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U.S. COVID-19 cases hit six-month high, Florida grapples with surge

By Roshan Abraham and Maria Caspani

(Reuters) -The United States hit a six-month high for new COVID cases with over (More…)

U.S. plans to give extra COVID-19 shots to at-risk Americans – Fauci

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Carl O’Donnell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is working to give additional COVID-19 booster shots (More…)

Thousands evacuate fast-moving California wildfire; homes burn

By Fred Greaves

COLFAX, California (Reuters) -A rapidly spreading wildfire burned homes and forced thousands to evacuate in two heavily (More…)

Some 40 bodies found in Myanmar jungle after army crackdown -U.N. envoy

(Reuters) -A Myanmar militia force fighting the army in a central part of the country and residents have found at (More…)

Taliban target provincial Afghan cities in response to U.S. strikes, commanders say

KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban militants have switched strategy from targeting rural areas of Afghanistan to attacking provincial cities, in (More…)

U.S. services sector growth accelerates despite supply constraints

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A measure of U.S. services industry activity jumped to a record high in July, (More…)

Rare bid to repeal war resolution advanced by U.S. Senate committee

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed legislation on Wednesday that would repeal congressional (More…)

Tourists, residents evacuated by boat in Greece as wildfires rage

By Angeliki Koutantou and Karolina Tagaris

ATHENS (Reuters) -Scores of people on the Greek island of Evia fled to the (More…)

U.S. to outfit border agents with body cameras in major oversight move

By Ted Hesson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will require thousands of border agents to wear body cameras, according to (More…)

Global COVID-19 cases surpass 200 million as Delta variant spreads

By Roshan Abraham and Kavya B

(Reuters) – Coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 200 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters (More…)