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NHC says Hurricane Ida has made landfall on Isle of Youth
(Reuters) - Hurricane Ida has made landfall on the Isle of Youth, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday. "Ida is forecast to make landfall along the U.S. northern Gulf coast within t...
Aug 27, 2021
ROE Head: Issues with mandatory COVID vaccines and testing for teachers
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria County Regional Superintendent of Schools says Governor JB Pritzker’s new mandate requiring all teachers to get tested or fully vaccinated against COVID-19 might ...
Aug 27, 2021
Germany will offer Africa up to 70 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, Merkel says
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will make up to 70 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine available to African countries this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, more than doubling a previous pledge t...
Aug 27, 2021
Biden administration urges localities to block evictions after court ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has written to state and local officials urging that they block unnecessary residential evictions, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ended a feder...
Aug 27, 2021
U.S. House committee seeks social media records related to Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Friday asked major social media companies including Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet In...
Aug 27, 2021
Joy as parents reunited with kidnapped Nigerian students
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Ninety children abducted from a school in Nigeria were reunited on Friday with their parents after being held captive for nearly three months, part of a wave of mass kid...
Aug 27, 2021
NIH starts study of COVID-19 booster shot in people with autoimmune diseases
(Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is testing a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccines in people with autoimmune diseases who have not responded well to the primary vaccine course. The mid...
Aug 27, 2021
Turkey’s COVID-19 deaths up to mid-May levels as new cases dip
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey reported 244 new coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, near the highest level since mid-May, while new cases dipped to 18,340, according to official government data. The ri...
Aug 27, 2021
Soccer-Man City’s Mendy remanded in custody after court appearance
(Reuters) - Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy was remanded in custody on Friday after appearing at Chester Magistrates' Court a day after being charged with four counts of rape and one count of ...
Aug 27, 2021
Lebanon’s Mikati says he still faces big hurdles to forming cabinet
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said on Friday he still had to overcome major hurdles to forming a new government, amid a deep economic and political crisis that has...
Aug 27, 2021
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