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US to release 50-M barrels of oil from strategic petroleum reserve

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy will make available releases of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to lower oil prices and address the mismatch between demand exiting the pandemic and supply, the White House said.

NASA launches mission to redirect an asteroid

LOS ANGELES - A unique mission to test asteroid-deflecting technology was launched late Tuesday (Nov. 23) night from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA announced.

UN deputy chief calls for renewed global action against human trafficking

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Monday called for renewed global action against human trafficking.

COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. spurs widespread resignation of doctors, nurses per report

NEW YORK - Almost one in five health care workers have chosen to quit since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Fox News quoted a recent report of the Atlantic as saying.

General elections underway in Chile amid COVID-19 pandemic

Presidential, parliamentary, and regional elections began in Chile on Sunday with high attendance at the polls in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic.

Jordan enters 3rd wave of COVID-19 pandemic, health ministry says

AMMAN - Jordan has entered the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with its weekly infections soaring to about 20,000 cases, according to its health ministry.

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