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US gift of 1.5 million Pfizer vaccines to land on Thai soil early Friday

Published: Jul 29, 2021

The first lot of 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccines donated by the US will land on Thai soil at 4am on Friday.

Second Guatemalan migrant child dies in US custody

Published: Dec 26, 2018

Washington - An eight-year-old migrant from Guatemala died in US government custody on Tuesday, Customs and Border Protection said, the second child fatality in American detention this month.

Shutdown starts at midnight as US Senate adjourns with no spending bill

Published: Feb 09, 2018

WASHINGTON: The US government on Thursday was assured of careening into a shutdown at midnight after the Senate adjourned with no vote on a measure to extend federal funding beyond the 12am deadline.

New York vows to reopen Statue of Liberty, at its own cost

Published: Jan 22, 2018

New York - The Statue of Liberty, temporarily closed by a US government budget shutdown, will reopen on Monday to once again beckon other countries' "huddled masses" -- as well as not-so-poor tourists with dollars to spend.

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