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Biden summit offer hailed in Moscow as win for Putin
With indications that work was already under way for a potential meeting in Finland, Russian officials were crowing that Moscow was finally being treated with...
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IMF applauds US infrastructure plan, worries about vaccine reticence
Meanwhile, although the latest World Economic Outlook presents a much more upbeat forecast for global growth, vaccine hesitancy in Europe is a risk.
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US workers enticed with bonuses, time off to get COVID-19 vaccine
California-based Bolthouse Farms, which sells carrots, smoothies and juices, holds weekly immunization sessions at its main site and pays $500 to all full-time employees who accept the shot.
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Biden warns of 'responses' if North Korea 'choose to escalate'
North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea Thursday, in its first substantive provocation to Biden's new administration.
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Flying solo: Biden to hold his first press conference
His administration faces mounting challenges from immigration to gun control and the still-worrying coronavirus pandemic.
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Pandemic-hit US confronted anew by mass shootings
The two separate bursts of killing, on opposite sides of the country, claimed a total of 18 lives and confronted the nation anew with a painful problem that was obscured by the virus's out-of-control spread.
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How AstraZeneca's errors eroded US confidence in its COVID shot
The British-Swedish drugmaker was on the back foot Tuesday, vowing to release more data "within 48 hours" after the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) raised concerns that results reported from its US trial were outdated.
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Mnangagwa’s govt trying to break up opposition MDC Alliance, says US
In a statement, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that ZANU–PF was misusing the levers of government to silence its critics.
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'Multiple' deaths in US mass shooting at Colorado grocery store
One "person of interest" is injured and in custody, police commander Kerry Yamaguchi told reporters, following the incident at the King Soopers store in Boulder, some 30 miles (50 kilometres) northwest of the state capital Denver.
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US hits Myanmar with fresh sanctions over repression of protests
The US Treasury placed sanctions on Police Chief Than Hlaing and Lieutenant-General Aung Soe, saying both were responsible for using lethal force that has left scores dead in recent weeks.
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Tough talk at first face-to-face US- China meeting of Biden era
China's actions "threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability," Blinken said at the opening of the two-day meeting.
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Atlanta shootings expose fears of Asian-American community
Robert Aaron Long, of Woodstock, Georgia, faces eight counts of murder and one charge of aggravated assault for Tuesday's shootings at three Atlanta massage parlors, in which six of the eight people killed were women of Asian descent.
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Putin invites Biden to virtual talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called on US President Joe Biden to hold virtual talks after the American leader described him as a 'killer'.
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'Takes one to know one': Putin mocks Biden over 'killer' comment
US President Biden's recent comments about the Russian president sparked the biggest crisis between Russia and the United States in years.
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Russia's Washington envoy to return to Moscow Saturday: embassy
Russia called back its ambassador over comments made by US President Joe Biden who likened his Russian counterpart to a "killer".
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Biden warns US may miss deadline to exit Afghanistan
The Taliban insurgents have largely stuck to a promise not to attack US or other foreign troops since the agreement was struck in February last year, but they say the date to end America's longest war is inflexible.
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Russia recalls US envoy after Biden threatens 'killer' Putin
Asked if he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been accused of ordering the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and other political opponents, is a 'killer,' US President Joe Biden said: 'I do.'
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Taliban say US must meet troop withdrawal deadline
Biden on Wednesday cast doubt on meeting the deadline, saying he was in the process of deciding when troops would leave.
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Biden says he agrees that Putin is a 'killer'
The statement marked a stark contrast with predecessor Donald Trump's steadfast refusal to say anything negative about the Russian president.
