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COVID-19: Ministers optimistic jab will be offered to children over 12 - despite advisers being against it

Ministers are optimistic that COVID-19 vaccines will be offered to all 12 to 15-year-olds despite advisers recommending against it,  News understands.

Biden tells storm-ravaged Louisiana: I know you are hurting

LAPLACE, La. — Giant trees knocked sideways. Homes boarded up with plywood. Off-kilter street signs.

Less than a week after Hurricane…

Federal leaders face off over COVID-19 and vaccinations in first election debate

Four of Canada’s party leaders squared off in French for their first televised debate in the federal election campaign, with the COVID-19 pandemic…

Trudeau laments frustrating sexual misconduct report processes in place amid Vance allegations

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on Thursday lamented the “frustrating” processes in place to deal with sexual misconduct cases…

After voters embraced mail ballots GOP states tighten rules

A monthslong campaign by the Republican Party, fueled in part by the false narrative of widespread fraud in last year’s presidential election,…

White supremacist praise of the Taliban takeover concerns US officials

As the United States-backed government in Afghanistan fell to the Taliban and US troops raced to leave the country, White supremacist and anti-government…

Iran Says Nuclear Talks With World Powers Might Not Resume For 2-3 Months

Steered by the European Union, the talks began in April and seek to bring the US back into a deal agreed in 2015. Former US president Donald Trump…

Israel opposes Biden plan to reopen U.S. Palestinian mission in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Israel said on Wednesday that a U.S. plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem that has traditionally been a base for…