Donald Trump says he’ll order unemployment payments if impasse persists

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Two people familiar with the matter said Trump would extend the supplemental unemployment insurance at a $400-per-week level, a reduction from the $600 in the...

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Study finds asymptomatic Covid-19 patients spread virus similar to symptomatic ones

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

The experts analysed swabs taken from over 300 patients between March 6 and 26. Of the total, 193 patients were symptomatic while 110 were asymptomatic....

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Turkmenistan to let WHO conduct independent coronavirus sampling

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

A Saturday state television report showing a teleconference involving Turkmenistan’s leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made no mention of WHO concern...

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Canada to impose ‘dollar-for-dollar’ retaliatory tariffs on US goods

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

At an election rally in Ohio, Donald Trump announced that Washington will impose a 10% tariff on Canadian aluminum. [caption id="attachment_9100" align="alignnone" width="968"] Canadian Prime...

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Beijing’s top HK office says US sanctions are ‘clowning actions’ and ‘ridiculous

August 7, 2020August 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9069" align="alignnone" width="975"] Luo Huining is the head of the Liaison Office for Hong Kong affairs. [/caption] HONG KONG: Beijing’s top representative office in...

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US Slaps Sanctions On Hong Kong Leader In New Offensive On China

August 7, 2020August 8, 2020

The move criminalizes any US financial transactions with the 11 officials, who include Hong Kong's police commissioner, its security secretary and China's top official in...

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China Says It Opposes “Barbarous” Hong Kong Sanctions By US

August 7, 2020August 8, 2020

Hong Kong Sanctions: In the toughest US action on Hong Kong since China imposed a sweeping new security law on the territory, Washington on Friday...

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COVID-19 deaths in Latin America hit global high

August 7, 2020August 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9078" align="alignnone" width="973"] Cemetery workers carry the coffin of a COVID-19 victim at a graveyard in Comas, in the northern outskirts of Lima. [/caption]...

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US schools reopen in virus hotspots

August 7, 2020August 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9072" align="alignnone" width="965"] Schools in several US states have reopened for in-person classes. [/caption] WASHINGTON: Undeterred by the coronavirus, schools in several US states...

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TikTok prepares advertisers for possible app ban

August 7, 2020August 8, 2020

[caption id="attachment_9094" align="alignnone" width="962"] FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. [/caption] REUTERS: TikTok is...