Published CommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Viruses are always mutating and taking on new forms, and thousands of variants of the coronavirus have been identified. But several, including variants first found in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil and India, are highly transmissible and have sparked concerns that vaccines may be less effective against them.AdvertisementWhere and when was it discovered?This variant was first in southern Africa, where...…Published CommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by Viruses are always mutating and taking on new forms, and thousands of variants of the coronavirus have been identified. But several, including variants first found in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil and India, are highly transmissible and have sparked concerns that vaccines may be less effective against them.AdvertisementWhere and when was it discovered?This variant was first in southern Africa, where...WW…

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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and PARIS — A baker who went on hunger strike to protest against the deportation of his undocumented migrant apprentice, succeeded in his mission after going 11 days without food.Stéphane Ravacley, 50, was briefly hospitalized as he attempted to draw attention to the plight faced by 18, who worked with him at "La Hûche à Pain" bakery in the eastern city of Besançon."Laye was an exemplary worker. I could see that right away," Ravacley told NBC News, adding that he hired the teenager after...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and PARIS — A baker who went on hunger strike to protest against the deportation of his undocumented migrant apprentice, succeeded in his mission after going 11 days without food.Stéphane Ravacley, 50, was briefly hospitalized as he attempted to draw attention to the plight faced by 18, who worked with him at "La Hûche à Pain" bakery in the eastern city of Besançon."Laye was an exemplary worker. I could see that right away," Ravacley told NBC News, adding that he hired the teenager after...WW…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and A helicopter belonging to an international peacekeeping force crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, killing at least eight people, including five Americans, the force confirmed.The helicopter belonged to the , an independent international peacekeeping body known as MFO, which monitors the 40-year-old peace agreement between and Egypt.The MFO originally said six U.S. service members had died but later said one of the six had survived."During a routine mission in the vicinity of...…IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.SKIP TO CONTENTBy and A helicopter belonging to an international peacekeeping force crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, killing at least eight people, including five Americans, the force confirmed.The helicopter belonged to the , an independent international peacekeeping body known as MFO, which monitors the 40-year-old peace agreement between and Egypt.The MFO originally said six U.S. service members had died but later said one of the six had survived."During a routine mission in the vicinity of...WW…

Business News and FinanceVIEW IN APPA U.S. citizen is among six pro-democracy activists to have arrest warrants issued for them by Hong Kong police for suspected violations under a , Chinese state media reported late Friday.Samuel Chu, the managing director of the D.C.-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, an advocacy group, wrote on Twitter that he "woke up to media reports that I am a wanted fugitive."He added that he had been an American citizen for 25 years."If I am targeted, any American/any citizen of any nation who speaks out for Hong Kong can and will be too. We are all...…Business News and FinanceVIEW IN APPA U.S. citizen is among six pro-democracy activists to have arrest warrants issued for them by Hong Kong police for suspected violations under a , Chinese state media reported late Friday.Samuel Chu, the managing director of the D.C.-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, an advocacy group, wrote on Twitter that he "woke up to media reports that I am a wanted fugitive."He added that he had been an American citizen for 25 years."If I am targeted, any American/any citizen of any nation who speaks out for Hong Kong can and will be too. We are all...WW…