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US considers over-the-counter birth control pills for first time
For the first time in the US, a pharmaceutical firm has asked to be allowed to sell birth control pills over the counter.The announcement...
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US closes loophole for Russian debt payments
The US is cutting off another financial route for Russia to pay its international debts, a move that could push the country closer to...
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US says ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Rusesabagina ‘wrongly detained’
The United States has determined that Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed in the film "Hotel Rwanda" sheltering hundreds of people during the African nation's 1994 genocide,...
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Covid in North Korea: No response to US vaccine offer
President Joe Biden says North Korea has not responded to a US offer of Covid vaccines, as the country battles its first acknowledged outbreak.Nearly...
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US to arm Ukraine with anti-ship missiles – reports
US officials are considering arming the Ukrainian military with advanced anti-ship missiles, the Reuters news agency has reported.
Citing Biden administration officials, the report says...
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China Eastern plane crash likely intentional, US reports say
Flight data indicates a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March was intentionally put into a nose-dive, according to US media reports.Investigators have...
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Coronavirus: Trump says US reopening, ‘vaccine or no vaccine’
President Donald Trump says the US will reopen, "vaccine or no vaccine", as he announced an objective to deliver a coronavirus jab by year...
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Coronavirus: Trump seems to undercut US spies on virus origins
US President Donald Trump has appeared to undercut his own intelligence agencies by suggesting he has seen evidence coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory.Earlier...
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US airlines to receive $25bn rescue package
The US has agreed a roughly $25bn (£19.8bn) rescue package for 10 of the country's biggest airlines as travel plunges due to the coronavirus.American...
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Coronavirus: US death toll passes 2,000 in a single day
The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day.Figures from Johns Hopkins...
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