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CDC: For the Love of God Do Not Go on a Cruise

Amid reports of widespread outbreaks in cruises earlier this year, the federal agency urges all not to take cruises worldwide. It also issued alerts...

U.S. surpasses 2,000 COVID deaths in a day with hospitals already full

(Reuters) – Daily U.S. deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 2,000 for the first since May and with hospitals across the country already full, portending a...

Former NY City Mayor David Dinkins dies at 93 – police

(Reuters) – David Dinkins, who served as New York City’s first and only African American mayor during the 1990s, died yesterday at the age...

Trump finally gives the green light to proceed with Biden transition

(Reuters) – After weeks of defiance, President Donald Trump yesterday allowed officials to proceed with a transition to President-elect Joe Biden, giving his Democratic...

COVID-19 shots could reach first Americans by mid-December, top health official says

(Reuters) – U.S. healthcare workers and others recommended for the nation’s first COVID-19 inoculations could start getting shots within a day or two of...

U.S. hits 12 million COVID-19 cases as many Americans defy Thanksgiving travel guidance

(Reuters) – The United States recorded its 12th million COVID-19 case yesterday, even as millions of Americans were expected to travel for the upcoming...

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine deliveries could start ‘before Christmas’

(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and BioNTech could secure emergency U.S. and European authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine next month after final trial results showed...

Joe Biden elected president of the U.S.

(BBC) — Joe Biden has won the race to become the next US president, defeating Donald Trump following a cliff-hanger vote count after Tuesday’s...

U.S. daily coronavirus cases exceed 129,000, third day over 100,000

(Reuters) – U.S. coronavirus infections surged by at least 129,606 yesterday, according to a Reuters tally, the third consecutive daily rise of more than...

U.S. presidency still undecided; Biden opens leads in key Midwestern states

WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The excruciatingly close U.S. presidential election hung in the balance today, with a handful of closely contested states set...

U.S. early voting tops 70 million, continuing historic pace

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – More than 70 million Americans have cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election, more than half the total turnout of...

Coronavirus exposure risk on airplanes very low, U.S. defense study finds

(Reuters) – The risk of exposure to the coronavirus on flights is very low, a U.S. Department of Defense study released yesterday found, a...
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A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

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Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...