Republican Kevin McCarthy on Friday said he expected to pick up additional votes from some 20 right-wing hardliners in the U.S. House of Representatives who have blocked his speakership bid over four days of congressional dysfunction not seen since 1859 before the U.S. Civil War.
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China is in talks with Pfizer to secure a license that will allow domestic drugmakers to manufacture and distribute a generic version of the U.S. firm's COVID-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid in the country, sources say.
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Northern California braced for the next onslaught of severe weather later in the day and through the weekend.
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Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel boss Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sinaloa, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said on Friday.
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- Biden to mark anniversary of Jan 6 riots with awards to the day's 'heroes'United States ·
January 6, 2023 · 4:48 PM UTC President Joe Biden on Friday will mark the second anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol with an award ceremony for "heroes" from law enforcement and politics for their contributions to democracy that day and beyond.