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US condemns rocket attacks in Israel, Kabul attack

The State Department is condemning the rocket attacks that occured in Israel after Hamas militants fired numerous rockets on Monday. It also condemned the brutal attack on a girl's school in Kabul that killed dozens of people. (May 10)

Dogs sniff out ornate box turtles for health study

With the help of Boykin spaniels who sniff out ornate box turtles hiding in prairie grass, researchers are able to monitor turtle health. They say the turtles are sentinels of environmental and ecosystem health that also impacts humans. (May 10)

German Catholics set to bless same-sex couples despite a Vatican ban

Germany's powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions. They are offering such blessings at services in about 100 different churches all over the country this week. The blessings at open worship services are the latest pushback from German Catholics against a document released in March by the Vatican's orthodoxy office.

AP-NORC Poll: Biden approval shows consistency

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center shows President Joe Biden with a steady approval of a majority of Americans, which is buoyed in particular by the public's broad backing for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. (May 10)

Stricter virus lockdown imposed in India's Bangalore

Bangalore (India) (AFP) – Empty streets, closed shops and a busy crematorium as a stricter virus lockdown is imposed in India's tech-hub of Bangalore to tackle rising Covid-19 cases. The country is suffering from one of the worst outbreaks in the world, reporting nearly 370,000 fresh infections and more than 3,700 new deaths on Monday.

Romania counts on Dracula to stoke its vaccination campaign

In normal times it's the last place you'd want to get puncture marks on your skin. But these are not normal times and people have been queuing to get inside the fabled Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania to get their COVID jabs. Imaginative officials came up with the idea of transforming the mythical mansion into a vaccination centre to help speed up Romania's inoculation programme.

Hundreds injured in new clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians

Renewed clashes at the revered Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem ahead of a planned Jewish nationalist march have left hundreds injured. Palestinians hurled projectiles at Israeli officers in riot gear who fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas as a planned march marking Israel's 1967 takeover of the holy city threatened to further inflame tensions.

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