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Israeli Expert Panel Supports 4th Vaccine Dose for All Adults

An expert panel advising the Israeli Health Ministry on the coronavirus recommended administer a fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to Israelis aged 18 and above, provided that five months have passed since they received a third shot or recovered from the disease.

A medic prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus at a privat

Turkey’s Erdogan Desperately Seeks Role in Ukraine Mess

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a press conference on Thursday that he believed a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be disastrous, and presented himself as a moderator who might be able to avert such a conflict by bringing the presidents of Russia and Ukraine together for negotiations.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers attends to a press conference with President of El Salvador

Hundreds of Islamic State Corpses Left to Rot in Libyan Food Fridges

Reuters on Thursday pointed to a particularly grim indicator of Libyan government malfunction: a pile of 742 dead Islamic State fighters have been rotting in refrigerated food containers outside the city of Misrata since 2016 – and growing quite fragrant due to intermittent power outages. Some of the bodies are foreign nationals who remain uncollected by their home governments.

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