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US says condemns political use of vaccines after China-Taiwan tussle 14 May 2021 - 12:47 pm
Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during a joint message with U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acting Secretary Chad Wolf (not pictured), at the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa, Honduras January 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera/F
U.S. CDC says vaccinated people can avoid masks in most places 13 May 2021 - 10:30 pm
A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
Ontario extends stay-at-home order to June 2 as COVID-19 cases trend down 13 May 2021 - 08:58 pm
A movie theatre owned by Famous Players, a subsidiary of Cineplex Entertainment, remains closed due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 6, 2021. Picture taken April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Quebec to stop offering first shots of AstraZeneca vaccine 13 May 2021 - 07:03 pm
A medical worker fills a syringe with a vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination center offering the AstraZeneca vaccine, as the number of the coronavirus disease infections decreases in Munich, Germany, May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
Maduro says he is ready to start talks with Venezuela opposition, brokered by Norway 13 May 2021 - 12:18 pm
File photo: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, December 8, 2020. Reuters/Manaure Quintero/File Photo
CDC lifts some mask rules for vaccinated cruise passengers 13 May 2021 - 11:30 am
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Biggest US gasoline pipeline restarts after cyberattack 13 May 2021 - 09:38 am
FILE PHOTO: Holding tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at Colonial Pipeline's Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland, U.S. May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Drone Base/File Photo
US CDC identifies 28 clotting cases after J&J vaccine 12 May 2021 - 07:16 pm
A healthcare clinician prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for a commuter during the opening of MTA's public vaccination program at the 179th Street subway station in the Queens borough of New York City,
Brazil buys 100 million more doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine 12 May 2021 - 02:18 pm
BRAZIL's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga and BRAZIL's President Jair Bolsonaro arrive for a ceremony of release of resources for Primary Health Care in combat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, BRAZIL May 11, 2021.
Two Canadian provinces stop offering AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine 12 May 2021 - 02:13 pm
FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers from Switch Health administer the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Ontario Khalsa Darbar pop-up vaccination clinic, set up with support from Amazon Canada, at the Sikh Gurudwara in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada May 4,
Maduro says Venezuela will soon receive Russia's single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine 12 May 2021 - 09:53 am
FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero
Trump administration officials to testify on Jan. 6 riots 12 May 2021 - 09:23 am
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Argentina to get 4 mln AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in May after delays 11 May 2021 - 10:30 pm
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Biden announces Uber, Lyft rides amid July 4 vaccine push 11 May 2021 - 09:56 pm
A sign marks a rendezvous location for Lyft and Uber users at San Diego State University in San Diego, California, U.S., May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Brazil coffee harvest starts in the heart of its biggest city 11 May 2021 - 09:28 pm
A man spreads coffee grains for drying at the Biological Institute plantation in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 8, 2021. Picture taken May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Canada's Alberta province halts AstraZeneca vaccine first shots due to supply issue 11 May 2021 - 06:00 pm
A vial of the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is seen in a general practice of a doctor, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
Brazil states halt vaccination of pregnant women after Rio death 11 May 2021 - 03:48 pm
File photo: A citizen receives a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a vaccination day for 57-year-old and older citizens, in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 21, 2021. Reuters/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo
US Senate Democrats aim to expand voting as Republicans seek to rein it in 11 May 2021 - 01:00 pm
A view of the US Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo