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From home to rubble: growing weather risk fuels Mexico landslides 10 Dec 2021 - 09:18 pm
Rescue workers inspect an area damaged by a landslide, caused by heavy rains and an earthquake that loosened the hillside, at the Cerro del Chiquihuite, in the municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico September 12, 2021.REUTERS/Luis Cortes
Canada says COVID-19 cases rising again, foreign travel should raise alarm bells 10 Dec 2021 - 08:30 pm
Canada's chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, attends a news conference as efforts continue to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
New York governor orders masks indoors for businesses without COVID-19 vaccine requirement 10 Dec 2021 - 07:51 pm
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Former US senator, presidential candidate Bob Dole lies in state in Capitol 09 Dec 2021 - 09:38 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks near the casket of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole during a ceremony preceding his lying in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 9, 2021. Shawn Thew/Pool via REUTERS
Brazil to quarantine unvaccinated airline visitors 09 Dec 2021 - 09:21 pm
:Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony to celebrate the International Anti-Corruption Day 2021 at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, December 9, 2021. REUTERS.
US FDA authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech booster for 16- and 17-year-olds 09 Dec 2021 - 07:40 pm
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UK, Canada join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Games 09 Dec 2021 - 01:13 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, speaks during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 8, 2021. Reuters/Blair Gable
Cuba detects first Omicron case: State Media ACN 09 Dec 2021 - 10:48 am
People walk under a Cuban flag at a commercial area amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Havana, Cuba, August 3, 2021. Picture taken August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
US FDA authorizes AstraZeneca's COVID-19 antibody drug 08 Dec 2021 - 11:39 pm
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Canada's Omicron travel ban disrupts residents heading home 08 Dec 2021 - 11:21 pm
Passengers wait for confirmation of flights outside the Swissport Ticket Sales counter as several airlines stopped flying out of South Africa, amidst the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 28, 2021. REUTERS/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo
Judge temporarily blocks New York City vaccine mandate for public sector 08 Dec 2021 - 09:30 pm
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1 wounded when man opens fire inside Texas shopping mall 08 Dec 2021 - 04:54 pm
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Bolsonaro dismisses vaccination requirement for entry into Brazil 08 Dec 2021 - 12:41 am
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Delta variant cases rising in Canada's Ontario, Omicron to hit 'hard and fast' 07 Dec 2021 - 09:23 pm
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Road congestion returns, but work-from-home leaves downtowns empty 07 Dec 2021 - 09:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Traffic is pictured at twilight along 42nd St. in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Mexico's capital rolls out first COVID-19 booster shots 07 Dec 2021 - 11:01 am
A worker at the U.S. auto parts maker Lear Corporation receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a mass vaccination program for its employees in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
US CDC urges Americans to avoid travel to France, Jordan over COVID-19 concerns 07 Dec 2021 - 12:08 am
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Suspected Omicron case aboard Norwegian cruise ship is South African crew member 06 Dec 2021 - 11:56 pm
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