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Wednesday August 11st, 2021 night edition

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Nearly 9,000 people need another vaccine after a nurse replaced doses with saline in April.

The nurse dropped a vial of the Pfizer vaccine and used a saltwater solution instead.

Police found the nurse may have swapped out the vaccine multiple times.

Nearly 9,000 people in Germany must be vaccinated again after a nurse administering the shot swapped the vaccine for a harmless saltwater solution.

After dropping a vial of Pfizer vaccine in April, a German nurse replaced COVID-19 shots with saline and administered those to patients instead, Metro UK reported.

But police found the nurse may have swapped out the vaccine multiple times.

German health officials said the patients "vaccinated" with the saline solution were not at any health risk, NDR reported. »

Oregon governor signs bill ending reading and math proficiency requirements for graduation

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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown privately signed a bill last month ending the requirement for high school students to prove proficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic before graduation.

"Senate Bill 744 does not remove Oregon’s graduation requirements, and it certainly does not remove any requirements that Oregon students learn essential skills," Boyle said, adding it is "misleading" to conflate the subjects of standardized testing with graduation requirements.

Original Location: Oregon governor signs bill ending reading and math proficiency requirements for graduation. »

Australia flags democracies’ trade swing from China to India

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An India-Australia free trade agreement would signal the "democratic world's tilt away from China," trade envoy and former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has written on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian special envoy and former Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a free trade agreement between his nation and India would signal the “democratic world’s tilt away from China.”.

Abbott was prime minister when China and Australia finalized a bilateral free trade deal which took effect in 2015. »

Senate passes $1T bipartisan infrastructure bill in major victory for Biden

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Senators voted 69-30 on the bill, which was spearheaded by a bipartisan group of senators led by Sens.

The bipartisan deal includes roughly $550 billion in new funding, making it substantially smaller than the $2.6 trillion proposed by Biden earlier this year.

Sen. Todd Young Todd Christopher YoungThe Hill's Morning Report - Presented by AT&T - Final countdown: Senate inches toward last infrastructure vote This week: Senate races toward summer break Senate votes to end debate on T infrastructure bill MORE (R-Ind. »