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Mexico’s capture of infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero could be signal to U.S.

The United States‘ motivation to find infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was never in doubt – hence the $20 million reward for information leading to his capture – there was less certainty about the commitment of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who had made clear his lack of interest in pursuing drug lords.

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Safe Third Country Agreement is constitutional, Supreme Court rules

Supreme Court of Canada on Friday said the between Canada and the United States is constitutional.The Supreme Court in its decision noted that the agreement does not violate Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom – the right to life, liberty and security of a person.The , which came into effect in 2004, recognizes Canada and the U.S. as safe places for migrants to seek protection.Under the agreement, migrants must seek asylum in the first of the two countries they land in, making it illegal to cross the border and seek asylum in the other country.Opponents of the treaty asked the top court to declare that the legislation underpinning the pact violates the right to life, liberty and security of the person, saying the U.S.

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North Korea fires 8 missiles after U.S., South Korea stage military drills

North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday, a day after South Korea and the United States wrapped up their first combined military exercises involving an American aircraft carrier in more than four years.

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Mitch McConnell says he cannot support Jackson for U.S. Supreme Court

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he will vote against confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson, saying he “cannot and will not” support the groundbreaking nominee for a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court.

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US to lift its ban on travel from southern Africa

The United States is set to lift its travel ban imposed on several southern African nations from next Friday, 31 December.

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US to end travel bans for vaccinated passengers 'early November' - official

The United States has announced that it will lift Covid travel bans on all passengers in November if they are fully vaccinated and undergo testing and contact tracing.

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US believed to be planning booster shots from September

The United States plans to begin administering Covid-19 booster shots next month, pending authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration, a source has said.

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Top health official says US 'failing' on Covid-19

A top public health official in the United States has warned that the country is "failing" on Covid-19, after the country recorded its highest daily case load in six months.

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Meet the nurse from Montreal who vaccinated Joe Biden

COVID-19 vaccine.The chief executive nurse of ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital was tasked with giving the booster shot to then-president-elect Joe Biden in the midst of the pandemic that has killed millions.“You never really do know what to expect in life,” the former Montrealer said.Cuming found out a week before that he would be vaccinating Biden, who was about to be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Biden says U.S.

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‘God bless America’: Doug Ford reacts to report U.S. plans to send Canada 1.5M vaccine doses

COVID-19 vaccine doses, calling it “fabulous news.”Ford has previously pressed the U.S. to assist Canada by sending vaccines.

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U.S. sets new coronavirus record with nearly 250,000 cases added

coronavirus.“I’m not putting up decorations in here. It’s just not right, right now,” Pirozzi said from her parents’ home in Oak Park, California.

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U.S. sees record coronavirus hospitalizations, cases and deaths as ICUs fill up

coronavirus surge pushed besieged hospitals further to the brink as the United States pressed on with its immunization rollout on Thursday and prepared to ship nearly six million doses of a new vaccine on the cusp of winning regulatory approval.COVID-19 hospitalizations rose to record heights for a 19th straight day, with nearly 113,000 coronavirus patients counted in U.S. medical facilities nationwide on Wednesday, while 3,580 more perished, the most yet in a single day.

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U.S. could see more coronavirus deaths per day than 9/11, CDC director warns

coronavirus per day than in the September 11 terrorist attacks for the next two to three months, a top health official warned Thursday about the dark winter likely ahead for the country hardest hit by the pandemic.“We are in the time frame now that, probably for the next 60 to 90 days, we’re going to have more deaths per day than we had at 9/11 or we had at Pearl Harbor,” U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield told an event hosted by the Council of Foreign Relations, according to accounts from CNN and the Washington Post.

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Coronavirus restrictions in U.S. spark escalating protests, threats against officials

coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed safely removed from the outbreak.In Boise, Idaho, public health officials about to vote on a four-county mask mandate abruptly ended a meeting Tuesday evening because of fears for their safety amid anti-mask protests outside the building and at some of their homes.

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U.S. reports over 3,000 new coronavirus deaths for 1st time as vaccine approval looms

COVID-19 in a single day while public health officials stepped up preparations for a vaccine campaign of historic scope ahead of imminent regulatory approval.Steady movement toward a vaccine rollout on the eve of a critical review by leading U.S. medical experts comes as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations surged alarmingly higher, straining healthcare systems in some pandemic hot spots to the breaking point.

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Coronavirus: Snowbirds fly south for winter amid pandemic

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As vaccine rollout plans are finalized, U.S. prepares for worsening coronavirus surge

coronavirus as early as mid-December, as nationwide deaths hit the highest number for a single day in six months.Some 20 million people could be inoculated against COVID-19 by the end of 2020 and most Americans will have access to highly effective vaccines by mid-2021, the chief adviser of President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed program said. U.S.

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U.S. adds over 91,000 coronavirus cases on Election Day

coronavirus cases and hospitalizations on the same day Americans went to polls to elect their next president under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.More than 91,000 new daily infections were recorded on Tuesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, taking the nationwide caseload past 9.38 million people.While daily infections rose in all but three states, the surge was most pronounced in the Midwest and Southwest.Meanwhile, the states of Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota and New Mexico all reported record high hospitalizations this week.The latest surge — what experts are calling a “third wave” — in the worst-affected nation has raised concerns among U.S. health officials and voters.

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Nearly 300K excess US deaths since January, says CDC

The United States has seen around 300,000 more deaths than usual since late January, with two-thirds attributable to Covid-19 and the rest due to other causes, a US government study said today.

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Experts, national parents group, call for specialized proton therapy clinic in Canada

children’s cancer research says it’s time Canada makes an advanced form of radiotherapy, called proton beam therapy, more widely available.Canada is the only G7 country without a clinical proton facility – a situation that forces families to travel to the United States to seek a treatment that has been around for about a decade.Canadians should have access to the advanced level of care that comes from proton beam therapy, said Chris Collins, chair of Advocacy for Canadian Childhood Oncology Research Network, or Ac2orn.“This is an important and proven technology and medical treatment,” Collins said in a recent interview.

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Almost 20,000 Amazon workers have tested positive for Covid-19

Amazon has said that slightly more than 19,800 of its employees have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of March.

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Manitobans largely in favour of mandatory masks in public: poll

a poll released Wednesday, including six-in-ten who “strongly” support the idea.The authors of the poll, done by Probe Research Inc., point out there is considerable overlap between those who support a mask mandate, those who say they already regularly wear one regularly, and those who are comfortable with others wearing masks.They are women – especially those over age 55 – Winnipeggers, and those with higher levels of education.“I think it’s really positive that people are supportive of the mandatory mask laws and understanding that we need to work together to stop the chain of transmission,” says Cynthia Carr, epidemiologist and founder of EPI Research Inc., which helped put together the poll.“When something is mandatory sometimes that

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Death rates for people of colour in U.S. skyrocketed amid coronavirus, study finds

coronavirus is significantly higher than the official toll. And half the dead were people of color — Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and, to a marked degree unrecognized until now, Asian Americans.The new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight a stark disparity: Deaths among minorities during the crisis have risen far more than they have among whites.As of the end of July, the official death toll in the U.S.

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Global coronavirus infections pass 20 million

More than 20 million coronavirus cases have been now been registered across the world, over half in the Americas.

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US Covid-19 death toll passes 160,000

US deaths from the coronavirus pandemic have exceeded 160,000, nearly a quarter of the world's total, according to a Reuters tally.

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Over 25,000 Americans died from coronavirus in July, as cases rose by 1.87M

coronavirus deaths rose by over 25,000 in July and cases doubled in 19 states during the month, according to a Reuters tally, dealing a crushing blow to hopes of quickly reopening the economy.Friday saw the month end with a new record one-day increase in deaths: at least 1,453, surpassing the previous record set on May 27. Cases rose by nearly 67,000 on Friday, with some local governments still yet to report.

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2nd coronavirus wave in U.S. hits plateau, but future still uncertain

Mask debate reaches peak in U.S. Congress after member tests positive for coronavirus Some experts wonder whether the apparent caseload improvements will endure.

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U.S. sees over 1,000 coronavirus deaths for 4th straight day, but officials optimistic

United States recorded more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 for the fourth straight day on Friday but a top White House advisor on the pandemic said she saw signs that the worst could be past in hard-hit southern and western states.At least 1,019 fatalities due to COVID-19 were confirmed nationwide on Friday, following 1,140 on Thursday, 1,135 on Wednesday and 1,141 on Tuesday. Total cases across the United States rose by at least 68,800 on Friday to over 4 million.The numbers have been driven in large part by a surge in infections in Arizona, California, Florida, Texas and California.

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3 of 4 Americans want masks to be mandatory amid coronavirus pandemic: poll

coronavirus cases and a growing embrace of government advice intended to safeguard public health.The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also finds that about two-thirds of Americans disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling the outbreak, an unwelcome sign for the White House in an election year shaped by the nation’s battle with the pandemic. As U.S.

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Scott Thompson: Will U.S. voters forgive Donald Trump’s flip-flops on pandemic, mask use?

COVID-19 a hoax and denouncing mask use since the beginning of the pandemic, Trump — months later — has finally admitted the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak and is now endorsing wearing a mask.

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‘All the makings of a disaster’: How Florida became a coronavirus epicentre

coronavirus cases continue to surge in the United States, but Florida has been hit particularly hard, often reporting around 10,000 cases per day over the last week.On Wednesday morning, the Florida Department of Health reported that another 9,752 residents had been diagnosed with the virus, while 139 more had died.

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Brazil deaths reach over 80,000, Trump U-turn on masks

Brazil's coronavirus death toll has surpassed 80,000, according to health ministry figures, as the country hit second-hardest in the world continued struggling to control the pandemic.

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Russia’s ambassador to Britain rejects allegations of coronavirus vaccine hacking

Russia’s ambassador to Britain has rejected allegations that his country’s intelligence services sought to steal information about a coronavirus vaccine.Andrei Kelin said in a BBC interview broadcast Sunday that there was “no sense” in the allegations made last week by the United States, Britain and Canada. What is Cozy Bear? What we know about the hackers accused of targeting COVID-19 research “I don’t believe in this story at all, there is no sense in it,” he said when asked about the allegations.

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U.S. sanctions 3 senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses

United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party, including a member of the ruling Politburo, for alleged human rights abuses targeting ethnic and religious minorities that China has detained in the western part of the country. U.S.

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Coronavirus hits ‘full speed’ in Africa as Asia, Europe warn public against complacency

coronavirus outbreaks accelerate or sought to prevent new flare-ups, while the virus showed no signs of slowing its initial advance in Africa and the Americas. How to safely visit the dentist during the pandemic Following two nights of anti-lockdown protests in Serbia, authorities banned mass gatherings in the capital of Belgrade amid an uptick in confirmed COVID-19 cases.

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Nova Scotia revokes coronavirus exemptions issued to Irving Shipbuilding executives for U.S. travel

Irving lays off workers, shuts down Halifax Shipyard for three weeks Under the exemption, which was granted by both the provincial and federal governments, the executives were required to undergo coronavirus testing the day of their return and self-isolate until the results of the tests were confirmed to be negative.“I did give an exception in June with very tight restrictions, but now after concerns have been raised, I have revoked that exception and made clear there will be no further company travel to or from the U.S.,” Dr.

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Coronavirus: U.S. sees new shortage of PPE as cases, hospitalizations climb

coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients climbs.A national nursing union is concerned that gear has to be reused.

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Coronavirus cases in US, Latin America and the Caribbean rise to over 6 million

The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has risen to over 3 million, after a daily record of 60,209 new cases.

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P.E.I. top doc says traveler from U.S. linked to coronavirus cluster was turned away from province

coronavirus cluster did not have pre-approval to travel to the island.Four of the province’s five new cases are connected to a man in his 20s who traveled to Nova Scotia and had contact with an American traveler while there. P.E.I.

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White House backs new effort to end Obamacare despite coronavirus pandemic

coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act.The administration’s latest high court filing came the same day the government reported that close to half a million people who lost their health insurance amid the economic shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 have gotten coverage through HealthCare.gov.The administration’s legal brief makes no mention of the virus.

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Actual U.S. coronavirus cases may be 20 million, officials suggest

coronavirus since it first arrived in the United States, meaning that the vast majority of the population remains susceptible.Thursday’s estimate is roughly 10 times as many infections as the 2.3 million cases that have been confirmed. Officials have long known that millions of people were infected without knowing it and that many cases are being missed because of gaps in testing.

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China says Kovrig, Spavor may be freed if Canada ends Meng Wanzhou case

China has explicitly tied the fate of two detained Canadians to the release of Meng Wanzhou, joining the growing calls for Ottawa to intervene in the Huawei executive’s extradition.In a media briefing Wednesday, Zhao Lijian, the spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, cited comments made by Michael Kovrig’s wife to the CBC and Reuters saying Canada’s justice minister has the power to end Meng’s extradition to the United States “at any point.”“Such options are within the rule of law and could open up space for resolution to the situation of the two Canadians,” Zhao said, referring to Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have now been detained for over 550 days.

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Fauci to testify to U.S. Congress amid coronavirus surges, misinformation

coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention with public health recommendations, Dr. Anthony Fauci returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday at a fraught moment in the nation’s pandemic response.The government’s top infectious disease expert will testify before a House committee, along with the heads of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Over half of Americans aren’t buying White House coronavirus messaging: poll

Mike Pence says the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic is “a cause for celebration,” but a new poll finds more than half of Americans calling it fair or poor.The Gallup and West Health survey out Thursday found that 57% of U.S.

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Fauci warns U.S. states with coronavirus surges should ‘slow down a little’ in reopening

https://t.co/7Wl3xwTIlX pic.twitter.com/DhI5klpqoG— CNN (@CNN) June 13, 2020So far, more than 114,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States, according to a Reuters tally. About half a dozen U.S.

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Some U.S. states press on with reopening, others ease up amid coronavirus surges

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Regardless of what we see in the next week, we made the right decision to go ahead and lift some of these restrictions so we don’t cause more damage to people’s lives and their livelihood,” Hutchinson said.Arizona has become one of the most troubling hot spots in the U.S. as new cases have surged to more than 1,000 a day, up from fewer than 400 before stay-at-home orders expired in mid-May.Republican Gov.

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U.S. coronavirus cases hit 2 million as some states see surges

coronavirus cases in the United States passed the two-million mark Wednesday, as cases continue to rise across the country amid patchwork reopening measures and widespread protests against racism and police brutality.Thousands of new laboratory tests have returned positive daily in several states, with the pandemic appearing to shift from large urban centres like New York City and Chicago toward smaller, rural areas. States that have loosened restrictions have also seen resurgences in cases.

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Why the US is experiencing a coronavirus plateau

When epidemiologists talked about "flattening the curve," they probably did not mean it this way: the US hit its peak coronavirus caseload in April, but since that time the graph has been on a seemingly unending plateau.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0