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White House says ‘every entity’ of Biden’s campaign promises on healthcare will not be in budget

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday not “every entity” of President Joe Biden’s campaign (More…)

Britain to work with WHO on ‘pandemic radar’ to track diseases

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will work with the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop a “pandemic radar” system to identify new (More…)

U.S. proposes big increase in forest management to tackle wildfires

By Nichola Groom

(Reuters) – The United States must double or quadruple the rate at which it thins and removes (More…)

U.S. government forecasts above-normal 2021 Atlantic hurricane season

By Erwin Seba

HOUSTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Thursday forecast an above-normal 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, which is already (More…)

Kazakhstan rolls out app to control access to public areas

ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan is rolling out an app which it hopes will limit the spread of COVID-19 by restricting (More…)

UK daily COVID cases highest in a month, Indian variant rising sharply

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported its highest daily total of new coronavirus infections in a month while cases of a (More…)

U.S. plays down prospect of North Korea initiative at Moon summit

By David Brunnstrom and Jarrett Renshaw

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been hoping to use his first (More…)

Soaring international prices aggravate Cuban food crisis

By Marc Frank

HAVANA (Reuters) – Soaring international food and shipping prices and low domestic production are further squeezing import-dependent (More…)

Brazilian drugmaker completes first batch of Russian COVID-19 vaccine

By Leonardo Benassatto

GUARULHOS, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian pharmaceutical company UniĆ£o Quimica completed production of its first batch of the Sputnik (More…)

U.S. land border restrictions extended with Canada, Mexico

By David Shepardson and Steve Scherer

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) -United States land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to (More…)