Serbia s leader chooses Chinese-made vaccine for own shot
DUSAN STOJANOVIC, Associated Press
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1of8In this photo provided by the Serbian Presidential Press Service, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic receives a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine in the village of Rudna Glava, Serbia, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Vucic finally rolled up his sleeve for a coronavirus vaccine Tuesday and to encourage his country s increasingly skeptical Serbs to get vaccinated themselves. (Serbian Presidential Press Service via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of8FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic talks to the media prior to a working lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris. A live TV broadcast on Tuesday April 6, 2021, showed the 51-year-old Vucic taking a vaccination jab of the Chinese-developed Sinopharm vaccine in a remote village in eastern Serbia.Michel Euler/APShow MoreShow Less
Washington state apple exports drop substantially in 2020-21
April 5, 2021
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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) Washington state apple industry officials have said the fruit s exports have dropped substantially compared to recent years figures.
The state exported 18.8 million 40-pound (about 18 kilogram) boxes of apples from the 2020-21 crop as of last week, which is down 20.5% from this time last year and down 16.4% compared to the 2018-19 shipping season, according to data from the Washington Apple Commission.
And while nearly 28% of state-produced apples were shipped abroad in in the 2018-2019 season, exports for the 2020 crop are expected to fall below 25%.
Those would be the lowest export numbers since the 2003-04 crop season, when they were 21.7%, the Yakima Herald-Republic reported.
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1of8Worshippers celebrate a Good Friday service at the Marktkirche in Hanover, Germany, Friday, April 2, 2021. Despite the Corona pandemic and numerous contact restrictions, the churches are allowed to celebrate services around Easter. ( Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)Julian Stratenschulte/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8A devotee offers prayers outside the Quiapo church on Good Friday, April 2, 2021 as the government implements a strict lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Manila, Philippines. Filipinos marked Jesus Christ s crucifixion Friday in one of the most solemn holidays in Asia s largest Catholic nation which combined with a weeklong coronavirus lockdown to empty Manila s streets of crowds and heavy traffic jams. Major highways and roads were eerily quiet on Good Friday and churches were deserted too after religious gatherings were prohibited in m
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1of24A woman disinfects the handrails of the main dock gangway on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Monday, March 15, 2021. The historic island prison was reopened to visitors Monday after being closed since December because of the coronavirus threat. Visitors were also able to tour the inside of the main cell house for the first time in a year.Eric Risberg/APShow MoreShow Less
2of24People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus visit at Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, Monday, March 15, 2021.Koji Sasahara/APShow MoreShow Less