s attorney says the former officer should have a new trial in the “interests of justice; abuse of discretion that deprived the Defendant of a fair trial.”



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2021-05-06 16:07:34 U.S. to Back Waivers for COVID-19 Vaccine Patents

The U.S. government signaled on Wednesday that it would support a temporary waiver for intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines, as advocated by the World Health Organization, despite the strong objections of the global pharmaceutical industry. The proposal, originally presented by India and South Africa within the World Trade Organization, aims at boosting vaccine production in developing countries, as the pandemic keeps spreading in large parts of the world.



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2021-05-06 16:07:32 First Nationwide Data from Israel Shows 95% Protection from Pfizer Vaccine

Two doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine can provide more than 95% protection against infection, severe illness, and death, according to the first nationwide data from Israel. A single dose of the jab, meanwhile, is associated with 58% protection against infection, 76% against hospital admission, and 77% against death, research published in The Lancet suggests. Protection for the elderly was almost as strong, with those over 85 getting 94.1% protection against infection.



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2021-05-04 16:24:40 International Child Abuse Site with 400,000 Users Busted by German Authorities

One of the world’s biggest international darknet platforms for child sexual abuse images has been busted with more than 400,000 users, German prosecutors have said. Four suspects from Germany were arrested in connection with the “Boystown” darknet site, which pedophiles used to exchange and watch indecent images of children and toddlers from all over the world, according to authorities.



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2021-05-04 16:24:38 Mexico City Metro Overpass Collapse Kills 23

A metro overpass has collapsed in Mexico City as a train was traveling over it, killing at least 23 people, including children, the mayor said. Two train carriages were seen hanging from the structure, above a busy road. At least 65 people were injured, and seven are in a serious condition. This is the deadliest incident in decades in the city’s metro system, one of the busiest in the world.



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2021-05-04 16:24:37 Pfizer Vaccine for Adolescents to Get FDA Approval

The Food and Drug Administration is likely to authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents within the next week, according to the New York Times and CNN. So far, the vaccines have been approved only for use in adults and older teens. The FDA authorization would allow the Pfizer-BioNTech shots to be given to 12- to 15-year-olds for the first time.



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2021-05-04 16:24:35 Senior Swiss Diplomat in Iran Found Dead After Fall from High-Rise

The first secretary at the Swiss embassy in Tehran was found dead on Tuesday after falling from a high-rise building where she lived in the north of the city, a spokesman for emergency services was quoted as saying by Iranian news agencies. Switzerland has represented U.S. diplomatic interests in Iran since Washington and Tehran cut ties shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.



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2021-05-04 16:24:33 Biden Raises US Refugee Admissions Cap to 62,500

Joe Biden has formally raised the US cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling set by Donald Trump. The move was a stark turnaround from the Biden’s administration’s previous announcement last month that it would keep the number of refugees admitted to the US at the historical low of 15,000, sparking widespread outrage.



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2021-05-03 16:51:00 More Than 350 Arrested at May Day Protests in Berlin

At least 93 police officers were injured and 354 people arrested in Berlin during Labor Day protests on Saturday. Berlin city official Andreas Geisel condemned the violence on Sunday, saying it had “nothing to do with political protest.” There were clashes Saturday evening between police and demonstrators in the Neukölln area, with the Berlin police tweeting that some protesters threw stones and bottles at officers and set fire to bins.



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2021-05-03 16:50:59 SpaceX Returns 4 Astronauts to Earth

SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 a.m., ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s company. It was an express trip home, lasting just 6 1/2 hours.



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