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US COVID deaths pass 3,000 in 24 hours as vaccine approval looms
Dec 10, 2020 07:07The United States has registered more than 3,000 deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours on Wednesday, the highest daily toll since April.
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Rich countries have bought too many COVID-19 vaccines: Amnesty
Dec 10, 2020 02:25Rich countries have secured enough coronavirus vaccines to protect their populations nearly three times over by the end of 2021, Amnesty International and other groups said on Wednesday, possibly depriving billions of people in poorer areas.
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Pandemic, the so-called ‘Great Reset’ and resistance
Dec 09, 2020 10:42According to the latest International Labor Organization reports, as job losses escalate due to lockdowns aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19, nearly half of the global workforce is at risk of losing livelihoods, access to food and the ability to survive. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has stated, “With some 2.6 billion people around the world in some kind of lockdown, we are conducting arguably the largest psychological experiment ever.”
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New US data show income of top 0.1% soared 345% while that of bottom 90% stagnated over past 40 years
Dec 09, 2020 10:31U.S. wage data released recently reveal the continuation of a trend that began at the end of the 1970s, and which has given the United States the dubious distinction of having the worst income inequality among most-developed countries. While U.S. income inequality is the worst among most-developed nations, its wealth inequality is even more egregious.
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With rent freezes about to expire, Mnuchin lobbies for more Wall Street bailouts
Dec 09, 2020 10:20The United States Treasury Department keeps a stash of taxpayer money and uses it for currency speculation. The massive profits from the secret market activities can be used for things like funding foreign governments and many other applications at the discretion of the presiding administration.
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Over 765,000 patients recover from COVID-19 in Iran
Dec 09, 2020 09:11More than 765,000 coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran so far, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.
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White House hindering Iran efforts to import vaccine, medicine: President Rouhani
Dec 09, 2020 09:08President Hassan Rouhani has lashed out at his US counterpart, Donald Trump, for hampering Iran’s purchase of medical equipment and vaccines required to fight the coronavirus pandemic, saying the “evil” team at the White House did not even spare the elderly and the disabled from the “cruel” measures.
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UN chief urges support for Iran's economy amid pandemic
Dec 09, 2020 05:39UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for initiatives in support of trade relations with Iran during the current economic and health challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Immigrants detained by ICE say they were punished for requesting COVID-19 tests
Dec 08, 2020 17:40When detainees at an Alabama jail got sick — or simply asked to be tested — they were put in solitary confinement.
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US sanctions block Iran’s purchase of COVID-19 vaccine
Dec 08, 2020 14:29The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says inhumane sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran prevent the country from purchasing coronavirus vaccine as the deadly virus takes its toll on the Iranian nation.