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Peru begins COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare workers
Lima (Peru), February 10: Peru launched the first stage of its national vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...

Facebook to remove more false claims on COVID-19...
San Francisco (California), February 10: Facebook is expanding its efforts to remove more COVID-19 conspiracies that discourage vaccination against COVID-19,...

U.S. transportation secretary to quarantine after security agent...
Washington (US), February 9: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his...

U.S. to reengage with UN Human Rights Council
Washington (US), February 9: The U.S. State Department said on Monday that it would reengage with the UN Human Rights...

U.S. remains committed to peace, stability of Indo-Pacific:...
Washington (US), February 9: The United States continues to be committed to the peace and security of its allies in...

U.S. aircraft carrier leadership aggravates COVID-19 outbreak: Pentagon...
Washington (US), February 9: The ineffective implementation of social distancing and the premature release of sailors from quarantine were the...

Feature: Music resonates through Lunar New Year celebrations...
New York (USA), February 7: Music is re-connecting people from the United States, China and beyond as Chinese Lunar New...

US State of Virginia Passes Death Penalty Ban,...
Washington (USA), February 6: The main legislative chamber of Virginia passed a measure on Friday abolishing the death penalty in...

White House Says 'Up to Iran' to Revive...
Washington (USA), February 6: The United States will reciprocate in kind if Iran resumes its compliance with the nuclear deal,...

NYC COVID-19 test positivity rate up to 8.48...
New York (USA), February 5: New York City's COVID-19 test positivity rate on a seven-day average went up to 8.48...

Gilead joins OneTen coalition to create 1 mln...
San Francisco (USA), February 5: American biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences on Thursday announced that it has joined the OneTen initiative,...

Trump not to testify voluntarily for Senate impeachment...
Washington (USA), February 5: Former U.S. President Donald Trump will not testify under oath voluntarily for the Senate impeachment trial...

UN General Assembly president receives COVID-19 vaccine
New York (USA), February 5: The president of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, received his...

Biden to shift U.S. policy over Yemen, freeze...
Washington (USA), February 5: White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Thursday that President Joe Biden will soon...

New COVID-19 cases in U.S. decline while variants...
Washington (US), February 4: COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have declined from recent surges across the United States, but health...

Russian consulate in NYC asks state dept to...
New York (US), February 4: Russia's Consulate General in New York asked the US State Department to ensure the security...

DOJ drops Trump initiated lawsuit accusing Yale of...
Washington (US), February 4: The US government dropped a Trump administration lawsuit accusing Yale University of discriminating against Asian and...

Congressional study group says US should not rush...
Washington (US), February 4: A US congressionally mandated study group recommended in a report released on Wednesday that the United...

UN chief voices concern over humanitarian situation in...
New York (USA), February 3: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday voiced serious concern over the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia's...

Biden Signs Orders to Undo Trump Immigration Policies,...
Washington (USA), February 3: US President Joe Biden has signed three executive orders to address concerns over the Trump administration's...

U.S. House Democrats, Trump lawyers file legal briefs...
Washington (USA), February 3: A group of House Democrats and former President Donald Trump's lawyers respectively filed legal briefs on...

Biden Asks US Supreme Court to Suspend Trump...
Washington (US), February 2: The Biden administration has asked the US Supreme Court to cancel oral arguments scheduled in the...

UN chief condemns attack on Mogadishu hotel
New York (United States of America), February 2: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday strongly condemned Sunday's deadly terror attack...

UNICEF reminds all parties to conflict in Syria...
New York (United States of America), February 01: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday reminded all parties to...

One dead, one injured in Wisconsin mall shooting
Chicago (United States of America), February 01: One person died and another one suffered minor injuries in a shooting that...

Security Council extends mandate of peacekeeping force in...
United Nations, January 30: United Nations Security Council on Friday decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping...

US B-52 bombers return to Indo-Pacific after 3...
Washington (US), January 30: Four US B-52 Stratofortress bombers have returned to a base in Guam after a three-year absence,...