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Biden to set new COVID vaccine targets in first White House press conference 25 Mar 2021 - 07:19 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the mass shooting in Colorado from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. stops distribution of Lilly's COVID-19 therapy due to impact of variants 25 Mar 2021 - 07:16 pm
An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021. Picture taken March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Mexico to speed up vaccine rollout, fearing risk of new COVID-19 wave 24 Mar 2021 - 11:53 pm
A man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a mass vaccination in Guadalajara, Mexico March 21, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Romero
Canada's lagging COVID-19 vaccine campaign set to ramp up as virus variants spread 24 Mar 2021 - 11:30 pm
FedEx employees unload a shipment from Europe of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Brazil set to pass 300,000 deaths as Bolsonaro pledges more COVID-19 coordination 24 Mar 2021 - 11:24 pm
People walk after disembarking from a train at Luz station during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sao Paulo, Brazil March 23, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel
Canada's WestJet Airlines restores routes as COVID-19 shots raise hope of summer travel 24 Mar 2021 - 08:06 pm
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US says hopes WHO report on virus origins is "based on science" 24 Mar 2021 - 07:37 pm
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Fauci: AstraZeneca likely to release new statement on its COVID-19 vaccine 24 Mar 2021 - 07:15 pm
Dr. Anthony Fauci attends a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the COVID-19 response, focusing on an update from federal officials, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Pool via
Canada recommends AstraZeneca vaccine despite U.S. criticism of trial data 23 Mar 2021 - 09:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits a vaccination clinic at the Palais des Congres, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrej Ivanov/
Biden calls for tighter gun control measures after Colorado shooting 23 Mar 2021 - 08:21 pm
A view of King Soopers grocery store the morning after the mass shooting, in Boulder, Colorado, U.S., March 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alyson McClaran
COVID-19 surging dangerously in Brazil, WHO Americas branch warns 23 Mar 2021 - 07:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: Patients are pictured in the emergency room of the Nossa Senhora da Conceicao hospital that is overcrowding because of the coronavirus outbreak, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, March 11, 2021.  REUTERS/Diego Vara/File Photo
Brazil Supreme Court to resume voting on Lula corruption cases 23 Mar 2021 - 06:51 pm
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Photos of migrant detention highlight Biden's border secrecy 23 Mar 2021 - 06:15 pm
An asylum-seeking migrant girl from Central America, who was airlifted from Brownsville to El Paso, Texas, and deported from the U.S. with her mother, looks on outside the office of the Center for Integral Attention to Migrants (CAIM) in Ciudad Juarez, Me
Colorado marks latest mass tragedy after 10 killed 23 Mar 2021 - 01:04 pm
Law enforcement officers salute as emergency vehicles escort the body of slain police officer Eric Talley from the scene of a shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. March 22. 2021. Picture taken March 22, 2021. Michael Ciaglo/
Accused Georgia spa gunman faces 'malice murder,' aggravated assault charges 23 Mar 2021 - 12:23 am
FILE PHOTO: Crime scene tape surrounds Gold spa after deadly shootings at a businesses in the Atlanta area, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry/File Photo
Brazil business elite blast Bolsonaro, who remains unconvinced on COVID-19 restrictions 23 Mar 2021 - 12:15 am
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro reacts during a ceremony to expand the ability of the government to purchase vaccines against COVID-19, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil, March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Mar
Men outnumber women three to one on COVID-19 task forces 22 Mar 2021 - 10:54 pm
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Detention ordered for suspect in chemical spraying of US Capitol officers 22 Mar 2021 - 10:29 pm
George Pierre Tanios watches as a video of the January 6th storming of the U.S. Capitol in Washington is shown during his hearing on charges of pepper-spraying Capitol police officers, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, U.S. March 22, 2021, in this courtroom s