Published by DPA Hurricane Ida was downgraded to a tropical storm early on Monday, but was still sparking dangerous tidal surges, winds and flash flooding as it moved into the US state of Mississippi. The storm hit the neighbouring state of Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday, with winds of up to 240
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Published by Reuters By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats face a test of unity in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday as they begin work on two ambitious spending plans that would devote trillions of dollars to transportation infrastructure and social programs. While centrist Democrats are eager to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure bill
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Published by Reuters By Carl O’Donnell and Manas Mishra (Reuters) -The U.S. drug regulator on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine that had earned emergency-use authorization in December, making it the first to secure such Food and Drug Administration validation as health authorities struggle to win over vaccine skeptics. The
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Published by Reuters By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) -From Seoul to Paris, and Moscow to Bangkok, concerned citizens are lining up for vaccine shots as COVID-19 case numbers swell. That may ease pressure on stretched hospitals around the world, but with it comes a hangover – a severe shortage of blood donors. A number of
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Published by Reuters BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s drug regulator has granted emergency use approval for Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 vaccine, the world’s first DNA shot against the coronavirus, in adults and children aged 12 years and above. The approval gives a boost to India’s vaccination programme, which aims to inoculate all eligible adults by December, and will
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Published by Reuters By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) – A British public health study has found that protection from either of the two most commonly used COVID-19 vaccines against the now prevalent Delta variant of the coronavirus weakens within three months. It also found that those who get infected after receiving two shots of either the
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Published by Al-Araby As Western embassies rush to evacuate their diplomats and nationals from Afghanistan, the Taliban are desperate to secure international legitimacy. China and Russia so far appear comfortable with keeping their diplomatic staff in Afghanistan. Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s envoy to Kabul, confirmed on Monday that the Taliban were guarding Moscow’s mission. Russia’s Foreign
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Published by Reuters QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Commercial traffic across Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan at the Spin Boldak/Chaman crossing picked up on Thursday, traders said, as the shock of the Taliban’s lightning seizure of power began to ease and confidence returned. Despite the Ashura religious holiday, truckloads of agricultural produce from Kandahar province were driven
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Published by Reuters By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell for a sixth day, the longest losing streak since February 2020, as a spike in COVID-19 cases worldwide fuelled fears over slower fuel demand while a surprise build in U.S. gasoline inventories added to pressure. Brent crude was down 87 cents, or 1.3%,
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Published by Reuters LES CAYES (Reuters) -Tremors shook buildings late on Wednesday in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, a Reuters witness said, a few days after a devastating earthquake killed almost 2,200 people across the Caribbean nation and injured thousands more. A police officer on patrol in Les Cayes said there were no
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