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Exclusive: AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial in U.S. on hold until at least midweek – sources

By Julie Steenhuysen and Marisa Taylor

CHICAGO (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial remains on hold in the United States (More…)

COVID-19 cases rise in Canada, schools to put pressure on testing system

By Allison Martell and Moira Warburton

TORONTO/VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canada’s three biggest provinces are seeing a pick-up in new COVID-19 (More…)

Pompeo says Trump administration eager for end to Gulf rift

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed on Monday for a solution to the three-year rift between (More…)

Potential sign of alien life detected on inhospitable Venus

By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus (More…)

Sea of Slush: Arctic sea ice lows mark a new polar climate regime

By Natalie Thomas and Cassandra Garrison

ARCTIC OCEAN (Reuters) – At the edge of the ice blanketing part of the (More…)

Pandemic preparedness panel slams collective failure to heed warnings

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) – A collective failure by political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious (More…)

Mexico nears 70,000 official COVID-19 deaths, but toll likely far higher

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The confirmed coronavirus death toll in Mexico is primed to hit 70,000 when official data is (More…)

U.S. expects to identify Belarus sanctions targets in a few days

By Arshad Mohammed and Daphne Psaledakis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States signaled on Friday that it will soon punish (More…)

Bahrain to normalize ties with Israel, Israeli media say

JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) – The Gulf state of Bahrain is to normalize relations with Israel, the diplomatic correspondent for Israel’s public (More…)

Spain sentences Salvadoran ex-officer to 133 years in jail over priests’ massacre

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court sentenced a former army colonel from El Salvador on Friday to 133 years in (More…)