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Safety doors failed in NYC high-rise fire that killed 17

Safety doors failed in NYC high-rise fire that killed 17

-- 2022-01-11 16:26:17

Investigators sought answers Monday for why safety doors failed to close when fire broke out in a New York high-rise, allowing thick smoke to rise through the tower and kill 17 people, including eight...

US man recovering after 'breakthrough' pig-heart transplant

US man recovering after 'breakthrough' pig-heart transplant

-- 2022-01-11 15:46:13

A US man with terminal heart disease was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, and three days later the patient is doing well, his doctors reported on Monday,...

US reports 1.1m Covid-19 cases in a day, shattering global record

US reports 1.1m Covid-19 cases in a day, shattering global record

-- 2022-01-11 09:43:46

The United States reported at least 1.13 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total of any country in the world as the spread of the highly con...

US breaks Covid-19 hospitalisation record with 132,646 new patients

US breaks Covid-19 hospitalisation record with 132,646 new patients

-- 2022-01-11 09:38:19

Covid-19 hospitalisations in the United States reached a record high on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as a surge in infections caused by the highly contagious omicron variant strains health sy...

Nine children among 19 killed in New York City building fire

Nine children among 19 killed in New York City building fire

-- 2022-01-10 08:47:23

Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured when a fire, started by a malfunctioning space heater, spread smoke through a 19-floor building in The Bronx borough of Ne...

Omicron surge pushes US Covid hospitalisations toward record high

Omicron surge pushes US Covid hospitalisations toward record high

-- 2022-01-08 21:48:30

Covid-19 hospitalisations in the United States are poised to hit a new high as early as Friday, according to a Reuters tally, surpassing the record set in January of last year as the highly contagious...

US Covid hospitalisations to hit record high thanks to Omicron

US Covid hospitalisations to hit record high thanks to Omicron

-- 2022-01-08 10:45:34

Covid-19 hospitalisations in the United States are poised to hit a new high as early as Friday, according to a Reuters tally, surpassing the record set in January of last year as the highly contagious...

US imposes fresh sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Dodik

US imposes fresh sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Dodik

-- 2022-01-06 11:55:36

The United States on Wednesday imposed fresh sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and current and former officials as Washington warned of further action against those linked to destabilisat...

Biden to blame Trump for US Capitol riot one year on

Biden to blame Trump for US Capitol riot one year on

-- 2022-01-06 11:38:07

President Joe Biden will blame Donald Trump for the US Capitol riot as he marks the anniversary of the attack on the seat of American democracy. Speaking at Congress, Mr Biden will say his pr...

US reports nearly 1 million Covid cases in 24 hours, a global record

US reports nearly 1 million Covid cases in 24 hours, a global record

-- 2022-01-05 12:00:49

The United States reported nearly 1 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, the highest daily tally of any country in the world and nearly double the previous US peak set a week ago as the sprea...

Omicron upends return to US schools and workplaces

Omicron upends return to US schools and workplaces

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-01-04 10:58:27

Some school systems around the US extended their holiday break Monday or switched back to online instruction because of the explosion in COVID-19 cases, while others pressed ahead with in-person class...

Brazil health agency warns passengers against boarding cruise ships amid Covid outbreaks

Brazil health agency warns passengers against boarding cruise ships amid Covid outbreaks

-- 2022-01-03 11:02:43

Brazilian health agency Anvisa on Sunday warned passengers against boarding cruise ships operating along the Brazilian coast after outbreaks of COVID-19 affecting crew and customers, according to a st...

US terminates Ethiopia, Mali, Guinea from Africa duty-free trade programme

US terminates Ethiopia, Mali, Guinea from Africa duty-free trade programme

-- 2022-01-02 10:28:34

The United States on Saturday cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade programme, following through on President Joe Biden's threat to do so over alleged human rights violations...

Zoo tiger shot while biting man's arm in Florida

Zoo tiger shot while biting man's arm in Florida

-- 2022-01-01 16:06:25

Body camera footage released by authorities showed a man screaming in pain and pleading for help just before a sheriff's deputy shot a Malayan tiger that had grabbed the man's arm at a Florida zoo, re...

Zoo tiger shot while biting man's arm

Zoo tiger shot while biting man's arm

-- 2022-01-01 16:05:55

Body camera footage released by authorities showed a man screaming in pain and pleading for help just before a sheriff's deputy shot a Malayan tiger that had grabbed the man's arm at a Florida zoo, re...

Judges need 'rigorous' training on stock-trading rules, says US Chief Justice

Judges need 'rigorous' training on stock-trading rules, says US Chief Justice

-- 2022-01-01 10:19:21

US federal judges need "more rigorous" ethics training to ensure they are not hearing disputes in which they have a financial interest, US Chief Justice John Roberts said in a year-end report publishe...

Record number of unauthorised migrants entered Panama in 2021

Record number of unauthorised migrants entered Panama in 2021

-- 2021-12-31 17:29:46

A record wave of unauthorised migrants entered Panama this year from Colombia, according to government data provided to Reuters on Thursday, as a surge of mostly Haitians entered the Central American...

Omicron 'blizzard' to disrupt US in weeks ahead

Omicron 'blizzard' to disrupt US in weeks ahead

-- 2021-12-31 10:50:32

US health experts on Thursday urged Americans to prepare for severe disruptions in coming weeks as the rising wave of COVID-19 cases led by the Omicron variant threatened hospitals, schools and other...

Biden, Putin to speak amid Ukraine tensions

Biden, Putin to speak amid Ukraine tensions

-- 2021-12-30 09:07:57

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak on Thursday, the White House said, as Washington crafts a common response to Russia's military build-up on the Ukraine border w...

US cautions against optimism by Iran, Russia over nuclear talks

US cautions against optimism by Iran, Russia over nuclear talks

-- 2021-12-29 11:17:32

The United States on Tuesday expressed caution over upbeat comments by Iran and Russia about talks in Vienna to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying it was still too soon to say if Tehran had re...

South America now winning global vaccination race

South America now winning global vaccination race

-- 2021-12-28 21:38:22

Throughout much of 2020 and early 2021, South America was ground zero in the global fight against COVID-19. Oxygen ran low in Peru. Gravediggers worked through the night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Bodies...

Western states should have united front against divisive China: Trudeau

Western states should have united front against divisive China: Trudeau

-- 2021-12-26 11:18:46

Western countries should have a united front against China to prevent the Asian state from using commercial interests to play them against each other, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an...

US to lift travel restrictions on eight African countries

US to lift travel restrictions on eight African countries

-- 2021-12-25 13:20:44

The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries imposed last month over concerns about the fast-spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant, a senior administration o...

US congresswoman carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia park

US congresswoman carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia park

-- 2021-12-23 16:27:06

Delaware state police have taken into custody five suspects after US Representative Mary Gay Scanlon was robbed of her automobile at gunpoint in a Philadelphia park on Wednesday. The suspects were lo...

Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorised home COVID treatment

Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorised home COVID treatment

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-23 11:25:48

US health regulators on Wednesday authorised the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus. The long-awaited mi...

Harvard professor found guilty of hiding ties to China

Harvard professor found guilty of hiding ties to China

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-12-22 11:04:24

A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment programme was found guilty on all counts Tuesday. Charles Lieber, 62, the former chair of Harvard’s depa...

US reports first omicron-related death

US reports first omicron-related death

-- 2021-12-21 16:39:07

The United States has reported its first death due to the new omicron variant of the coronavirus in Texas, local media reported Monday. "Sad to report the first local fatality from the omicron varian...

Chile's ex-student activist Gabriel Boris wins presidential election, promising to be president of all Chileans

Chile's ex-student activist Gabriel Boris wins presidential election, promising to be president of all Chileans

-- 2021-12-20 10:02:24

Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric won the country's presidential runoff election on Sunday, capping a major revival for the country's progressive left that has been on the rise since widespread protests r...

Omicron could put US COVID-19 surge into overdrive

Omicron could put US COVID-19 surge into overdrive

-- 2021-12-18 16:02:59

Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is confronting another dark winter, with the red-hot omicron variant threatening to worsen an already dangerous surge of cases, reports Reute...

Americans face another uncertain holiday season amid omicron scare

Americans face another uncertain holiday season amid omicron scare

-- 2021-12-17 16:24:34

Americans face an uncertain and anxiety-filled holiday season for the second consecutive year, as the highly contagious omicron variant threatens to intensify an already alarming surge of COVID-19 cas...