WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – New US Covid-19 cases rose by nearly 50,000 on Wednesday (July 1), according to a Reuters tally, marking the biggest one-day spike…
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US F-16 fighter jet crashes in South Carolina, killing pilot
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft crashed during a training mission in South Carolina, killing the pilot, the Pentagon said on…
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Florida's Covid-19 cases up fivefold in 2 weeks: 'The numbers are scary'
MIAMI (NYTIMES) – John Delgado has slept in a tent in his backyard for 57 nights and counting. As the inventory manager of Farm Share,…
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Mississippi lawmakers push ahead with proposal to take down state flag
JACKSON (NYTIMES) – A flag stamped with a defiant tribute to Mississippi’s Confederate past has been raised on the grounds of the state Capitol for…
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US must free migrant children from detention, court says
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A court in Los Angeles has ordered the release of more than 100 children held in United States family immigration detention…
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Britain will side with US over Huawei, ex-PM Blair says, as China's tech giant set to build research facility in England
LONDON (REUTERS) – Britain will ultimately have to side with the United States when it comes to a decision on allowing China’s Huawei Technologies a…
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Poland's Duda becomes first foreign leader to visit Trump during coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday (June 24) became the first foreign leader to visit US President Donald Trump since the coronavirus…
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Trump's brother sues over niece's book about 'toxic' family
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump’s brother sued to block publication of a book by their niece Mary Trump, saying portions of the memoir…
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Coronavirus can strike in many places, if it's given a chance to
PITTSBURGH • After months of lockdown in which outbreaks of the coronavirus were often centred on nursing homes, prisons and meatpacking plants, the United States…
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EU countries may bar US travellers because of coronavirus failures: New York Times
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to bar entry to Americans because the United States has failed…
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Johnson & Johnson loses bid to overturn baby powder verdict, but damages cut to US$2.12b
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday (June 23) rejected Johnson & Johnson’s bid to throw out a jury verdict in favour of…
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Joe Biden's first campaign fund-raiser with Obama set to raise US$4 million
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s first 2020 fund-raiser with former President Barack Obama has netted more than US$4 million (S$5.5…
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Ex-adviser John Bolton says Trump put re-election ahead of national security as he promotes new book
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Mr Donald Trump put his re-election ahead of US national security, Mr John Bolton said in an interview with ABC News, calling…
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Maker of Eskimo Pie ice cream will stop using 'inappropriate' name seen as racist
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – The name attached to Eskimo Pie, the chocolate-covered ice cream treat that has been around for nearly a century, will soon…
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