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Senator asks airlines about worker shortages after billions in U.S. bailouts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee asked the chief executives of six airlines including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways a...
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 vaccine doses going to Ukraine, Bangladesh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sent 2 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine via the COVAX international vaccine-sharing program on Friday, a White House official said, and p...
Jul 16, 2021
Transgender woman in Cameroon describes ‘hell’ of five months in prison
DOUALA (Reuters) - The five months that two transgender women in Cameroon spent in prison were "hell", one of them told Reuters on Friday after they were released, describing how they were initially f...
Jul 16, 2021
Biden digs in on U.S. public lands nominee as Republican opposition mounts
(Reuters) - The White House on Friday backed President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the nation's public lands bureau, pushing back against growing calls to withdraw the nomination from key Republican l...
Jul 16, 2021
Doping-WADA ask German broadcaster to share doping sabotage evidence
(Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Friday it would ask German broadcaster ARD to share any evidence detailed in a documentary looking into possible doping sabotage where banned su...
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. judge rules DACA program illegal, suspends new applications
By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked new applications to a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from depo...
Jul 16, 2021
Airline industry chief criticises UK coronavirus policy
LONDON (Reuters) - Willie Walsh, the head of airline association IATA, renewed his criticism of Britain's coronavirus rules after it scrapped plans to end quarantine rules for vaccinated travellers ar...
Jul 16, 2021
Libya PM unaware of Russia, Turkey deal on foreign fighters
By Michelle Nichols and Ahmed Elumami NEW YORK (Reuters) - Libya's unity government Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah said on Friday he was unaware of any understanding between Russia and Turkey on a ...
Jul 16, 2021
Smell tests can screen for COVID; Cancer patients need both Pfizer doses
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Here is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus...
Jul 16, 2021
City of Peoria asking for public input on COVID-19 funds spending
PEORIA, Ill. — The City of Peoria is asking residents to give their input on how the city should spend more than $36 million in COVID-19 relief funds. The funds must be obligated by the end of t...
Jul 16, 2021
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