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Canada's Trudeau to recall parliament late Nov., opposition say he is wasting time 15 Oct 2021 - 09:55 pm

OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he would reshuffle his cabinet on Oct. 26 and bring back Parliament in...

Shots fired in robbery attempt near Mexico City airport, suspect dead 15 Oct 2021 - 09:39 pm

MEXICO CITY - An attempted robbery turned into a shootout close to Mexico City's international airport on Friday morning in which an alleged...

US FDA advisers recommend second shot of J&J COVID-19 vaccine 15 Oct 2021 - 08:52 pm

Outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted unanimously to recommend regulators authorize a second shot of Johnson &...

Canada's healthcare system 'very fragile', even as coronavirus recedes - official 15 Oct 2021 - 08:37 pm

OTTAWA - Healthcare systems across Canada are still very fragile from efforts needed to fight COVID-19, even as signs suggest a fourth wave...

US Capitol Police officer charged with telling rioter to destroy evidence 15 Oct 2021 - 08:24 pm

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors on Friday accused a U.S. Capitol Police officer of urging a participant in the Jan. 6 attack on the...

White House to meet US Chamber of Commerce, retail leaders on vaccine rule 15 Oct 2021 - 07:31 pm

WASHINGTON - White House officials are meeting with influential industry trade groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable as...

Pfizer/BioNTech submit data to EMA for COVID-19 vaccine in kids 15 Oct 2021 - 05:02 pm

Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday that they had submitted data supporting an application for use of their COVID-19...

US to lift curbs from Nov. 8 for vaccinated foreign travelers - White House 15 Oct 2021 - 04:16 pm

WASHINGTON: The White House on Friday announced it will lift travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals effective Nov. 8, at land borders...

US FDA advisers back Moderna COVID-19 booster shots for older and high-risk people 15 Oct 2021 - 02:33 pm

A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted on Thursday to recommend booster shots of Moderna Inc's...

White House unveils climate finance road map, highlights lending and budget pledges 15 Oct 2021 - 02:25 pm

WASHINGTON: The White House published a report on Friday outlining projects to measure and address the risks that climate change poses to Americans...

Fourteen US state attorneys general press Facebook on vaccine disinformation 15 Oct 2021 - 01:26 pm

WASHINGTON: The attorneys general of 14 U.S. states sent a letter to Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg asking if the top disseminators...

Ex-President Bill Clinton recovering from infection in hospital, doctors say 15 Oct 2021 - 12:17 pm

ORANGE, California: U.S. former President Bill Clinton is recovering after two days of treatment for an infection in a California hospital, his doctors...

US donates 17 million J&J doses to African Union 14 Oct 2021 - 10:06 pm

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden told visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday that the United States will make a one-time donation of...

Marine turtles in rehab in Ecuador beachside hospital 14 Oct 2021 - 09:49 pm

SALANGO, Ecuador - Marine turtles hurt by ocean trash undergo rehab in an animal hospital in southern Ecuador, recovering enough to return to...

US vaccine mandates are working, Biden says, but 66 million still don't have shot 14 Oct 2021 - 09:22 pm

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden touted the success of mandates in spurring vaccination against COVID-19 in the United States on Thursday but said...

Merck’s Covid-19 pill set for review by FDA advisory panel 14 Oct 2021 - 08:52 pm

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will send Merck & Co.’s Covid-19 pill to an advisory committee for review, using a public forum...

Biden to tout jump in US vaccination rates after mandates - White House 14 Oct 2021 - 08:27 pm

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will highlight a "strong uptick" in U.S. vaccinations in a speech on Thursday, a White House official said,...

Latin America rebound not enough to recover from COVID-19, says report 14 Oct 2021 - 07:31 pm

BRASILIA - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused such extreme unemployment and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean that a "statistical rebound" in...