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CNN President Jeff Zucker in his memo did not specify the fired employees' names, positions or office locations. (AFP Photo)

CNN fires three employees for coming to work unvaccinated: US media

Tech giants like Facebook, Google and Microsoft have all said they will require employees to get jabbed before returning to their US offices

06 Aug 2021 1:55 PM

In this image taken from KABC pool video, Harvey Weinstein, the 69-year-old convicted rapist and disgraced movie mogul, wears a face mask during an arraignment hearing, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in Los Angeles. Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts in California. ( AP)

Weinstein pleads not guilty to sexual assaults in California

The pandemic and procedural delays meant that Weinstein’s extradition took well over a year

22 Jul 2021 12:37 PM

The latest travel advisory replaces the one issued on May 5 that had placed India in the Level 4 category. (Representational image: AFP)

US eases travel recommendations on India as COVID-19 cases fall

The US also eased travel recommendations on Pakistan from Level 4 to Level 3

20 Jul 2021 11:30 AM

A medical worker takes a nasal sample from a man during a COVID-19 testing at a makeshift testing site at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

Dispiriting setback: COVID deaths, cases rise again globally

Cases rose 10 per cent last week to nearly 3 million, with the highest numbers recorded in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Britain

15 Jul 2021 10:12 AM

A firefighter sprays water while trying to stop the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, from spreading to neighboring homes in Doyle, Calif., Saturday, July 10, 2021. Pushed by heavy winds amid a heat wave, the fire came out of the hills and destroyed multiple residences in central Doyle. (AP Photo)

California and other parts of the West broil and burn

Late Saturday, flames jumped U.S. 395, which was closed near the small town of Doyle in California’s Lassen County

12 Jul 2021 5:49 PM

A volunteer vaccinator prepares to administer a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at a vaccine centre in the Swaminarayan School in Neasden, north London. (Photo: AP)

Pfizer pushes for third shot as variant drives global outbreaks

Delta is the most infectious strain of the virus since the start of the global pandemic in early 2020

09 Jul 2021 8:56 AM

A Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee takes the Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine shot at a newly opened vaccination center in the government building, July 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP /Eugene Hoshiko)

UN chief calls for global vaccination plan as COVID-19 death toll tops 4 million

The world needs a global vaccine plan to at least double the production of vaccines and ensure equitable distribution

08 Jul 2021 12:00 PM

Presidential guards patrol the entrance to the residence of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 7, 2021.

Haiti in upheaval: President Moise assassinated at home

Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said the police and military were in control of security in Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas

08 Jul 2021 11:40 AM

A child runs through a fountain at a splash park trying to beat the heat in Calgary, Alberta, on June 30, 2021. (AP)

Hundreds in Canada, US believed dead in heat wave despite efforts to help

Weather experts say the number of heat waves are only likely to rise in the Pacific Northwest, a region normally known for cool weather

02 Jul 2021 9:43 AM

Kids cool off at a community water park on a scorching hot day in Richmond, British Columbia. (Photo: AFP)

Deadly heat wave slams Canada, US

The heat wave has stretched emergency services, with at least 134 people dying suddenly since Friday

01 Jul 2021 11:32 AM

The deal to buy 20 million doses of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin shot has become a headache for Bolsonaro after whistleblowers went public with alleged irregularities. (AFP)

Brazil to suspend Indian COVID-19 vaccine deal as graft allegations probed

Brazilian federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into the deal, citing comparatively high prices and pending regulatory approvals

30 Jun 2021 10:41 AM

People gather during the Queer Liberation March in the West Village on Sunday, June 27, 2021, in New York. (Photo: AP)

With virtual and in-person events, NYC commemorates Pride

The main New York City Pride parade was presented as a television broadcast special

28 Jun 2021 8:47 AM

People gather at the Hennepin County Government Center awaiting word of the prison sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Friday, June 25, 2021 in Minneapolis. (AP/Jim Mone)

US ex-cop sentenced to over 22 years for George Floyd murder

The sentencing was long awaited in Minnesota, with hundreds of people gathering near the courthouse into the evening

26 Jun 2021 11:48 AM

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the makeshift memorial erected in honor of the 215 indigenous children remains found at a boarding school in British Columbia, on Parliament Hill June 1, 2021 in Ottawa. (AFP file photo)

Report: over 600 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada

The bodies were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School, which operated from 1899 to 1997

25 Jun 2021 11:02 AM

The H-1B visa allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

US allows some H-1B visa seekers to re-submit their applications

Such petitions must be re-submitted before October 1, 2021

24 Jun 2021 1:32 PM

We have the tools, so let's use them and crush the outbreak, Fauci said. (AP)

Delta COVID-19 variant greatest threat to U.S. pandemic response: Fauci

Fauci said that the vaccines authorized in the United States, including the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, are effective against the new variant

23 Jun 2021 12:38 PM

Two-thirds received two doses of the vaccine, three weeks apart, and the rest got dummy shots. (Photo: AP/File)

Novavax holds vaccine trials in US, Mexico, says shot 90% effective against Covid

Novavax's study involved nearly 30,000 people aged 18 and up in the US and Mexico

14 Jun 2021 4:19 PM

Many universities are only accepting the students who have been vaccinated with a WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

US students who took India's Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik V, asked to get re-vaccinated

American students have access to the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines

04 Jun 2021 2:46 PM

"Now everyone, even the so-called 'enemy', are beginning to say that President Trump was right about the China Virus coming from Wuhan Lab," said former US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Trump says he was right about 'China Virus coming from Wuhan Lab' remark

He also called for imposing fine on China for the death and destruction they have caused due to this 'lab leak

04 Jun 2021 9:37 AM

Authorities believe the shooting was targeted. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Two dead, over 20 injured in banquet hall shooting in South Florida: Police

The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert

30 May 2021 5:14 PM

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