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  NASA selects SpaceX to land humans on surface of Moon

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:08am on April 17, 2021

  NASA has selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972, the agency said on Friday, in a huge...

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  Global trade rules can help fight climate change: US trade chief

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:36pm on April 16, 2021

  International commerce creates incentives for countries to erode environmental protections to attract investment, and global trade rules are needed to counter that ‘race to the...

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  Homebuilding in US rebounds in March

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:25pm on April 16, 2021

  American homebuilders got back to work in earnest last month after bad weather slowed construction in February, as new housing starts jumped 19.4 per cent,...

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  Vaccine third dose ‘likely’ needed within 12 months

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:42am on April 16, 2021

  The head of Pfizer said in an interview aired on Thursday that people will ‘likely’ need a third dose of his company’s COVID-19 shot within...

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  US imposes sanctions on Moscow, expels 10 diplomats

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 01:11am on April 16, 2021

  The United States announced sanctions against Russia on Thursday and the expulsion of 10 diplomats in retaliation for what Washington says is the Kremlin’s US...

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  Time to end US war in Afghanistan with total pullout: Biden

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:21pm on April 15, 2021

  President Joe Biden announced Wednesday it’s ‘time to end’ America’s longest war with the unconditional withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, where they have spent two...

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  EU to get 50m doses of Pfizer’s COVID jabs earlier than expected

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 12:29pm on April 15, 2021

  The European Union said on Wednesday that it is expecting 50 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses earlier than expected, as the United States said it...

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  US cop arrested after protests on second-degree murder charges

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:33am on April 15, 2021

  The United States police officer who shot dead Black 20-year-old Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb after appearing to mistake her gun for her Taser...

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  One killed, 12 missing as ship capsizes in Gulf of Mexico

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:51am on April 15, 2021

  One person died and 12 were missing after a commercial lift vessel capsized in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, the United...

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  US authorities face tangle of sanctions in talks with Iran

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:21am on April 15, 2021

  Reviving the Iran nuclear deal would seem like a simple task for United States president Joe Biden. Iran wants him to lift sanctions in exchange...