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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to spell out a tough, new standard for an emergency authorization of a coronavirus vaccine as soon as this week that will make it exceedingly difficult for any vaccine to be cleared before Election Day.
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Ottawa -
Canada is facing a surge in COVID-19 cases that risks ballooning to higher levels than were seen during the first wave of the pandemic in the spring if people do not take stringent precautions, health officials said on Monday.
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The UK is at a “perilous turning point” and must act, Boris Johnson has told MPs, announcing new restrictions for England including slashing the size of wedding celebrations and bans on indoor team sports, as well as a return to home working.
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Landscape-changing wildfires have become a concern worldwide as global warming creates fires that burn more ferociously and more frequently. Scientists are now asking just how much more devastation our forests and woodlands can take, and still survive?
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Monday that revised guidance quietly posted on Friday that said airborne transmission was thought to be the main way the virus spreads was “posted in error.”
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Tropical Storm Beta is nearing the northwest Gulf Coast and poses threats of flooding rainfall, storm surge and gusty winds to parts of Texas and Louisiana into midweek.
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Growth in Alberta's renewable energy sector should continue its upward trend, experts say, with one forecast anticipating a surge of projects that could see the province becoming the Canadian leader in utility-scale wind and solar capacity by 2025.
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General Electric Company said on Monday it plans to stop making new coal-fired power plants, as the U.S. industrial conglomerate focuses more on renewable sources of power generation.
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The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about six weeks before Election Day has set into motion what could turn out to be the most severe strain our Democracy, and the Supreme Court has ever seen.
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Total confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. topped 6.7 million on Sunday, accounting for nearly 22 percent of the world-wide total of 30.8 million. The U.S. death toll for the virus is hovering close to 200,000, more than any other country.
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At least 3,245 people in northwest China have tested positive for the bacterial disease, brucellosis, authorities said on Tuesday, in an outbreak caused by a leak at a biopharmaceutical company last year.
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America’s worsening climate change problem is as polarized as its politics. Some parts of the country have been burning this month while others were underwater in extreme weather disasters. Yet this worsening situation is being ignored by many of us.
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As proof that this year's Atlantic Hurricane season is exceptionally busy, Tropical Storm Beta is churning in the western Gulf, close to the Texas coast. Beta is expected to become a hurricane by Sunday or Monday morning.
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Ottawa -
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said border restrictions between Canada and the United States because of the novel coronavirus pandemic would be lifted “pretty soon”, contradicting an agreed to extension until October 21 just hours before.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court whose unwavering fight for women’s rights and social justice made her an icon to many admirers of the court’s liberal wing, died Friday. She was 87 years old.
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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe has surpassed 30 million, according to figures by Johns Hopkins University. The global count of COVID-19 infections climbed past 30 million on Thursday with over half coming from three countries.
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I just love it when President Donald Trump shows the world just how big an imbecile he really is, and this time, what he said is even better than what he said two years ago about Finland spending a lot of time raking their forests.
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Toilet paper is back on store shelves in the United States. But you may not recognize some of the brands. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, demand for toilet paper has been high, forcing retailers to buy foreign brands, mainly from Mexico.
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Yakutsk -
After more than 20,000 years, Siberia's melting permafrost has revealed an amazingly well-preserved body of a cave bear. The bear still has intact fur, soft tissues and internal organs, including its nose.
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Washington -
Less than one day after the ceremony marking the historic deals with the UAE, Bahrain and Israel, several White House employees tested positive for coronavirus, However, the Trump administration has declined to discuss the situation.
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