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Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine

COPENHAGEN - U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer confirmed Friday it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2 billion doses per ye...

Jan 15, 2021

US industrial production jumps 1.6% in December

SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. industrial production rose 1.6% in December, a third straight monthly gain, but remains below its pre-pandemic level. The December gain in industrial output followed a 0.5% i...

Jan 15, 2021

Where MLK and Coretta met and studied, a memorial will rise

BOSTON - A major memorial honouring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is moving forward in Boston, where they met and studied in the 1950s. King Boston, the privately funded organization c...

Jan 15, 2021

Q&A: Kingsley Ben-Adir breaks out as Malcolm X

British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir may not be a household name yet, but that's poised to change with his scene-stealing performance as Malcolm X in Regina King's "One Night in Miami...." The film, which ...

Jan 15, 2021

Justice Dept. watchdog opens probe of response to riot

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's internal watchdog said Friday it will investigate how the department and its agencies prepared for and responded to last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol. The inve...

Jan 15, 2021

Russia follows US to withdraw from Open Skies Treaty

MOSCOW - Russia said Friday it will withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over military facilities following the U.S. exit from the pact. Russia's Foreign Ministry said in...

Jan 15, 2021

December wholesale prices up 0.3% with sharp jump in energy

WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3% in December led by a the biggest jump in energy costs since June. The Labor Department reported Friday that the gain in its producer price index, which mea...

Jan 15, 2021

Rare conviction of South Sudan soldiers for rape raises hope

YEI RIVER, South Sudan - First, the soldiers stole their belongings. Then they took their food. On their third and final visit, the woman said, the soldiers raped her and her daughter-in-law until the...

Jan 15, 2021

Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump's supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armour trudged purposefully up ...

Jan 15, 2021

Pelosi's nine impeachment managers hope to 'finish the job'

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped nine of her most trusted allies in the House to argue the case for President Donald Trump's impeachment. The Democrats, all of whom are lawyers and m...

Jan 15, 2021