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California winds shifting as wildfire battles go on 27 Aug 2021 - 12:03 am
A satellite picture of Caldor Fire raging across California, U.S., August 17, 2021, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on August 25, 2021. Courtesy of European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 Imagery/Processed By DG DEFIS/Handout via REUTERS
Illinois issues mask mandate, orders vaccines for schools 26 Aug 2021 - 08:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, along the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 6, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
A Ferris wheel lifts spirits in New York's Times Square 26 Aug 2021 - 02:59 pm
A view shows the Times Square Wheel, a Ferris wheel constructed in Times Square, ahead of its opening in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Brazil's Eurofarma to make Pfizer COVID-19 shots in Latin America 26 Aug 2021 - 02:40 pm
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Pemex CEO says platform fire could have been caused by gas leak 26 Aug 2021 - 12:04 am
Pemex Chief Executive Officer Octavio Romero gestures in a news conference after Sunday's fire on an offshore platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico, at the headquarters of state-owned oil giant in Mexico City, Mexico, August 23, 2021. REUTERS/Edgard Gar
Brazil to give COVID-19 booster shots to elderly and vulnerable 26 Aug 2021 - 12:00 am
FILE PHOTO: A nurse gives a dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a student at Butanta Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel/File Photo
US data show rising 'breakthrough' infections among fully vaccinated 25 Aug 2021 - 11:41 pm
People walk past a sign for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
US plans COVID-19 booster shots at six months instead of eight - WSJ 25 Aug 2021 - 11:36 pm
A person receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a mobile inoculation site in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Moderna seeks full US approval for its Covid-19 vaccine 25 Aug 2021 - 08:57 pm
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Vaccine inequity remains Achilles' heel of COVID-19 response in Americas-PAHO 25 Aug 2021 - 08:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: A test tube labelled with the Vaccine is seen in front of Covid-19 and stock graph logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Delta Air Lines to impose surcharge on unvaccinated employees 25 Aug 2021 - 07:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 plane takes off from Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
Pfizer starts process for US approval of COVID-19 booster shot 25 Aug 2021 - 07:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination centre in Geneva, Switzerland, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Credit Suisse tells unvaccinated US staff to work from home, memo says 25 Aug 2021 - 01:07 pm
A Credit Suisse sign is seen on the exterior of their Americas headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, September 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Biden receives inconclusive intelligence report on Covid origins 25 Aug 2021 - 11:40 am
Market at Wuhan. File photo
Covid jab protection wanes within six months: UK researchers 25 Aug 2021 - 10:12 am
A nurse prepares a Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination as part of a vaccine drive by the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians in Arleta, Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 23, 2021. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Vaccine efficacy diminished as Delta arose, CDC report shows 25 Aug 2021 - 12:30 am
Healthcare workers walk through the Texas Medical Center during a shift change in Houston, Texas, July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
Floods kill at least 13 in western Venezuelan state of Merida 25 Aug 2021 - 12:14 am
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US could control COVID by spring 2022 if more people get shots -Fauci 24 Aug 2021 - 09:40 pm
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