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US plans to start administering Covid booster shots in September

US plans to start administering Covid booster shots in September

Reuters 2021-08-17 12:07:43

The Biden administration plans to begin administering COVID-19 booster shots to Americans as early as mid or late September, pending authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration, a source fa...

Frustration grows in Washington over Biden's Kabul evacuation

Frustration grows in Washington over Biden's Kabul evacuation

REUTERS 2021-08-17 10:15:08

Frustration and anger at US President Joe Biden’s handling of evacuations from Afghanistan are mounting among administration officials, lawmakers of both parties and advocacy groups.  As U...

Biden defends US pullout from Afghanistan, blames fall of Kabul on Afghan army's unwillingness to fight

Biden defends US pullout from Afghanistan, blames fall of Kabul on Afghan army's unwillingness to fight

-- 2021-08-17 10:14:10

President Joe Biden said on Monday he stood "squarely behind" his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan despite searing images of chaos in Kabul that exposed the limits of US power and plung...

Haiti hospitals swamped by quake victims as death toll reaches 1,297

Haiti hospitals swamped by quake victims as death toll reaches 1,297

-- 2021-08-16 10:28:43

Haiti's hospitals were swamped on Sunday by thousands of injured residents after a devastating earthquake the day before killed at least 1,297 people as authorities raced to bring doctors to the worst...

Quake kills more than 300 in Haiti

Quake kills more than 300 in Haiti

REUTERS 2021-08-15 10:38:39

At least 304 people died and hundreds were injured after a major earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday, authorities said, reducing churches, hotels, schools and homes to rubble in the lates...

Major earthquake in Haiti felt across Caribbean, many fatalities expected

Major earthquake in Haiti felt across Caribbean, many fatalities expected

REUTERS 2021-08-14 22:10:53

A major earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday, likely causing high casualties and widespread disaster, the US Geological Survey said, and sending shock waves across the Caribbean, where people f...

US hospital puts beds in parking garage to cope with surge of Covid patients

US hospital puts beds in parking garage to cope with surge of Covid patients

Reuters 2021-08-14 12:34:28

The crush of new Covid-19 infections in Mississippi has become so dire that the state has turned to efforts reminiscent of the earliest days of the US pandemic, when a field hospital was set up in New...

US slaps sanctions on Cuban officials, military unit over violence

US slaps sanctions on Cuban officials, military unit over violence

-- 2021-08-14 11:50:45

The US Treasury Department said on Friday it was imposing sanctions on two Cuban Ministry of Interior officials and a military unit over the government's crackdown on protesters last month. The depar...

White population shrank for first time in US, new census data shows

White population shrank for first time in US, new census data shows

REUTERS 2021-08-13 10:58:25

New US census data released on Thursday show the white population declined for the first time in history last decade, with significant increases among people who identify as multi-racial, Hispanic and...

Nearly 900 buildings destroyed by California fire

Nearly 900 buildings destroyed by California fire

-- 2021-08-11 14:11:53

California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands on Tuesday as fire crews tried to protect rural communities from flames that have destroyed hundreds of...

New York governor Cuomo quits over harassment scandal

New York governor Cuomo quits over harassment scandal

-- 2021-08-11 08:53:52

Faced with mounting legal pressures and demands for his departure from President Joe Biden and others, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Tuesday following an inquiry that found he sexually ha...

US asks Americans to leave Afghanistan immediately

US asks Americans to leave Afghanistan immediately

REUTERS 2021-08-08 11:04:29

The United States is urging Americans in Afghanistan to leave the country immediately, saying the ability of the US embassy in Kabul to help them is "extremely limited" due to security conditions and...

US now averaging 100,000 new Covid cases a day

US now averaging 100,000 new Covid cases a day

AP 2021-08-07 14:26:07

The US was averaging about 11,000 cases a day in late June. Now the number is 107,143. It took the US about nine months to cross the 100,000 average case number in November before peaking at about 25...

Half of US people fully vaccinated against Covid-19: CDC

Half of US people fully vaccinated against Covid-19: CDC

REUTERS 2021-08-07 10:19:14

One out of two Americans were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of Friday, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The milestone comes roughly eight months after the United...

Six, including pilot, die in Alaska plane crash

Six, including pilot, die in Alaska plane crash

-- 2021-08-06 15:15:41

Six people were killed on Thursday when a sightseeing plane crashed in a mountainous area of southeast Alaska, officials said, leaving no survivors. The craft, a De Havilland Beaver, had been ferryin...

Biden pledges Pacific pandemic support

Biden pledges Pacific pandemic support

REUTERS 2021-08-06 10:35:58

President Joe Biden told a forum of Pacific island leaders in a recorded message on Friday that their countries would benefit from US donated Covid-19 vaccines distributed without political strings....

US developing plan to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated

US developing plan to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated

REUTERS 2021-08-05 10:50:17

The Biden administration is developing a plan to require nearly all foreign visitors to the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of eventually lifting travel restrictions that...

Mexico sues biggest US gun manufacturers for ‘fuelling bloodshed’

Mexico sues biggest US gun manufacturers for ‘fuelling bloodshed’

-- 2021-08-05 10:16:19

The Mexican government has sued some of the biggest US gun manufacturers, accusing them of fuelling bloodshed through reckless business practices. The lawsuit alleges that the companies knew they...

Cuomo under pressure to quit as probe finds he sexually harassed 11 women

Cuomo under pressure to quit as probe finds he sexually harassed 11 women

Reuters 2021-08-04 11:07:17

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo groped, kissed or made suggestive comments to 11 women in violation of the law, the state's attorney general said on Tuesday, prompting local prosecutors to launch a cri...

Thousands of migrant children stuck in US border custody

Thousands of migrant children stuck in US border custody

-- 2021-08-04 10:43:05

The number of migrant children in Border Patrol facilities has been steadily rising, an analysis of US government data shows, as record numbers crossed the US-Mexico border in July, renewing a politic...

Pentagon on lockdown after shooting near Metro station

Pentagon on lockdown after shooting near Metro station

AP 2021-08-03 21:56:04

Gunshots were fired Tuesday morning near the entrance of the Pentagon, resulting in multiple injuries. The facility, the headquarters of the US military, was placed on lockdown. The Arlington County...

24 Russian diplomats asked to leave US by Sept 3

24 Russian diplomats asked to leave US by Sept 3

REUTERS 2021-08-03 16:18:28

Russia's ambassador to the United States said Washington had asked 24 Russian diplomats to leave the country by Sept 3 after their visas expire, heightening tensions between the two countries. In an...

Florida, Louisiana brace for record number of Covid hospitalisations

Florida, Louisiana brace for record number of Covid hospitalisations

REUTERS 2021-08-03 12:40:54

The US states of Florida and Louisiana were at or near their highest hospitalisation numbers of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, driven by the still-spreading Delta variant, as one doctor warned of...

US hits 70pc vaccination rate – a month late, amid Covid surge

US hits 70pc vaccination rate – a month late, amid Covid surge

AP 2021-08-03 11:34:56

The US on Monday finally reached President Joe Biden’s goal of getting at least one Covid-19 shot into 70 per cent of American adults -- a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant...

Coronavirus leaked from Chinese lab, Republican report says

Coronavirus leaked from Chinese lab, Republican report says

-- 2021-08-02 12:43:56

A preponderance of evidence proves the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic leaked from a Chinese research facility, said a report by US Republicans released on Monday, a conclusion that US intelli...

Fauci predicts US will not return to lockdowns despite Delta variant risks

Fauci predicts US will not return to lockdowns despite Delta variant risks

REUTERS 2021-08-01 21:07:00

President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci on Sunday said he does not expect the United States will return to lockdowns, despite the growing risks of COVID-19 infections posed by the...

Haiti police say former Supreme Court judge a suspect in president's assassination

Haiti police say former Supreme Court judge a suspect in president's assassination

Reuters 2021-07-31 12:34:07

Haitian police on Friday outlined fresh accusations against a former Supreme Court judge over her links to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month, saying she had met with some...

Trump's son-in-law to leave politics, launch investment firm

Trump's son-in-law to leave politics, launch investment firm

REUTERS 2021-07-30 16:08:02

Jared Kushner, a top adviser to former President Donald Trump, plans to launch an investment firm in coming months, a move that will take him away from politics for the foreseeable future, sources fam...

$100 incentive for Covid shot: Biden pushes cash reward to get Americans vaccinated

$100 incentive for Covid shot: Biden pushes cash reward to get Americans vaccinated

Reuters 2021-07-30 10:38:40

President Joe Biden on Thursday urged local governments to pay people to get vaccinated against Covid-19, and set new rules requiring federal workers to provide proof of vaccination or face regular te...

China's new ambassador arrives in Washington with words of optimism

China's new ambassador arrives in Washington with words of optimism

Reuters 2021-07-29 10:21:28

China's new ambassador to Washington, Qin Gang, on Wednesday wished the United States victory against Covid-19 and said great potential awaited bilateral relations, striking an optimistic tone as he a...