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U.S. job openings jump to two-year high in boost to labor market

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings rose to a two-year high in February while hiring picked up (More…)

Exclusive: EU denies blocking 3.1 million AstraZeneca shots to Australia

By Colin Packham

CANBERRA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Tuesday denied blocking shipments of 3.1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s (More…)

WHO does not back vaccination passports for now – spokeswoman

By Reuters Staff

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization does not back requiring vaccination passports for travel due to (More…)

Michigan coronavirus cases rise sharply, top daily tally among U.S. states

(Reuters) – Michigan topped the coronavirus daily tally among U.S. states on Monday after a steep rise in infections, about (More…)

Malaysia sends back over 300 containers of illicit plastic waste

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Tuesday it had sent 267 containers of illegal plastic waste back to their (More…)

Rescuers hunt for survivors after cyclone kills 119 in Indonesia

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Rescuers searched for dozens missing in the remote islands of southeast Indonesia (More…)

Brazil’s COVID-19 death surge set to pass the worst of record U.S. wave

By Pedro Fonseca

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of (More…)

Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 3 million amid new infections resurgence

By Roshan Abraham and Anurag Maan

(Reuters) – Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide crossed 3 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters (More…)

U.S. arrested two Yemenis on terror watchlist who tried to cross border from Mexico

By Ted Hesson and Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. border agents in recent months arrested two Yemeni men on (More…)

U.S. looks into reports of atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is looking into reports of human rights abuses and atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, (More…)