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US response to coronavirus is met with incredulity abroad
Aug 14, 2020 04:16The United States’ failure to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe, as the so-called world’s most powerful country edges closer to a global record of five million confirmed infections.
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Top US health official says approval of COVID vaccines unlikely before November
Aug 14, 2020 02:53Any potential COVID-19 vaccine backed by the Trump administration’s “Operation Warp Speed” program is unlikely to receive a green light from regulators any earlier than November or December, given the time needed for a large-scale clinical trial, the National Institutes of Health director said on Thursday.
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Iran registers 2,625 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Aug 13, 2020 09:22The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 2,625 people and claimed 174 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours, a senior health official said.
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Pandemic threatens peace, risks new conflicts: UN chief
Aug 13, 2020 05:55UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic not only threatens gains in fighting global poverty and building peace but risks exacerbating existing conflicts and generating new ones.
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'This is terrorism': With no face masks and no warrant, US border patrol agents raid humanitarian aid station in Arizona and detain 30 migrants
Aug 13, 2020 05:45US Border Patrol agents on Friday night, July 31st raided a humanitarian aid station run by immigrant rights advocacy group No More Deaths, detaining 30 people in what activists described as a "massive show of force" aimed at intimidating the group.
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Study: Billionaires that donated to Gates-Buffet giving pledge now richer than ever
Aug 13, 2020 05:39As the assets of the billionaire class in the US swell to $3.5 trillion amid the pandemic, a new study of philanthropic giving reveals that many of America’s wealthiest are using charitable donations to stay rich and get richer.
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Schools to reopen in Iran based on odd-even plan: Education minister
Aug 13, 2020 04:47Students will go to school on an odd-even plan in the new educational year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in the country, Iran’s education minister announced.
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Dollar loses ground amid doubts about US stimulus
Aug 13, 2020 04:15The dollar fell against most of its peers on Thursday amid fading hopes for a compromise between Republicans and Democrats over additional stimulus for the US economy.
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Millions of Americans at risk of homelessness as aid talks collapse in Washington
Aug 13, 2020 04:06Tens of millions of Americans are at risk of homelessness as an impasse in Washington over the coronavirus stimulus package has left renters seriously vulnerable.
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New report accuses Trump of 'intentional disregard' and attack on democracy throughout failed Covid-19 response
Aug 12, 2020 12:11A new report published recently details months of wilful failures to confront the coronavirus pandemic by the White House and paints President Donald Trump's authoritarian tactics during that national crisis as an overt assault on the nation's democratic institutions ahead of elections in November.