Vaccine passports: What are they and how do they work?
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Boarding pass, suitcase, passport and ... digital vaccination certificate?
Keen to avoid losing another summer of holiday revenue to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union, some Asian governments and the airline industry are scrambling to develop so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports to help kickstart international travel. They're working on systems that would allow travelers to use mobile phone apps to prove they've been vaccinated, which could help them avoid onerous quarantine requirements at their destinations.
A Columbia University student and green card holder arrested by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York City over his involvement in the pro-Palestinian campus protests made his first public remarks since being taken into custody earlier this month, in which he described himself as a "political prisoner."
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A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled $11 million from Netflix for a sci-fi show that never aired, instead steering the cash toward cryptocurrency investments and a series of lavish purchases that included a fleet of Rolls-Royces and a Ferrari.
A Louisiana woman faces a charge of second-degree murder in the killing of a sports reporter found in his hotel in New Orleans during Super Bowl week, the Kenner Police Department said.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will step up its testing for heavy metals in infant formula and review nutrients required in the products used to feed millions of babies, the agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on Tuesday.
Mexico is handing over one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives to the United States after his arrest in Veracruz, officials said.
The Trump administration plans to eliminate a major research body of the Environmental Protection Agency, possibly cutting more than 1,000 employees, according to documents on the government's reduction in force agenda.
Amazon is suing the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission over the government agency's order requiring the online retailer to recall hundreds of thousands of potentially hazardous products sold by other sellers on its platform.
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