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US decision on Covid vaccine for children under 5 postponed for at least 2 months

US decision on Covid vaccine for children under 5 postponed for at least 2 months

-- 2022-02-12 12:43:31

A US decision on Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and children 6 months through 4 years of age has been postponed for at least two months after the Food and Drug Administration&...

US FDA authorises Eli Lilly's Covid antibody drug

US FDA authorises Eli Lilly's Covid antibody drug

-- 2022-02-12 10:53:27

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorised Eli Lilly and Co's Covid-19 antibody drug for people aged 12 and older at risk of severe illness, adding a tool that has been found to wor...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits record high in January

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits record high in January

-- 2022-02-12 09:52:19

Brazil recorded the most deforestation ever in the Amazon rainforest for the month of January, according to government data on Friday, as destruction continues to worsen despite the government's recen...

US says Russian invasion of Ukraine could come at any time

US says Russian invasion of Ukraine could come at any time

-- 2022-02-11 19:06:51

Russia is now massing yet more troops near Ukraine and an invasion could come at any time, perhaps before the end of this month's Winter Olympics, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday....

US urges Americans in Ukraine to depart immediately

US urges Americans in Ukraine to depart immediately

-- 2022-02-11 12:30:21

The United States has urged Americans in Ukraine to leave immediately due to the "increased threats of Russian military action" against Ukraine, Reuters reports. "Do not travel to Ukraine due to the...

Trump's handling of White House records makes US lawmakers concerned

Trump's handling of White House records makes US lawmakers concerned

-- 2022-02-11 10:20:23

A US congressional committee is investigating former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records after 15 boxes of documents were transferred from his Florida resort to a federal agency,...

Angelina Jolie backs US domestic violence protections law

Angelina Jolie backs US domestic violence protections law

-- 2022-02-10 15:39:50

A bipartisan group of US senators on Wednesday agreed  to renew a long-lapsed law to strengthen domestic violence protections, just hours after Hollywood actor and humanitarian Angelina Jolie mad...

Trucker protests: US, Canada warn of economic hit

Trucker protests: US, Canada warn of economic hit

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-10 10:10:51

Truckers opposed to coronavirus mandates risk hurting the auto sector and agriculture as they block US-Canada border crossings, the White House said on Wednesday as Ford halted some output and Ottawa...

US Army's first climate strategy calls for emissions cuts

US Army's first climate strategy calls for emissions cuts

-- 2022-02-09 10:48:10

The US Army released its first climate strategy on Tuesday designed to help protect bases against damage from global warming and improve readiness by training soldiers to deal with a world with more k...

Biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft -- US accuses couple of laundering $4.5b

Biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft -- US accuses couple of laundering $4.5b

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-09 10:13:22

The US Justice Department said on Tuesday it has unraveled its biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft, seizing a record-shattering $3.6 billion in bitcoin tied to the 2016 hack of digital currency exchange...

Discovery of Omicron in New York deer raises concern

Discovery of Omicron in New York deer raises concern

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-09 09:54:28

The discovery of the Omicron variant in white-tailed deer in New York has raised concerns that the species, numbering 30 million in the United States, could become hosts of a new coronavirus strain, a...

‘There will be no Nord Stream 2’ – Biden warns Russia against invading Ukraine

‘There will be no Nord Stream 2’ – Biden warns Russia against invading Ukraine

-- 2022-02-08 11:41:05

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would be halted if Russia invades Ukraine and stressed unity with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the West rallies to avert a...

US President Biden pledges end to Nord Stream 2 if Russia invades Ukraine

US President Biden pledges end to Nord Stream 2 if Russia invades Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-08 10:48:49

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would be halted if Russia invades Ukraine and stressed unity with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the West rallies to avert a...

Indonesia bans foreign tourist arrivals at Jakarta airport

Indonesia bans foreign tourist arrivals at Jakarta airport

-- 2022-02-07 12:43:52

Indonesia has temporarily banned foreign tourists entering the country through Jakarta's airport, the transport ministry said, in a bid to slow a spike in coronavirus infections driven by the Omicron...

US to weigh N Korea following recent missile launches

US to weigh N Korea following recent missile launches

-- 2022-02-07 10:23:05

The US special representative for North Korea will meet with Japanese and South Korean officials later this week, the US State Department said on Sunday, following a series of ballistic missile tests...

US troops arrive in Poland to reinforce Eastern Europe allies

US troops arrive in Poland to reinforce Eastern Europe allies

-- 2022-02-06 19:53:37

A plane carrying US troops landed in Poland on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, as Washington reinforces its NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid a Russian military build-up on Ukraine's border. US Pres...

I did not have power to overturn 2020 election, Pence says

I did not have power to overturn 2020 election, Pence says

-- 2022-02-05 22:27:34

In a sharp rebuke of his former boss, former US Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday that Donald Trump was wrong to believe Pence had the power to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential elec...

ISIS raid gives Biden a foreign policy win as Ukraine, midterms loom

ISIS raid gives Biden a foreign policy win as Ukraine, midterms loom

-- 2022-02-05 20:47:33

The US raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State's leader is a much-needed national security win for President Joe Biden after the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan while he tries to projec...

Peru light plane crash kills five tourists, two crew members

Peru light plane crash kills five tourists, two crew members

-- 2022-02-05 17:48:02

At least seven people have died after a light aircraft crashed during a flight above the Nazca Lines archaeological site in Peru, local police and the national government said on Friday. Local police...

US Covid deaths surpass 900,000

US Covid deaths surpass 900,000

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-05 11:23:08

The coronavirus pandemic reached a grim new milestone in the United States on Friday with the nation's cumulative death toll from COVID-19 surpassing 900,000, even as the daily number of lives lost ha...

Blinken to visit Asia to emphasise US commitment

Blinken to visit Asia to emphasise US commitment

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-05 09:14:26

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Asia next week for talks with Indo-Pacific allies, including a meeting of foreign ministers of the four-nation Quad, the State Department said on Friday....

US Treasury raises alarm over money laundering

US Treasury raises alarm over money laundering

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-05 08:26:09

The US Treasury Department on Friday issued a set of recommendations to combat illicit finance in the high-value art market and warned that the emerging digital art market, such as non-fungible tokens...

US raid in Syria targeted leader of Islamic State, says Biden

US raid in Syria targeted leader of Islamic State, says Biden

-- 2022-02-03 19:43:26

US President Joe Biden said a US special forces counter-terrorism raid in northwest Syria on Thursday targeted the leader of Islamic State, adding he would address the operation in remarks later on Th...

13 reported killed as US forces launch raid in Syria

13 reported killed as US forces launch raid in Syria

-- 2022-02-03 16:40:54

US special forces carried out what the Pentagon said was a large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria early Thursday. First responders at the scene reported 13 people had been killed, inc...

Report raises new campaign finance questions

Report raises new campaign finance questions

-- 2022-02-03 10:21:19

An inherent conflict of interest arises from many political donations to sheriffs around the country, including from medical providers and bail bond companies doing business with them, according to a...

CNN President Jeff Zucker resigns over relationship with colleague

CNN President Jeff Zucker resigns over relationship with colleague

-- 2022-02-02 23:10:04

CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker, the influential news executive who reshaped the iconic network, abruptly announced Wednesday morning that he has resigned from his position effective immediately....

US sending additional troops to east Europe to reinforce allies against Russia

US sending additional troops to east Europe to reinforce allies against Russia

-- 2022-02-02 21:25:58

US President Joe Biden has approved sending additional forces to eastern Europe, two US officials told Reuters on Wednesday, as Washington reinforces its allies against what it describes as a Russian...

Biden revives initiative to lower cancer death rate by 50pc in 25 years

Biden revives initiative to lower cancer death rate by 50pc in 25 years

-- 2022-02-02 17:21:21

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce plans to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 per cent over the next 25 years, part of an effort to revive the "Cancer Moonshot" initiativ...

Donald Trump directly involved in plans to seize voting machines!

Donald Trump directly involved in plans to seize voting machines!

-- 2022-02-02 09:24:12

Then-President Donald Trump was directly involved in efforts to use national security agencies to seize voting machines after his 2020 election loss, pressing his lawyer to make queries as advisers dr...

Ukraine crisis: Pull back troops if you don’t intend invasion, Blinken tells Russia

Ukraine crisis: Pull back troops if you don’t intend invasion, Blinken tells Russia

-- 2022-02-02 00:10:29

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a call on Tuesday that now would be the time to pull back Russian troops from the border with Ukraine if Moscow is no...