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Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn
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Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Who is the president of Peru? That answer to that question early Monday was no one.…
Brazil reaches 150,000 deaths from COVID-19 milestone
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Brazil reaches 150,000 deaths from COVID-19 milestone

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s count of COVID-19 deaths surpassed 150,000 on Saturday night, despite signs the pandemic is…
Latin America leads world in coronavirus cases, Reuters count shows
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Latin America leads world in coronavirus cases, Reuters count shows

ASUNCION/SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Coronavirus cases in Latin America for the first time have surpassed the combined infections in the United…
‘They needed people’: Brazil volunteers step up to test COVID-19 vaccine
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‘They needed people’: Brazil volunteers step up to test COVID-19 vaccine

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Luiz Augusto Rizzo, 29, is no specialist in infectious diseases, but he is part of perhaps…
Global coronavirus deaths top half a million
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Global coronavirus deaths top half a million

SYDNEY/BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll from COVID-19 surpassed half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally,…
Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million
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Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million

BEIJING (Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone…
Steroid ‘breakthrough’ raises virus hopes, despite China outbreak
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Steroid ‘breakthrough’ raises virus hopes, despite China outbreak

The World Health Organization on Tuesday hailed a “breakthrough” steroid treatment for the coronavirus, boosting hopes that pandemic deaths can…
Europe reopens borders, but virus looms large elsewhere
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Europe reopens borders, but virus looms large elsewhere

A raft of EU nations reopened their borders to fellow Europeans Monday, but a new coronavirus outbreak in China and…
China virus cluster grows as European borders reopen
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China virus cluster grows as European borders reopen

China reported dozens of new coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Monday as a growing cluster of infections…
Latin America logs 70,000 coronavirus deaths
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Latin America logs 70,000 coronavirus deaths

More than 70,000 people have died from coronavirus in Latin America as the pandemic sweeps through the region, putting growing…
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