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Navajo Nation rescinds mask mandate on vast reservation 01/20/2023 10:33pm • The Navajo Nation has rescinded a mask mandate that's been in effect since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Friday, fulfilling a pledge that new tribal President Buu Nygren made while campaigning for the office. The mandate was one of the longest-standing anywhere i Chris Hipkins to be New Zealand's next prime minister 01/20/2023 09:29pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Education Minister Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand's next prime minister after he was the only candidate to enter the contest Saturday to replace Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins, 44, must still garner an endorsement Sunday from his Labour Party colleagues, but tha Tennessee cuts HIV program with Planned Parenthood ties 01/20/2023 05:38pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Top Tennessee health officials attempted to oust Planned Parenthood from a program designed to prevent and treat HIV before eventually deciding to forgo federal funding for the program, despite warnings that doing so will have a devastating impact on marginalized communitie Japan to lower COVID-19 to flu status, further easing rules 01/20/2023 01:30am • TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday announced plans to downgrade the legal status of COVID-19 to the equivalent of seasonal influenza in the spring, a move that would further relax mask wearing and other preventive measures as the country seeks to return to normalcy. Ki Today in History: JAN 20, Inauguration Day (every 4 years) 01/20/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2023. There are 345 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first chief executive to be inaugurated on Jan. 20 instead of March 4. On this date: In 1801, Secretary of State J Lunar New Year tourism hopes fizzle as Chinese stay home 01/19/2023 10:08pm • BANGKOK (AP) — A hoped-for boom in Chinese tourism in Asia over next week’s Lunar New Year holidays looks set to be more of a blip as most travelers opt to stay inside China if they go anywhere. From the beaches of Bali to Hokkaido’s powdery ski slopes, the hordes of Chinese often seen in pre New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down 01/19/2023 08:17pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who became a global icon of the left and exemplified a new style of leadership, said Thursday that she would leave office. Just 37 when she became leader, Ardern was praised around the world for her handling of the nation’ Live updates | World Economic Forum gathering in Davos 01/19/2023 02:15pm • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, Switzerland: Trade ministers from a handful of nations have announced an initiative to promote trade policies that support action on climate change at a press conference in Davos, Switzerland. Their aims include e China accuses 'some Western media' of COVID-19 coverage bias 01/19/2023 05:38am • BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday accused “some Western media” of bias, smears and political manipulation in their coverage of China’s abrupt ending of its strict “zero-COVID” policy, as it issued a vigorous defense of actions taken to prepare for the change of strategy. The move in Decem Hong Kong to scrap isolation rule for new COVID-19 cases 01/19/2023 04:55am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 starting Jan. 30 as part of its strategy to return the semi-autonomous Chinese city to normalcy, the city's leader said Thursday. For most of the pandemic over the last three years, Hong Kong ha New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down 01/18/2023 11:28pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose empathetic handling of the nation's worst mass-shooting and health-driven response to the coronavirus pandemic led her to become an international icon but who faced mounting criticism at home, said Thursday she was lea Moderna rises; PNC Financial, Charles Schwab fall 01/18/2023 04:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Moderna Inc., up $6.33 to $197.02. The drugmaker gave investors an encouraging update on a potential vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus. PNC Financial Services Group Inc., down $9.78 to $152.07. The ba Lunar New Year rush starts in China after virus rules lifted 01/18/2023 02:29am • BEIJING (AP) — Hairdresser Wang Lidan is making an emotional Lunar New Year journey from Beijing to her hometown in northeastern China — her first in three years after the government lifted its strict “zero-COVID” policy that kept millions of people at home and sparked protests. The relaxati Live updates | World Economic Forum gathering in Davos 01/17/2023 03:17pm • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, Switzerland: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned against the rise of far-right political movements inside the European Union and called for unity to fight what he described as “the rotten seeds (Russian Vietnamese president resigns, criticized for major scandals 01/17/2023 06:55am • BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc resigned Tuesday, becoming the most senior member of the government to step down after a series of high-profile corruption scandals for which he was held responsible. The state Vietnam News Agency reported that he had resigned at a session of th