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Nicole Kidman gets quarantine exemption by Hong Kong for TV series -media
HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Hong Kong braces for more draconian COVID-19 travel restrictions to take effect from midnight Thursday, Australian actor Nicole Kidman received an exemption from the governmen...
Aug 19, 2021
Most flares from Texas Permian oil drilling lack permits -study
By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom (Reuters) - Oil producers such as Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell are burning off gas in the largest oil field in the United States without required Texas stat...
Aug 18, 2021
FAA says U.S. carriers can operate Kabul evacuation flights with DOD approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late Wednesday that domestic air carriers and civilian pilots can fly into Kabul to conduct evacuation or relief flights with...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. appeals court upholds Texas ban on second-trimester abortion procedure
(Reuters) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a Texas law banning the most common abortion procedure used by doctors for terminating second-trimester pregnancies, overturning a...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. administers 358.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 358,599,835 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 419,612,925 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. disaster chief says vaccination rates are rising in hurricane-prone states
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spikes in COVID-19 infections and strong public messaging are starting to spur increased vaccination rates in hurricane-prone states, but more work is needed, t...
Aug 18, 2021
Biden disagrees with world leaders over Americans getting vaccine boosters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he disagreed with world leaders who argue other countries should get their first coronavirus vaccine shots before Americans get a boos...
Aug 18, 2021
Would-be knights battle it out in New York’s Central Park
(Reuters) - To shouts of "Rip his head off!" and "Oh my God!" gladiators in medieval armor battle it out with steel swords and axes, one Saturday a month in New York's Central Park. In one-on-one matc...
Aug 18, 2021
Ex-editor of Kushner newspaper who was pardoned by Trump is charged in Manhattan
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ken Kurson, a former editor of the New York Observer newspaper who was pardoned in January by then-U.S. President Donald Trump, was criminally charged on Wedne...
Aug 18, 2021
Biden to require nursing home staff to be vaccinated as condition of federal funding -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration will require nursing home staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the...
Aug 18, 2021
