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US tells citizens to get out of India as Covid crisis deepens 29 Apr 2021 - 12:23 pm
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Biden pleads for unity, warns of Chinese threat, in speech to Congress 29 Apr 2021 - 12:23 pm
US President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. Melina Mara/Pool via Reuters
American astronaut Michael Collins of Apollo 11 fame dies at 90 28 Apr 2021 - 08:32 pm
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins speaks at a panel discussion on the 50th anniversary of the launch, in Cocoa Beach, Florida, U.S., July 16, 2019. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
Uber app in U.S. to enable users to book vaccines and rental cars 28 Apr 2021 - 06:39 pm
A screen displays the company logo for Uber Technologies Inc at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermi/File Photo
Texas man dies after attack by aggressive swarm of bees 28 Apr 2021 - 03:45 pm
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CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask 27 Apr 2021 - 10:28 pm
A person walks in Times Square after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new guidelines regarding outdoor mask wearing and vaccination during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, New Yo
Argentina restarts talks with Pfizer into buying its coronavirus vaccine 27 Apr 2021 - 06:27 pm
A man receives a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the hall three of the Belgrade Fair, in Belgrade, Serbia, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo
After 100 days, Americans give Biden high marks for COVID-19 response, economy 27 Apr 2021 - 01:00 pm
File photo: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his $2 trillion infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 31, 2021. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Brazil health regulator rejects Russia's Sputnik vaccine 27 Apr 2021 - 11:48 am
A man receives the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at the Catete Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Canada to send army, Red Cross to province worst affected by COVID-19 surge 26 Apr 2021 - 12:30 am
Nurse Venus Lucero administers the first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Civic Hospital to Jo-Anne Miner at a vaccination clinic in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada December 15, 2020. Adrian Wyld/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. to provide vaccine components, medical supplies to India 25 Apr 2021 - 08:24 pm
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US racing to send aid to India as COVID-19 cases soar 25 Apr 2021 - 01:05 pm
A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carries a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside the casualty ward at Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, in New Delhi, India, April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi TPX IMAGES OF
CDC advisers reconvene to weigh next steps on Johnson & Johnson vaccine after rare blood clots 23 Apr 2021 - 08:42 pm
Empty vials of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen on a table at a vaccination centre in Ronda, Spain, April 23, 2021. Reuters/Jon Nazca
Canada says COVID-19 cases could almost double soon unless stricter measures taken 23 Apr 2021 - 05:49 pm
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam attends a news conference as efforts continue to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
U.S. officials hopeful as advisers meet again on J&J COVID-19 vaccine 23 Apr 2021 - 05:19 pm
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J&J COVID-19 vaccine 'pause' reviewed, US officials hope to resume shots 23 Apr 2021 - 01:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: A vial of the Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen at Northwell Health's South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, New York, U.S., March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
US pledges to halve its emissions by 2030 as Biden opens climate summit 22 Apr 2021 - 04:12 pm
US President Joe Biden participates in a virtual Climate Summit with world leaders in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 22, 2021. Reuters/Tom Brenner
Kamala Harris to speak with Guatemalan president on Monday 22 Apr 2021 - 10:45 am
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks after a jury reached guilty verdicts in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin stemming from George Floyd's deadly arrest, in the Cross Hall at the White House in Washington