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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. motorists drove 14.5% more miles in June over COVID-19 pandemic levels in 2020 as more Americans return to offices and resume trips. The Federal Highway Administration said...

By Gabriela Baczynska ROBEZNIEKI, Latvia (Reuters) - Latvian border guards turned back dozens of migrants into Belarus overnight under a new state of emergency designed to stem a flow of arrivals the ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Deaths related to COVID-19 are on the rise in nearly every country in Central America, including a 30% increase in El Salvador, the head of the U.N.-affiliated Pan American Hea...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin discussed strategic stability consultations as well as global and regional security issues by phone, Rus...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday will address New Yorkers for the first time since becoming Governor Andrew Cuomo's designated successor, taking a first step to movin...

By Lisa Shumaker and Peter Szekely (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott's statewide ban on mask mandates has hit its second legal setback, as a judge in Dallas County temporarily blocked it from bei...

ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government plans to halt most free COVID-19 testing for people who are not vaccinated now that nearly half the population has got the jabs, it said on Wednesday. "For the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak will require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1 or submit to weekly testing. The railroad also said starting Oct. 4 a...

LONDON (Reuters) - New Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi nominated Javad Owji as oil minister on Wednesday as the country struggles with crippling U.S. sanctions that have blocked most of its crude sale...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded 29,612 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and 104 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus. That compares with 23,510 new cases and 146 deaths on Tues...