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Oil Gains As OPEC+ Resumes Output Cut Extension Talks After Impasse
Oil prices rose on Thursday as producers including Saudi Arabia and Russia locked horns over the need to extend record production cuts set in place in the first wave of the COVID19 pandemic.
Australia Set To Approve Tough New Veto Powers Over Foreign Agreements Amid China Row
Australia's parliament was on Thursday set to pass legislation giving the federal government power to veto any agreement struck with foreign states, a move likely to anger China and intensify a bitter diplomatic spat between the two countries.
Six Missing, Homes Destroyed In Alaska After Rain Triggers Landslides
Six people were missing in Haines, Alaska, on Wednesday after record rains triggered landslides that destroyed four homes in the mountainous southeast, state troopers said.
Some New York City Teachers Question Timing Of Reopening Schools As COVID-19 Cases Soar
Jamie Ewing longs for the day when he can return to teaching his fourthgrade class facetoface, safely and permanently but he is not confident that will be the case next week when he is due to go back to his school in the South Bronx.
World Disability Day 2020: History, Theme and Significance
The United Nations General Assembly in 1976 proclaimed 1981 as the International Year of Disabled Persons. A plan of action at the National, regional and International levels, was called for.
Biden Will Have To Make Early Decision On North Korea - Adviser
The incoming U.S. administration will have to make an early decision on what approach it will take with North Korea and not repeat the delay of the Obama era, a former U.S. official who has advised Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday.
Exclusive: Venezuela Opposition Discussing Scaling Back Interim Government, Sources Say
Venezuela's opposition is discussing scaling back the interim government of opposition leader Juan Guaido that has won diplomatic recognition by dozens of countries that disavowed President Nicolas Maduro, nine legislators told Reuters.
U.S. Health Agency Shortens Quarantine Guidance Following Coronavirus Exposure
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said a shorter quarantine period of seven days with a negative COVID19 test and 10 days without a test would work for individuals showing no symptoms after virus exposure, providing al...
Afghan Government, Taliban Reach Breakthrough Deal As Calls Grow For A Ceasefire
Afghan government and Taliban representatives reached a preliminary deal on Wednesday to press on with peace talks, their first written agreement in 19 years of war and welcomed by the United States as a chance to halt the violence.
U.S. CDC Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine Period
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said that it was adding two shorter selfquarantine periods recommended after potential exposure to the coronavirus to seven days with a negative test and 10 for without a test.
U.S., EU Must End Trade Conflict, Brussels Says In Biden Wish-list
The European Union and the United States should resolve their trade disputes after U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office in January in a "new transatlantic agenda", the EU executive said on Wednesday, laying out its wishlist for better ties.
Syrian Refugee In Sudan Aims To Show How Refugees Can Make A Difference
A Syrian refugee living in Sudan, who says he wants to show how refugees can make a difference, is helping to supply clean water to Ethiopians fleeing conflict at home.
The U.S. Has Spent Billions Stockpiling Ventilators, But Many Won’t Save Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
With the COVID19 pandemic sweeping across its shores earlier this year, the U.S. government in April announced orders for almost $3 billion of ventilators for a national stockpile, meant to save Americans suffering from severe respiratory problems brought...
Factbox: UK Approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: Who Gets It First?
Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week.
Which Americans will get Vaccine First? Experts Vote for Healthcare Workers, People in Care Facilities
A high level panel of US experts on Tuesday voted that health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities should be prioritised in the first phase.
CDC To Shorten COVID-19 Quarantine To 10 Days, 7 With Test
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to shorten the recommended length of quarantine after exposure to someone who is positive for COVID-19, as the virus rages across the nation.
