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Trump demands postal service increase prices fourfold for customers
May 01, 2020 15:16US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to withhold all future COVID-19 relief funding from the U.S. Postal Service unless the federal agency dramatically raises its shipping prices — a demand that critics say is ludicrous given the economic calamity the American people and the post office are now facing. The Postal Service warned earlier this month that without an infusion of cash, the agency could soon face a complete collapse due to revenue loss related to the 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.
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Afghanistan likely to face ’health disaster’ amid coronavirus
May 01, 2020 06:37A US watchdog report warns that the coronavirus outbreak is likely to cause a health disaster in Afghanistan, which is still plagued by war, despite a peace deal between the Taliban and the US.
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Study finds protective masks can be effectively disinfected at home
May 01, 2020 04:17Researchers concluded that homemade masks and some medical masks can withstand simple disinfection without significantly reducing their effectiveness. A new study has found that disinfecting homemade masks by heating them may not significantly reduce their effectiveness — and that some medical masks can undergo this process and still be effective.
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Biden should let Trump self-destruct
May 01, 2020 04:09Some criticized television networks for airing the daily coronavirus task force press briefings, which the US president sometimes treats as campaign rallies. Those criticisms may hold some merit, but the truth is that these appearances are better than any advertisement the Democratic National Committee could pay for. Each press briefing reminds voters how fundamentally broken Americans' leadership in the White House has become and why the nation needs someone else in command.
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Trump says virus may have originated in China lab, threatens tariffs
May 01, 2020 03:47US President Donald Trump has threatened China with new tariffs amid the coronavirus outbreak he blames Beijing for.