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WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – New Zealand reported its first recorded death linked to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said yesterday, after a woman suffered a rare heart muscle inflammation side effect.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida pounded Louisiana after sweeping ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, flooding wide areas under heavy surf and torrential rains as fierce winds toppled trees and power lines, plunging New Orleans into darkness after nightfall.

VIENNA/SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the U.N.

 (Reuters) – U.S. anti-missile defences intercepted as many as five rockets fired at Kabul’s airport early today, a U.S.

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida, making landfall as a fierce Category 4 storm, plowed into Louisiana from the Gulf Mexico yesterday, lashing the coast with 150 mile-per-hour winds, torrential downpours and pounding surf that submerged much of the shoreline under several feet of water.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – American forces launched a drone strike in Kabul yesterday that killed a suicide car bomber suspected of preparing to attack the airport, U.S.

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana today as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, forcing those who did not flee to brace themselves for the toughest test yet of the billions of dollars spent on levee upgrades following Hurricane Katrina 16 years ago.

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del., (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden shut his eyes and tilted his head back as the flag-draped cases carrying the remains of 11 American service members killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan emerged today from a military plane at a base in Delaware.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Greek police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse a group of people who threw flares and other objects during a protest in central Athens today against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Ida yesterday intensified over warm Gulf of Mexico waters, prompting tens of thousands to flee coastal areas, while President Joe Biden pledged aid to help states quickly recover once the storm has passed.

(Reuters) – President Joe Biden warned yesterday that another militant attack was highly likely as U.S.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Police tussled with protesters as thousands of people marched through Berlin yesterday chanting slogans and waving banners against COVID-19 restrictions.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Iranian and Gulf Arab officials met in Baghdad yesterday on the sidelines of a regional summit that Iraq hoped would encourage its neighbours to talk to each other instead of settling scores on its territory.

MONTERREY, Mexico, (Reuters) – The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of torrential rains, life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides as the center of Hurricane Nora grazed Mexico’s southwestern coast yesterday afternoon.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Scientists said on Wednesday they had discovered the 43 million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown amphibious four-legged whale species in Egypt that helps trace the transition of whales from land to sea.

(Institute for Basic Science) – The cycling between warm El Niño and cold La Niña conditions in the eastern Pacific (commonly referred to as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, ENSO), which has persisted without major interruptions for at least the last 11,000 years, may change in the future, according to a new study.

(University of Utah Health) – COVID-19 vaccines remain effective, but their potency has diminished in recent months, according to the findings of a recent US study.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican scientists have developed a unique “nanobubble” system using solar energy to improve water quality in the canals of Mexico City’s Xochimilco ecological zone, a popular tourist attraction.

(Reuters) – The United States attacked an Islamic State “planner” in Afghanistan in retaliation for a deadly bombing outside Kabul airport and said there was a high risk of further blasts as it nears the end of a mission to evacuate civilians and withdraw troops.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Ida barreled into Cuba yesterday and churned toward a weekend U.S.