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Covid-19: US deaths smash daily record, spurring pleas to trim back Christmas

Katie Ramirez, left, watches as her mother, Claudia Campos, swabs the mouth of her daughter, Hailey, for a COVID-19 test…

Covid-19: Pres Bolsonaro says Brazil at ‘tail end’ of pandemic

BRASILIA, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Jair Bolsonaro said Brazil was at the “tail end” of the coronavirus pandemic, despite…

Cuba will unify its two currencies as of Jan 1: president

HAVANA, Dec 11 (NNN AGENCIES) — Cuba will unify its two currencies, theCuban peso and convertible peso, as of Jan…

Covid-18: US experts vote to approve Pfizer vaccine

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US experts voted Thursday to recommend granting emergency approval for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, paving the…

US Pres-elect Joe Biden and Vice-Pres-elect Kamala Harris named Time ‘Person of the Year’

NEW YORK, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time…

Covid-19: Canada approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

OTTAWA, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, days after Britain became the first country to greenlight…

Covid-19: US defense chief, top generals to get vaccine next week

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Secretary of Defense Chris Miller and his top generals will be vaccinated for Covid-19 by…

Saudi prince asks US court to dismiss ‘assassination’ lawsuit

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has asked a US federal court to throw…

Nobel-winning UN food agency warns of ‘hunger pandemic’ worse than Covid

OSLO, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in aceremony held online because of the coronavirus, the World…

Beoing’s 737 MAX Resumes Commercial Flights In Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 10 (NNN-CMA) – A Boeing 737 MAX passenger plane, restarted commercial flight in Brazil yesterday, the…