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US closes in on 200,000 virus deaths, weeks before election

  by Ivan Couronne and Issam Ahmed Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States edged close…

New Zealand eases virus controls, eyes elimination

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern moved most of New Zealand to the lowest virus alert setting…

Canadian province announces new Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings

TORONTO, Canada (AFP )-- The Quebec government on Sunday announced new restrictions on gatherings in order to prevent a second…

Trump expects enough Covid-19 vaccines for every American by April

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump said Friday he expects enough Covid-19 vaccines "for every American"…

Canada opposition leaders test positive for Covid-19

  OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada's conservative opposition leader Erin O'Toole tested positive for the new coronavirus on Friday, his…

China lab leak infects thousands with bacterial disease

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Thousands of people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease after a…

Coronavirus cases top 30 million worldwide with Europe on edge

by AFP bureaus COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Coronavirus infections topped 30 million around the globe on Thursday as the World…

Half of Covid patients suffer ongoing fatigue: study

by Kelly MACNAMARA LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- More than half of patients and staff who had Covid-19 at an…

Moderna shares Covid-19 vaccine trial blueprints, Pfizer follows

by Ivan Couronne WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US biotech firm Moderna, one of nine companies in the late stages…

UK’s PM urges Britons to flatten pandemic’s ‘second hump’

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday he could close pubs earlier to "stop the…

Rich nations have cornered half of future Covid-19 vaccine supply: Oxfam

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A group of wealthy nations representing 13 percent of the global population have already…

Australian unemployment falls, raising recovery hopes

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's unemployment rate fell slightly to 6.8 percent in August, spurring hopes that the worst of…

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