United States

• Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  World sets eyes on Biden-Putin meeting in Geneva

  

  The world will virtually stop Wednesday at least for five hours when US President Joseph Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet in Geneva at a time when ties between the two countries are approaching Cold War lows.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Biden warns Putin, renews US-NATO partnership after somber Trump years

  

  United States President Joseph Biden Monday called on his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin to step back from provocative actions during a news conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Anvisa grants shelf-life extension for 3 million doses of Janssen single-dose vaccine in Brazil

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) on Monday granted a shelf-life extension to 3 million doses of Janssen's Covid-19 vaccine.

• Monday, June 14th 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  G7 announces Build Back Better World to counter China's Belt and Road initiative

  

  The world's seven most advanced economies signalled on Sunday during the G7 summit a desire to build a rival to China's multi-trillion-dollar Belt and Road initiative. German Chancellor said she hoped that a new G7 task force can present first infrastructure projects in developing countries in 2022

• Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  G-7 leaders gather in England, hope for a greener, more prosperous future

  

  Leaders from of the seven wealthiest democracies – the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom – Friday started three days of talks at the tiny village of Carbis Bay, near St. Ives in Cornwall, England, in pursuit of a greener, more prosperous and equitable future under the “build back better” motto.

• Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Pulitzer “special citation” for a teenager who caught on video the murder of George Floyd by police

  

  A teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice was awarded a “special citation” on Friday by the Pulitzer Prize Board.

• Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Some 60 million doses of US produced J&J Covid-19 “can't be used because of possible contamination”

  

  Johnson & Johnson was informed by the US Food and Drug Administration that millions of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced at a troubled plant can't be used because of possible contamination issues.

• Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 07:49 UTC

  US states and CDC conflicting guidelines on vaccination, imperil the Miami cruise season takeoff July first

  

  Miami (AFP) – United States cruise companies are fighting to resume voyages from Florida and Texas ports in July as the pandemic wanes, but for vaccinated passengers only. However both states and governors won't let them demand proof of inoculation.

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 08:43 UTC

  Two Covid-19 positive cases on Celebrity Millennium in Caribbean cruise despite abiding CDC guidelines

  

  Uncomfortable start for Caribbean cruises. Two guests on one of the first cruise ships to sail from the United States since the COVID-19 pandemic hit tested positive on Thursday, Royal Caribbean said, adding that all passengers and crew had been vaccinated.

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  JBS paid hackers US$ 11 million; cyber extortion crime netted US$ 18 billion in 2020

  

  Brazilian corporation JBS, the world's biggest meat processors, paid a US$11 million bitcoin ransom to hackers to prevent any further disruption after a paralyzing cyberattack believed to have originated in Russia.