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Omicron now dominant Covid-19 strain in US: health authorities

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The fast-spreading Omicron variant is now the main coronavirus strain in the United States, accounting…

Moderna confident that booster works against Omicron

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US vaccine maker Moderna expressed confidence Monday that its booster shot was effective against the…

US cities remain locked in a grim spiral of record homicides

  by Cyril JULIEN Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Several American cities, both large and small, have…

Fauci warns of bleak winter with Omicron ‘raging through the world’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci on Sunday warned of a bleak winter ahead as…

Defiant Maxwell says sex crimes charges ‘not proven’ as defense rests

      by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A defiant Ghislaine Maxwell said…

US experts recommend mRNA Covid vaccines over J&J shot

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A US panel of medical experts advising the government voted Thursday to recommend mRNA Covid…

More extreme weather hits US as Biden promises aid to tornado-hit Kentucky

by Brendan SMIALOWSKI DAWSON SPRINGS, United States (AFP) -- Severe storms battered the American Midwest Wednesday evening, hours after President…

Canadians urged not to travel abroad over Omicron

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- The Canadian government on Wednesday urged citizens to avoid foreign travel over the Christmas holidays, saying…

75 dead in Haiti truck explosion amid fears toll will rise

CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AFP) -- Fears grew Wednesday the death toll from a massive gas truck explosion in Haiti would climb…

Are tornadoes linked to climate change? The science isn’t yet definite

by Lucie AUBOURG WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Was climate change behind the recent tornadoes that killed dozens of people…

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