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US to Lift Curbs for Vaccinated Foreign Travelers November 8

The White House said Friday it will lift COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals effective November 8, ending historic restrictions that barred much of the world from the United States. Restrictions on non-U.S. citizens were first imposed on air travelers from China in January 2020 by then-President Donald Trump and later extended to dozens of other countries, without any clear metrics for how and when to lift them. Curbs on non-essential travelers at land...

US Donates 9.6 Million Additional COVID Vaccine Doses to Pakistan

The United States announced Friday an additional 9.6 million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine are being shipped to Pakistan through the global vaccine-sharing COVAX initiative. The shipment brings to more than 25 million the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by Washington to the Pakistani people, said the American Embassy in Islamabad. “The United States is proud to partner with Pakistan to get effective, life-saving Pfizer vaccinations into the arms of Pakistanis, and...

Biden’s Popularity Tied to Pandemic Numbers

Recent polls have shown that U.S. President Joe Biden's standing with the American public is entwined with the state of the pandemic in the country. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has more.

US Top Diplomat Blinken Heading to Ecuador, Colombia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ecuador and Colombia next week to meet with leaders there. He will be in Quito, Ecuador, Oct. 19 to meet with President Guillermo Lasso and Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo. They will discuss democratic governance, counternarcotics cooperation, and opportunities for trade and investment, among other topics, according to a State Department press release. On Oct. 20, Blinken will give a speech on “the challenges facing democracies...

US Cautious Over Claims Key IS African Leader Is Dead

Claims from Nigeria that the leader of one of the fastest-growing Islamic State terror group affiliates is dead are being met with extreme caution in the United States. Officials at the White House, Pentagon and State Department said Friday they were aware of accounts that Islamic State West Africa Province leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi had been killed, but some said it was too early to say anything for sure. "We are aware of the reports but note that unconfirmed reports in the past...

Former US President Clinton Hospitalized with Non-COVID Infection

U.S. former President Bill Clinton is recovering after two days of treatment for an infection in a California hospital, his doctors said Thursday. The 75-year-old was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday evening for "a non-COVID-19 infection," Clinton spokesperson Angel Urena said on Twitter. "He is on the mend, in good spirits, and incredibly thankful to the doctors, nurses and staff providing him with excellent care," Urena...

Biden Heading to Connecticut to Tout Relief Plans for Working Families

U.S. President Joe Biden travels Friday to the northeastern U.S. state of Connecticut Friday to promote his proposals to provide economic relief to working families and to dedicate a human rights center. In the state capital of Hartford, the president will deliver remarks about his Build Back Better plan to provide relief for working families by creating jobs, expanding childcare, and cutting costs by raising taxes on corporations, the White House said in a statement. Biden’s...