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Day: January 2, 2022

Richard Leakey, Kenyan conservationist who campaigned against ivory trade, has died

Published by Reuters NAIROBI (Reuters) – Richard Leakey, a Kenyan conservationist and paleoanthropologist who spearheaded campaigns against the ivory trade to save the dwindling African elephant population, has died, the Kenyan presidency said on Sunday. He was 77. For years Leakey served in various roles in the government including as

Fauci voices hope for return to normalcy around February or March

Published by New York Daily News If more Americans get vaccinated and boosted, the U.S. just might return to a semblance of normalcy by February or March, the country’s top infectious disease expert said on Sunday. Hopefully, enough people get vaccinated “to the point that when omicron comes down to

Desmond Tutu untangled an apartheid quandary for a New Jersey witness | Opinion

Published by NJ.com By James McQueeny New Jersey U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg was in a moral and political quandary about pulling out U.S. corporate investments from South Africa to topple the white regime in the mid-1980s. As a founder of the Roseland-based Automatic Data Processing (ADP), he thought these economic

Qatar’s al-Attiyah takes the lead after Dakar prologue

Published by Al-Araby Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah won the prologue to the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Saturday as last year’s overall runner-up made a strong start to his bid for a fourth victory in the endurance event. The Toyota Hilux driver was 12 seconds quicker than Spain’s three-times winner

Mobley, Love help Cavaliers rally past Pacers 108-104

Cleveland, Jan. Rookie Evan Mobley had 24 points and nine rebounds, Kevin Love scored 20 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 108-104 win over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night.Jarrett Allen scored 18 points and…

COVID Outbreak Ends Cruise for Thousands on German Ship in Lisbon

LISBON — The German operator of a cruise ship that has been stuck in Lisbon’s port due to an outbreak of the coronavirus among its crew pulled the plug on the voyage on Sunday after some passengers tested positive, port authorities said.The AIDAnova, w…

Tesla Delivered Nearly a Million Cars Worldwide in 2021

WASHINGTON — U.S. premium electric vehicle maker Tesla said on Sunday it delivered nearly 1 million vehicles in 2021, almost twice as many as 2020, doing better than expected despite global supply challenges.Tesla delivered more than 936,000 cars of al…