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Royal Caribbean delays trip after 8 crew test Covid-19 positive

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By AFP News

The delay comes just days after Royal Caribbean's Celebrity Millennium trip had two cases of Covid-19.

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Republicans introduce bill to fire Fauci, face of US Covid response

The White House defended Fauci this month after the emails surfaced, calling him "an undeniable asset" in the pandemic...

By AFP News

US tops 600,000 Covid deaths, while New York and California drop curbs

The US passed the 500,000 death mark at the end of February, just under four months ago.

By Catherine Triomphe with Andrew Marszal in Los Angeles

Chinese scientist at center of virus controversy denies lab leak theory

US President Joe Biden last month ordered intelligence agencies to investigate the origin of the pandemic, including...

By AFP News

England delays full lifting of virus restrictions

The government had hoped to allow crowds to return unrestricted to pubs and clubs next week, with the hard-hit...

By Anna Malpas, Imran Marashli

WHO warns virus quicker than vaccines after G7 doses pledge

WHO and partners also highlighted the desperate need for funds to overcome the pandemic.

By Agnes Pedrero

After fire and floods, Aussie farmers suffer devastating mouse plague

Large numbers of rodents were reported as early as October, their population fuelled by a bumper crop after the worst...

By Andrew Leeson

Judge dismisses vaccine lawsuit from Texas hospital workers

Across the United States, more than 173 million people -- over 50 percent of the population -- have received at least...

By AFP News

G7 to provide 1 billion Covid vaccine doses to the world: UK

Over 100 million people in the 27-nation European Union, or 22.6 percent of its population, have been fully vaccinated...

By AFP bureaus

Biden to announce mass vaccine donations as first overseas tour begins

With the world still crawling out from under the wreckage of Covid-19, Biden has cast his diplomatic marathon as a...

By Jerome Cartillier with Sebastian Smith in Washington

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Environment & Nature

World's largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica: European Space Agency

By Amelie Bottollier-Depois, Kelly Macnamara

Icebergs form when hunks of ice break off from ice shelves or glaciers and begin to float in open water.

33 dead, dozens missing as cyclone batters Covid-stricken India

By Sam Panthaky

More than 120 hospitals with Covid-19 patients experienced power disruptions.

Six dead as powerful cyclone heads for India

By AFP News

More than 150,000 people are set to be evacuated from coastal districts in Gujarat

Health

US approves first new Alzheimer's drug in almost two decades

By Issam Ahmed

Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia, is thought to affect 50 million...

Brazil braces for third wave of Covid-19

By Jordi Miro

Covid-19 has already claimed more than 470,000 lives in Brazil, second only to...

Pandemic proves value of homecare

By Thomas Ryan

The COVID-era surge in homecare is only an acceleration of long-developing...

Space

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US to give 80 mn vaccine doses to priority nations, 75% via Covax

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Royal Caribbean delays trip after 8 crew test Covid-19 positive

Republicans introduce bill to fire Fauci, face of US Covid response

US tops 600,000 Covid deaths, while New York and California drop curbs

Chinese scientist at center of virus controversy denies lab leak theory

England delays full lifting of virus restrictions

WHO warns virus quicker than vaccines after G7 doses pledge

After fire and floods, Aussie farmers suffer devastating mouse plague

Judge dismisses vaccine lawsuit from Texas hospital workers

G7 to provide 1 billion Covid vaccine doses to the world: UK

Biden to announce mass vaccine donations as first overseas tour begins

World's largest iceberg breaks off Antarctica: European Space Agency

33 dead, dozens missing as cyclone batters Covid-stricken India

Six dead as powerful cyclone heads for India

US approves first new Alzheimer's drug in almost two decades

Brazil braces for third wave of Covid-19

Pandemic proves value of homecare

NASA announces two new missions to Venus

Competitor fears Elon Musk's SpaceX could 'monopolise' space

"I felt really heavy:" Astronauts describe returning to Earth on SpaceX capsule