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Trump says he will leave office if Biden victory confirmed

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would leave the White House if Joe Biden…

Disney to lay off 32,000 workers in 2021

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Disney said Thursday it will cut 32,000 jobs in 2021, primarily from its…

New US jobless claims at 778,000, second week of increase

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- New applications for jobless aid in the United States saw their second back-to-back weekly increase,…

US will distribute 6.4 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in first tranche

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US plans to distribute 6.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the…

John Kerry, who signed Paris accord for US, is Biden’s climate envoy

by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Former secretary of state John Kerry signed the 2015 Paris Agreement on…

Toronto enters virus lockdown as US looks to vaccine rollout

by AFP Bureaus TORONTO, Canada (AFP) -- Canada's biggest city entered lockdown on Monday in the latest bid to curb…

Biden to name Blinken as US top diplomat: report

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate veteran diplomat Antony Blinken as his secretary of…

US hopes to start virus vaccines in December as pandemic surges

  by Agence France Presse bureaus WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States hopes to begin coronavirus vaccinations in…

US approves Covid therapy, G20 pushes for global vaccine access

  by Agence France Presse bureaus WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US drug regulators gave emergency approval to a Covid-19…

Pfizer/BioNTech seek first vaccine approval in US

  by Ivan Couronne with Yann Schreiber in Mainz Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US biotech giant…

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