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Infections have been surging in recent months, with top US government scientist Anthony Fauci warning just days after Christmas that the worst of the pandemic may be yet to come, driving the country to a "critical point."

Evan Liberty was reading in the top bunk of his cell one evening late last month when a prison supervisor delivered news he had hoped for.

federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office.

At least 17 people were found hacked to death in a part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ravaged by attacks from Islamist militants, a local official said on Friday.

The delays have caused consternation in Germany, where some regions had to temporarily close vaccination centres days after the launch of an inoculation drive on December 27.

About 4,000 additional positive tests for COVID19 in the last two to three days have yet to be formally confirmed in Ireland, meaning the situation is worse than recent record daily figures suggest, a senior health official said on Thursday.

The top Democrat in the Kansas House has refused to give an incoming lawmaker any committee assignments over issues that include an antistalking court order filed against him after he won his seat.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is praising federal courts nationwide for their flexibility in responding to the COVID19 pandemic, acknowledging in his annual yearend report the role technology has played in keeping courts running.

The variant was detected in a 23-year-old female student returning to China from Britain, who was tested in Shanghai on December 14, according to the latest edition of China CDC Weekly published on Wednesday.

The EU drug watchdog is looking at when people should be given the second dose of AstraZeneca and Oxford University's COVID19 vaccine, rather than at the size of the first dose, as part of its review of the shot, a source at the agency said on Wednesday.

British health officials greenlighted the AstraZeneca and Oxford COVID19 shot on Wednesday but also rebuffed one of their central claims: that a halfdose followed by a standard dose offered more protection against infection.

Oil prices traded flat on Wednesday, supported by a draw in U.S. crude inventories and Britain's approval of a second coronavirus vaccine but pressured by swelling yearoveryear supply and the view that a federal aid package would be slimmer than hoped.

British health officials greenlighted the AstraZeneca and Oxford COVID19 shot on Wednesday but also rebuffed one of their central claims: that a halfdose followed by a standard dose offered more protection against infection.

The United States flew strategic bombers over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday for the second time this month, a show of force meant to deter Iran from attacking American or allied targets in the Middle East.

Ghana's main opposition party said on Tuesday it would formally challenge the outcome of a presidential election won this month by incumbent Nana AkufoAddo, a rare move in a country where losing candidates typically concede defeat.

A strong winter storm began making its way across the Upper Midwest Tuesday, creating treacherous travel conditions and spurring warnings urging people to stay off the roads.