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More than half of American adults vaccinated as COVID-19 cases ebb 25 May 2021 - 11:26 pm
FILE PHOTO: People receive COVID-19 vaccines at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
US downgrades Mexico air safety rating, offers assistance 25 May 2021 - 11:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: An AeroMexico Airplane is pictured on the airstrip at Benito Juarez international airport in Mexico City, Mexico April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo
Belarusian airlines banned from UK airspace unless authorised 25 May 2021 - 09:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps arrives for a cabinet meeting, the first since mid-March because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Downing Street in London, Britain, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Simon...MORE
Biden, Putin to meet in Geneva on June 16 amid disagreements 25 May 2021 - 09:40 pm
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Renault-Nissan to shut south India plant until May 30 25 May 2021 - 09:24 pm
FILE PHOTO: A worker walks past parked Renault cars at its stockyard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad June 11, 2013. Car sales in India fell an annual 12.3 percent in May, an industry body said on Tuesday, dropping for the seventh
COVID-19 mask mandates latest flashpoint for US schools 25 May 2021 - 09:19 pm
A principal greets students as they return to New York City's public schools for in-person learning, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at P.S. 506 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermi
Consensus reached for year-end WHO talks on pandemic treaty - South Africa 25 May 2021 - 09:10 pm
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Earthquakes in Congo raze buildings, stoke fear of second volcanic eruption 25 May 2021 - 08:56 pm
Residents walk near destroyed homes with the smouldering lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Djaffar Al Katanty
White House stands by Tokyo Games as COVID surges 25 May 2021 - 08:32 pm
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque ????
WHO expert say new research mission to China would be helpful 25 May 2021 - 08:15 pm
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Russia fines Google, Facebook for failing to delete banned content 25 May 2021 - 08:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: A 3D model of the Facebook logo is seen in front of a Russian flag in this photo illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 22, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Blinken announces US aid to Gaza, pledges to reopen Jerusalem consulate 25 May 2021 - 07:59 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 25, 2021. (REUTERS)
Mexico to get first local COVID-19 vaccines, share with Argentina 25 May 2021 - 07:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker holds a bottle of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre  REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo
US allows Americans with expired passports to return home 25 May 2021 - 07:20 pm
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Airlines re-route to avoid Belarus, opposition says journalist tortured 25 May 2021 - 06:09 pm
People hold paper planes during a protest against the detention of Belarusian blogger, Roman Protasevich, in Warsaw, Poland, May 24, 2021. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Gazeta/via Reuters
US agencies examine reports of early Covid-19 infections in Wuhan lab 25 May 2021 - 05:29 pm
File photo: Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China Feb
Russia ships remdesivir drug to India as part of humanitarian aid 25 May 2021 - 05:23 pm
A patient suffering from coronavirus disease rests inside a classroom turned Covid-19 care facility on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, May 24, 2021. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
US closes in on 50% adult vaccination rate as Covid cases ebb 25 May 2021 - 05:17 pm
A note of gratitude is written on a wall inside a Covid-19 vaccine site attached to New York Mets stadium Citi Field in Queens, New York, U.S., May 24, 2021. Picture taken May 24, 2021. Reuters/Amy Tennery