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The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday is now more than 17,000 and tens of thousands have been injured, according to authorities. Crews are still sifting through the rubble as thousands of workers, volunteers and companies attempt to deliver much-needed aid to the region. Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan admitted to his government’s “shortcomings” amid growing anger over the state’s preparedness and course of action. But Erdogan also angrily pushed back against “some dishonest people” for “falsely slandering” his government’s quake response, saying the moment called for unity. Amid the discontent, access to Twitter was briefly restricted in Turkey on Wednesday.
The Biden administration will soon release a roadmap to transition the US out of the Covid-19 public health emergency, sources say. The goal of the expected roadmap, one source said, is to try to lay out for the public in a clear way what the end of the declaration “does and does not mean,” as well as possibly provide guidance on masking and testing. In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Joe Biden said the US has “broken Covid’s grip” on the nation. “While the virus is not gone, thanks to the resilience of the American people, we have broken Covid’s grip on us,” he said, adding Covid deaths are down…
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