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US CDC backs COVID-19 boosters for high-risk workers, director breaks with panel 24 Sep 2021 - 03:18 pm
A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
California governor signs $15 bln package to tackle climate change 24 Sep 2021 - 01:02 pm
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Lawmakers, air industry call for new action on unruly passengers 23 Sep 2021 - 11:44 pm
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VP Harris thanks India's Modi for resuming vaccine exports 23 Sep 2021 - 11:35 pm
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks beside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
UN looks for recipe to tackle global food dysfunction 23 Sep 2021 - 09:42 pm
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a high-level meeting to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action:
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle visit New York's World Trade Center 23 Sep 2021 - 08:19 pm
Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, wave while visiting the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Panama approaching herd immunity against COVID-19, president says 23 Sep 2021 - 08:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Panamanian health worker receives the second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Santo Tomas Hospital, in Panama City, Panama February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Erick Marciscano/File Photo
New York faces new flood threat just weeks after Ida’s havoc 23 Sep 2021 - 07:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Clouds form over Manhattan ahead of Hurricane Henri arriving in New York City, U.S., August 21, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Novavax applies to WHO for emergency listing of COVID-19 vaccine 23 Sep 2021 - 07:27 pm
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Biden administration takes aim at climate warming gas 23 Sep 2021 - 11:53 am
File photo: Climate activists dressed as penguins sit on refrigerators during a protest outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, March 12, 2009. Reuters/Francois Lenoir (Belgium) /File Photo
US FDA clears Pfizer Covid-19 booster for older and at-risk Americans 23 Sep 2021 - 10:55 am
File photo: A medical worker fills a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the Covid-19 vaccination centre of 'Healthcare Centre' in Nis, Serbia, March 3, 2021. Reuters/Marko Djurica/File Photo
French envoy to return to U.S. after fence-mending Biden-Macron call 23 Sep 2021 - 10:06 am
US President Joe Biden speaks on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron from the Oval Office of the White House in this official White House handout photo released after the call in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2021. Adam Schultz/The White Hou
US CDC advisers could vote on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster on Thursday 22 Sep 2021 - 10:03 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
Police in Quebec seek man for punching nurse over wife's COVID-19 shot 22 Sep 2021 - 07:48 pm
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Quake strikes off Nicaraguan coast, no immediate reports of damage 22 Sep 2021 - 03:13 pm
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Biden pledges new vaccine donations in bid to rally global pandemic fight 22 Sep 2021 - 02:23 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Pool
US parents weigh risks, benefits as Covid-19 vaccine for kids nears approval 22 Sep 2021 - 12:58 pm
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Police to resume search of Florida wilderness for fiance of Gabby Petito 22 Sep 2021 - 11:47 am
Gabrielle Petito, 22, who was reported missing on Sept. 11, 2021 after traveling with her boyfriend around the country in a van and never returned home, poses for a photo with Brian Laundrie in this undated handout photo. North Port/Florida Police/Handout