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'Outrageous and chilling': US police condemned for charging peaceful environmentalists with 'terrorizing' in Louisiana
Jun 29, 2020 10:53At least 40 U.S. climate and environmental advocacy groups on Friday rallied behind two Louisiana Bucket Brigade activists who are facing felony "terrorizing" charges for leaving a box of plastic pellets collected from Texas waters near a coastal Formosa Plastics facility on the doorstep of a fossil fuel lobbyist in December 2019.
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Expert warns US cities could face 'apocalyptic' future as country sets record for new COVID-19 cases in one day
Jun 28, 2020 04:55The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) on Wednesday released a model showing that nearly 180,000 people in the United States will die because of Covid-19 by October 1. The researchers also projected the U.S. death toll would drop to about 146,000 if at least 95% of people wore masks in public.
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Reusable containers safe during Covid-19 pandemic, say experts
Jun 27, 2020 03:17More than 100 scientists will publish a signed statement on Monday (22 June) to reassure the public that reusable containers are safe during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Study: COVID-19 exacerbating America’s massive wealth inequality and racial divide
Jun 26, 2020 14:07Black Americans are dying at almost three times the rate whites are, with Latinos and Native Americans also dying at elevated levels to the rest of the population.
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Trump responds to COVID-19 spike by cracking down on immigration
Jun 26, 2020 13:59Trump and the immigration hawks around him have been working to prevent immigration and increase deportations since taking office, and advocates say the administration is using COVID-19 as an excuse to appease hardliners and pursue a harsh nativist agenda ahead of the 2020 elections.
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Emerging markets are awash in confidence
Jun 25, 2020 05:48Emerging markets head into the final full week of the first half buoyed by confidence the global liquidity rush will keep risk assets supported even as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up. Developing-nation stocks are approaching their highest level since March, while dollar-denominated bonds have just clocked up an eighth week of gains.
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WHO reports largest single-day increase in confirmed coronavirus cases
Jun 25, 2020 05:29The World Health Organization (WHO) announced this week that Sunday saw the highest number of new cases of coronavirus across the globe since the pandemic began. More than 183,000 new cases were reported within a 24-hour time period around the world, WHO said, with Brazil tracking the highest amount during that time, counting 54,771 new cases. The United States had the second-highest single-day increase, according to WHO statistics, with 36,617 new cases during that period.
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Global health experts alarmed at signs US has “given up” fight against COVID-19
Jun 24, 2020 16:28Global public health experts are looking on in “alarm and disbelief” as the U.S. economy reopens even as Covid-19 case numbers continue to rise in a number of states, with President Donald Trump signaling he has no intention of calling for more economic shutdowns regardless of the outcome.
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UK debt is bigger than economy for first time since 1963
Jun 24, 2020 05:48Britain’s public debt is larger than the size of the country’s economy for the first time since 1963, after the government borrowed a record £55 billion in May. The total level of debt has risen by £173 billion over the last year to reach £1.95 trillion, or 100.9 percent of GDP, as ministers introduced unprecedented support for businesses and households during the coronavirus crisis.
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US undocumented farmworkers are refusing COVID tests for fear of losing their jobs
Jun 23, 2020 13:28The growing number of COVID- 19 in the US reflect the lack of safety guidelines for workers who labor shoulder to shoulder in the fields, travel side by side in vans, and sleep by the dozens in bunks and barracks.