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California ends wide lockdown as Covid hospital strain eases

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- California lifted blanket "stay-at-home" orders across the US state Monday, paving the way for…

US warships conduct exercises in South China Sea

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A US aircraft carrier group sailed into the South China Sea on a so-called "freedom…

Biden to reinstate Covid travel bans: White House official

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) --President Joe Biden will re-impose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been…

Mexican president Lopez Obrador says he has Covid-19

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Sunday that he was infected with the coronavirus,…

Biden speaks with Canada’s Trudeau in first foreign leader call as US President

  OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- In his first call to a foreign leader as US President, Joe Biden spoke with…

Protests hit Portland, Seattle hours after Biden inauguration

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Protests struck Portland and Seattle just hours after US President Joe Biden's inauguration, police…

Fauci says he feels liberated to speak on science under Biden

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- In his first White House briefing as President Joe Biden's top advisor on Covid-19,…

Biden undoes Trump migration orders, pushes for major reform

  by Laura BONILLA CAL / Catherine TRIOMPHE Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Within hours of…

US resumes WHO support, launches $1.9 trillion virus plan

by Nina LARSON with AFP Bureaus Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The United States on Thursday said it…

Biden orders masks, travel clampdown in new war on Covid

by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday tightened mask wearing rules…

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