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VOA says Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the current state of the coronavirus in the United States.

TRT World says a US judge has held Trump in contempt of court for failing to turn over documents related to an investigation of possible fraud in the Trump family’s business dealings.

VOA says more than a million customers in Puerto Rico remained without electricity on Thursday after a fire at a main power plant caused the biggest blackout so far this year.

The Guardian says attacks against the press in Mexico have increased by 85% since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office, making it the most deadly period for journalists since records began, according to a new report.

The Metro says three people have been killed after a small plane crashed into a supermarket in Mexico, reports say.

The Metro says two women who found out they had been switched at birth 55 years after a US hospital mixed them up said the discovery was ‘heartbreaking’.

The Metro says Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights by failing to intervene or provide medical care.

VOA says the police chief of Canada’s capital said Wednesday there is likely no policing solution to end a protest against vaccine mandates.

The Guardian says a 22-year partnership between US and Australian researchers to identify James Cook’s ship the Endeavour has descended into a row.

The Metro says a freedom convoy’ of anti-vaccine truckers which descended on the Canadian capital sparked fears for the Prime Minister’s safety.