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‘Your kind isn’t welcome here’: B.C. family targeted with hate-filled messages

Police on Vancouver Island are investigating a series of suspected hate crimes that has left one family terrified.

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‘Hate can be given no safe harbor in America’: Biden signs COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law on Thursday after its approval in Congress Wednesday.Vice President Kamala Harris gave remarks before Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act on Thursday. Harris, the first Black and South Asian woman to hold the office recalled introducing legislation to put an end to anti-Asian violence last year."At that time more than 1,100 anti-Asian hate incidents had been reported since the start of the pandemic.

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COVID-19 Scan for Apr 26, 2021

Men under 50 recovering from asymptomatic COVID have double the likelihood of acute ischemic strokes (AIS) compared with men of the same age without COVID infection, according to a study last week in JAMA Network Open.Eighteen South Asian men were treated in Singapore for AIS a m

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Outreach efforts look to overcome language, cultural barriers as B.C. begins mass vaccinations

COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, leaders in the province’s cultural communities are working overtime to get the word out to their members.Officials in Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health say their vaccine booking call centres will have interpreters capable of handling a wide variety of languages.The province has also posted translated vaccine information on its website. What you need to know as B.C.

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AKA sorority members celebrate Kamala Harris inauguration

CHICAGO – Elizabeth Shelby had her inauguration outfit planned weeks in advance: blue jeans, a Kamala Harris sweatshirt, a green coat, and pink Chuck Taylors as an homage to her sorority’s colors and Vice President Harris’ signature shoe. And pearls, just like the ones Harris wore when she graduated from Howard University, was sworn into Congress, and was sworn in as the first woman, first Black and South Asian person, and first Alpha Kappa Alpha member to serve as vice president.Shelby, a member of the Alpha Psi chapter of AKA, had hoped to wear her pearls at the inauguration in Washington, D.C.

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Inaugural event to celebrate resiliency of Black Americans

DETROIT – The resiliency, culture and heroism of Black Americans and the African diaspora will be the central theme of a virtual event that will celebrate the nation’s diversity on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is slated to speak at Tuesday's event, “We Are One,” which will also honor the historic nature of her being the first Black and South Asian woman to become U.S. vice president.Black voters nationwide helped deliver Biden’s presidency, overwhelmingly supporting him from the start of his White House bid.

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'We Are One': Biden-Harris inaugural event will celebrate Black resiliency in America

DETROIT - The resiliency, culture and heroism of Black Americans and the African diaspora will be the central theme of a virtual event Tuesday that will celebrate the nation’s diversity on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is slated to speak at the event, "We Are One," which will also honor the historic nature of her being the first Black and South Asian woman to become vice president of the United States.An event celebrating the contributions of Black Americans is fitting. Black voters nationwide helped deliver Biden’s presidency.

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Inaugural event to celebrate 'resiliency' of Black Americans

DETROIT – The resiliency, culture and heroism of Black Americans and the African Diaspora will be the central theme of a virtual event Tuesday evening that will celebrate the nation’s diversity ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is slated to speak at the event, “We Are One,” which will also honor the historic nature of her being the first Black and South Asian woman to become vice president of the United States. An event celebrating the contributions of Black Americans is fitting.

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Lower Mainland grapples with tough new restrictions as COVID cases rise

COVID-19 order meant to curb a surge in cases.The two-week order bans social gatherings with people outside one’s household, suspends indoor group physical activities and freezes competitive team sports where physical distancing can’t be maintained. B.C.

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AP Interview: Nepal renews call for talks with India

KATHMANDU – KATHMANDU, NepalNepal’s foreign minister said Tuesday that the country was still waiting for a response from India on holding talks to resolve a border dispute that has strained relations between the South Asian neighbors.Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali told The Associated Press in an interview that requests to talk were made in November and December last year, and again in May.“We have expressed time and again that Nepal wants to sit at the table to resolve this problem,” Gyawali said.“We are waiting for formal negotiations so that these two countries with ...

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Exclusive: A suspected terrorist sets off Megha Majumdar's gripping debut novel

An interview with the New York-based Indian-origin author of 'A Burning'—a searing portrait of religion, radical politics and social injustice in contemporary India—touted to be this year's major literary debut

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Singapore has one of Asia's highest infection rates

Singapore has registered 931 new coronavirus infections, its health ministry said, taking the city-state's total number of Covid-19 cases to 13,624.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0