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White House blocks Fauci from testifying to Congress on coronavirus response
May 02, 2020 03:47The White House issued an emailed statement after a spokesman for the House of Representatives committee holding the hearing said the panel had been informed by Trump administration officials that Fauci had been blocked from testifying.
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US death toll from novel coronavirus passes 65,000
May 02, 2020 02:07The respiratory illness known as COVID-19 has so far infected more than 1,119,000 people across the United States and killed more than 65,000, according to the latest updates.
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Trump increases his estimate of COVID deaths in US to 100,000
May 02, 2020 01:39US President Donald Trump on Friday seemingly increased his estimate of possible deaths in the United States from the coronavirus, telling a White House event he hopes for less than 100,000 fatalities, a higher upper limit than the 60,000 to 70,000 deaths he discussed on Monday.
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Trump: New tariffs on China 'certainly an option'
May 02, 2020 01:31US President Donald Trump has said imposing new tariffs on China is “certainly an option” in retaliation for the spread of the coronavirus out of Wuhan, China.
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Macron says normal life still far away as France needs recovery
May 02, 2020 01:23French President Emmanuel Macron says normal life is still far away from the country even as it moves to end a weeks-long lockdown imposed over the new coronavirus pandemic.
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Beijing tourist sites reopen on Labor Day holiday as COVID restrictions eased
May 01, 2020 12:55Visitors hit tourist sites in the Beijing suburbs on Friday, as they reopened on Labor Day, amid an easing of coronavirus restrictions.
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US manufacturing plunged in April: Survey
May 01, 2020 12:52The coronavirus pandemic caused manufacturing activity in the United States to post a historic decline in April, according to an industry survey Friday, and it may stay depressed for some time.
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UK ethnic minorities dying in greater numbers from COVID-19
May 01, 2020 10:13A new report says the coronavirus epidemic is killing Britain’s ethnic minorities in disproportionate numbers, despite the fact that most minority groups are much younger on average than the white British population.
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Tehran urges US to release Iranian scientist infected with COVID-19
May 01, 2020 07:58Iran’s Judiciary has urged the United States to immediately release Sirous Asgari, the Iranian scientist who has contracted the coronavirus in a prison in Louisiana.
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China reopens Forbidden City after three-month closure over coronavirus
May 01, 2020 06:37The Forbidden City in Beijing reopens three months after it closed due to the coronavirus crisis -- the latest signal that China is bringing the disease under control.