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The annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally kicked off in South Dakota on Friday, with thousands of bikers descending on the streets of the Black Hills region despite warnings from health experts that the event will further fuel surges of the highly contagious delta variant.

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Departing GP warns govt failing to retain overseas medical staff Gillian Bonnett © Getty Thousands of migrants are waiting to apply for residence and thousands more residence applications have been in the system for more than a year. A British doctor says he is set to leave New Zealand because he cannot apply for residence. Kapiti GP Harding Richards says the government is failing to retain its overseas medical staff because of its immigration policy. He arrived with his part...

Thousands line up on state website as Minnesota rolls out coronavirus vaccine lottery Cameron Jenkins © Getty Thousands line up on state website as Minnesota rolls out coronavirus vaccine lottery Minnesota health officials on Tuesday rolled out a new coronavirus vaccine lottery allowing residents 65 and older to preregister for vaccination appointments. Thousands of Minnesotans who met the age requirements faced long online lines on Tuesday as they attempted to pre-register f...

53 pro-democracy activists, including an American lawyer, arrested in Hong Kong in the citys biggest crackdown yet under Chinas severe security law acollman@businessinsider.com (Ashley Collman) © Anthony Kwan/Getty Images John Clancey, a human-rights lawyer, is led away from his office by Hong Kong police on January 6, 2021. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images At least 53 people were arrested in Hong Kong early Wednesday morning under Chinas draconian national security law. It is the b...