North America

California celebrates ‘reopening day’ as pandemic rules lifted

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- California -- the first US state to enact a stay-at-home order just under 15…

One dead in Minneapolis after man drives into crowd of protestors

MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) -- A woman was killed and three other people injured when a man drove into a…

Biden congratulates Israel’s new prime minister Bennett in telephone call

  WASHINGTON,United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden on Sunday offered incoming Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett his "warm…

Downtown shooting in Austin, Texas injures 14

HOUSTON, United States (AFP) -- Gunfire erupted in a busy entertainment district in the Texas city of Austin early Saturday,…

Biden hopes to advance more open Indo-Pacific region as he sends greetings on PHL Independence

Stresses importance of both nations working together to defeat pandemic and ensure freedom of navigation in disputed seas   (Eagle…

Pres. Biden: US to donate 500M Pfizer doses to “100 low and lower-middle income countries”

Donation aside from 80M US vaccines to be "supplied to the world" by end of June in efforts to end…

Biden drops plan to ban Chinese-owned apps TikTok, WeChat

  by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) President Joe Biden has revoked executive orders from his…

Two Covid cases on one of first N.American cruises since virus hit: company

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Two guests on one of the first cruise ships to sail from North America since…

Two killed, including child, in Florida shooting

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Two people including a child were shot dead in a grocery store in Florida on…

US approves shelf-life extension for J&J Covid vaccine: company

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Johnson & Johnson said Thursday the US Food and Drug Administration had authorized an extension…

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