Biden addressed escalating situation in Afghanistan
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Death Toll From Haiti Earthquake Approaches 1,300 As Extreme Weather Advances And Hospitals Struggle To Cope
The death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 1,297 Monday as the country’s hospitals were swamped by the influx of injured people, forcing local officials to bring in more doctors to tragedy-hit areas before the country gets hit by an incoming tropical depression. Injured people are treated in a field hospital after…
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At least 29 dead in Haiti in wake of 7.2-magnitude earthquake
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti —A massive 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday morning, leveling dwellings in southwest portions of the country and shaking buildings from the neighboring Dominican Republic to Jamaica and Cuba. Officials and witnesses reported heavy damage and fatalities dozens of miles from the epicenter, 7.4 miles northeast of Saint-Louis du Sud, where…
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Russia Reports Record Virus Deaths Second Day in a Row
Russia, the fourth worst-hit country in the world in terms of cases, has since June been hit by a wave of infections driven by the Delta variant. Kirill Zykov / Moskva News Agency Russia on Friday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll for a second day running, as a third wave of infections persists…
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8 Missing as Massive Dixie Fire Rages in Northern California
Firefighters battling the Dixie Fire clear Highway 89 after a burned tree fell across the roadway in Plumas County, Calif., on Aug. 6, 2021. (Noah Berger/AP Photo) QUINCY, Calif.—At least eight people were missing Saturday as one of the worst wildfires in the nation scorched through Northern California communities, forest, and tinder dry scrub in the Sierra…
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Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak throws harsh spotlight on Australia vaccine rollout
FILE PHOTO: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared by a healthcare worker in Melbourne SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s New South Wales state on Friday reported its biggest daily rise in new COVID-19 cases this year, prompting a tighter lockdown in Sydney and a request for additional vaccine doses which was rebuffed by other state leaders….
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More Vaccinated People Are Dying of COVID in England Than Unvaccinated – Here’s Why
More vaccinated people are dying of COVID than unvaccinated people, according to a recent report from Public Health England (PHE). The report shows that 163 of the 257 people (63.4%) who died within 28 days of a positive COVID test between February 1 and June 21, had received at least one dose of the vaccine. At first…
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Russia Marks Highest-Ever Covid-19 Death Toll for Second Day
The record toll comes as Russia continues to battle the surging Delta variant first detected in India.Denis Grishkin / Moskva News Agency Russia recorded its highest-ever daily death toll from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic on Wednesday, the country’s Covid-19 task force said. Russia reported 23,827 new coronavirus cases and 786 deaths on Wednesday…
