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Trump lifts travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil
Date: 2021-01-19 06:58:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:8758476
US President Donald Trump has lifted coronavirus-related travel restrictions for much of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Brazil, effective on January 26 -- a move that President-elect Joe Biden's administration has promised to block, CNN ....
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Psaki: Biden won't lift Covid-related travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil
Date: 2021-01-19 06:56:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:8758473
US incoming press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the Joe Biden administration won't lift Covid-related travel restrictions on Europe and Brazil as decided by outgoing President Donald Trump. "With the pandemic worsening, and more ....
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Canada coronavirus cases surpass 700,000
Date: 2021-01-17 09:06:25 GMT - Canada - International - SN:1 - ID:8755528
Cases of COVID-19 in Canada have now surpassed 700,000, Russia Today reported quoting health officials. The milestone came after Ontario reported another 3,056 cases Saturday. To date, a total of 702,183 infections have been detected in ....
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US health secretary resigns following Capitol assaults
Date: 2021-01-16 09:57:13 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:8754388
US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has submitted the standard resignation letter for a Cabinet secretary at the backdrop of Capitol attacks, dated January 12 and obtained by CNN. Azar said outgoing US President Trump's "actions and ....
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British PM imposes national lockdown on England to combat new Covid variant
Date: 2021-01-05 08:01:01 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:6 - ID:8739446
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said England is adopting a national lockdown that he hopes will be tough enough to contain a new, highly contagious variant of Covid-19, CNBC reported. People can only leave their homes to shop for essentials, ....
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Biden picks retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to be his secretary of defense
Date: 2020-12-08 09:19:04 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:8703756
US President-elect Joe Biden has selected retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, the former commander of US Central Command, to be his secretary of defense. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black man to lead the Department of ....
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GSA ready to begin presidential transition in US
Date: 2020-11-24 07:32:38 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:8684655
Emily Murphy, head of the General Services Administration, has said in a letter to US President-elect Joe Biden that her office is ready to begin the formal presidential transition, after weeks of pressure from Democrats to allow the process to go ....
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US welcomes ceasefire in Libya
Date: 2020-10-27 08:19:30 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:8645924
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has welcomed a ceasefire agreement between Libya's government and army. "We commend Libyan leadership on all sides for taking this courageous step," he said in a statement. Pompeo called on all foreign ....
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US reports more than 66,700 Covid-19 cases
Date: 2020-10-27 08:17:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:8645923
The United States reported 66,784 new Covid-19 cases and 477 deaths on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. There are now at least 8,702,750 reported Covid-19 infections and at least 225,706 people have died from the virus in the ....
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Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid vaccine trial as participant becomes ill
Date: 2020-10-13 09:35:09 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:8625905
Johnson & Johnson has temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants became sick, France 24 reported Tuesday. "We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our Covid-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials, ....
