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Military personnel disinfects the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2020. (Photo: NYTimes)

Brazil set to pass half a million COVID-19 deaths

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UN chief Guterres sworn in for second term, vows to learn from pandemic

Jun 18,2021 | Americas

The previous year, as the pandemic halted travel, they had fretted over the desolation of the usually bustling, 1,300-bed hotel and villa complex. They had suffered layoffs and worked weeks on end ins

Europe’s Summer of Recovery Is More Fragile Than It Looks

Jun 12,2021 | Europe

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For weeks the FDA has been trying to figure out what to do about at least 170 million doses of vaccine that were left in limbo after the discovery of a major production mishap involving two vaccines m

FDA Tells Johnson & Johnson to Throw Out 60 Million Doses From Troubled Plant

Jun 11,2021 | Americas

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US ‘to buy 500m doses for world’ as curbs ease in Europe

Jun 10,2021 | Americas

The killing comes after five Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters were killed on Saturday in a PKK ambush in northern Iraq, which the rebels said was because they had “refused entry of the peshmerga” into

Iraqi Kurd soldier killed by PKK rebels —mayor

Jun 09,2021 | Americas

The family, killed on Sunday when a pickup truck jumped the curb and ran them over, were deliberately targeted because of their religion, Canadian police said. (Photo: Unsplash)

Canada to move against far-right groups after Muslim family attacked

Jun 09,2021 | Americas

A woman arrives to a polling station during national elections in Tacabamba, Peru, on June 6, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Peruvians choose between right-wing populist and radical leftist

Jun 07,2021 | Americas

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Israel strikes Gaza in first attack since May fighting

Jun 16,2021 | Middle East

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UK pledges £430 million in aid to global education recovery

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Netanyahu departure ends 'one of worst periods' of conflict — Palestinian PM

Jun 14,2021 | Middle East

People from Mosakahiken Cree Nation hug in front of a makeshift memorial at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honor the 215 children whose remains have been discovered buried near the f

Survivor of indigenous boarding school in Canada recalls painful times in 1940s

Jun 06,2021 | Americas

The Department of Justice said on Saturday that it would no longer seek source information from reporters in leak investigations after recent revelations that former President Donald Trump’s administ

US says it will no longer seize reporters’ records in leak investigations

Jun 06,2021 | Americas

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Facebook suspends Trump until 2023, shifts rules for world leaders

Jun 05,2021 | Americas

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US to hand Bagram base to Afghan forces in 19 days

Jun 02,2021 | Americas

After an overnight debate, the state Senate voted along party lines to pass the bill, whose provisions include limiting early hours to cast ballots, banning drive-through polling sites, and placing ne

Texas legislature close to approving measure to make voting more difficult

May 31,2021 | Americas

A woman mourns the death of demonstrators during protests against Colombian President Ivan Duque’s government, in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

UN rights chief urges independent probe into deaths in Colombia

May 31,2021 | Americas

The Transportation Security Administration, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, would require pipeline companies to report cyber incidents to federal authorities, senior DHS officials told

US prepares first cyber rules for pipelines after hack — Washington Post

May 26,2021 | Americas

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2 shot dead, 8 injured after shooting in downtown Minneapolis

May 22,2021 | Americas

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a meeting with the Swedish Foreign Minister at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 19, 2021, on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Minister

First US-Russia meet since Biden took office

May 20,2021 | Americas

Colombia’s government is working to confirm whether Jesus Santrich, one of the most prominent leaders of a group of Colombia’s former FARC rebels who reject a peace deal, has been killed in Venezuela,

Colombia confirming if ex-FARC leader killed in Venezuela, defense minister says

May 19,2021 | Americas

Zalmay Khalilzad, special representative on Afghanistan reconciliation, arrives for a House hearing on the US-Afghanistan relationship following the withdrawal on Capitol Hill on May 18, 2021. (Photo:

US lawmakers plead to evacuate Afghan allies before pullout

May 19,2021 | Americas

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Venezuela leader Maduro prepared to restart talks with Guaido

May 13,2021 | Americas

An area between Barquisimeto and Merida, Venezuela, January 28, 2016. (Photo: NYTimes)

Pandemic’s hard realities worsen Venezuelan child labor crisis

May 11,2021 | Americas

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What doomed a sprawling city near saint louis 1,000 years ago?

May 07,2021 | Americas

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, at the White House in Washington on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Blinken will meet in Kyiv on Wednesday and Thursday w

Blinken heads to Ukraine following tensions with Russia

May 06,2021 | Americas

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UN welcomes Biden decision to admit more refugees as ‘lifeline’

May 05,2021 | Americas

John Kerry, the presidential envoy for climate, briefs reporters at the White House in Washington on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Photo: NYTimes)

US climate envoy Kerry says islands face ‘beyond existential’ threat

May 05,2021 | Americas

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Mexico City rail overpass collapses, killing 23

May 04,2021 | Americas

People walk past a mural depicting Venezuelan doctor Jose Gregorio Hernandez, also called “the doctor of the poor”, in a street of La Pastora neighborhood in Caracas on April 30, 2021 (Photo: AFP)

Venezuela’s ‘doctor of the poor’ takes step to sainthood

May 04,2021 | Americas

Novavax said the trials would test “the efficacy (and) safety” of the vaccine, with participants receiving either the vaccine candidate or placebo in two doses, 21 days apart. (Photo: Unsplash)

Novavax starts COVID-19 vaccine trials on children

May 04,2021 | Americas

Ron Klain, former White House Ebola response coordinator, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2020. On May 2, 2021 he denied reports from Tehran that an agreement had been reache

Washington denies Iran state media report

May 03,2021 | Americas

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Photo: NYTimes)

Blinken Will Visit Ukraine in Show of Support Against Russia

May 01,2021 | Americas

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Air Force One that U.S. officials had completed a months-long review of North Korean policy. (Photo: Unsplash)

Biden administration sets new North Korea policy of 'practical' diplomacy

May 01,2021 | Americas

Canada’s drug and vaccine regulator said Friday that it was withholding the country’s first shipment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to verify its safety and quality. (Photo: Unsplash)

Canada’s Regulator Holds Johnson & Johnson Vaccine for Safety Review

May 01,2021 | Americas

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said in a statement that the move was done on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and that it would go into effect Tuesday. (Photo:

The U.S. Will Start Restricting Travel From India on Tuesday

May 01,2021 | Americas

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Graduate students are on strike at NYU

Apr 30,2021 | Americas

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said in a statement. “President Biden looks forward to working with President Moon to further strengthen our alliance and expand our close cooperation.” (Ph

Biden To Meet With South Korea's President Later in May

Apr 30,2021 | Americas

While announcing the high-level personnel changes and taking responsibility for the ruined doses, executives nonetheless forecast record revenues this year of nearly $2 billion. (Photo: Unsplash)

Shake-Up at COVID Vaccine Manufacturer That Tossed Millions of Doses

Apr 30,2021 | Americas

Pence spoke for a half-hour in Columbia, South Carolina, to the Palmetto Family Council, a religious conservative group. (Photo: Unsplash)

Ex-Trump vice president Pence makes first public appearance since January

Apr 30,2021 | Americas

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers a speech during the virtual Earth Day Summit, at the National Palace in Mexico City, on April 22, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Mexico tribunal blocks ruling party candidates

Apr 29,2021 | Americas

The order came in an updated State Department travel advisory for Afghanistan, where the Biden administration is beginning a drawdown of US combat troops on May 1. (Photo: Unsplash)

US gov’t orders some staff home

Apr 28,2021 | Americas

President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations, in the Eisenhower Executive Office building at the White House complex in Washington on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (Photo: NYTimes)

Biden seeks $80b to beef up IRS audits of high-earners

Apr 28,2021 | Americas