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Coronavirus: Trump struggles with tone in virus crisis, aides urge more empathy
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The coronavirus pandemic is forcing President Donald Trump to show empathy to console Americans under siege, and it’s not easy for a…
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Trump invokes defence powers to order GM to produce ventilators
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Donald Trump issued a federal order on Friday (March 27) to force auto giant General Motors to manufacture ventilators, as supplies…
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Coronavirus: Canada calls Trump plan to deploy troops at border unnecessary and damaging
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Canada’s government on Thursday (March 26) said US President Donald Trump should not deploy troops along the US-Canada border, calling it unnecessary…
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Blood plasma from survivors will be given to coronavirus patients in US
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Can blood from coronavirus survivors help other people fight the illness? Doctors in New York will soon be testing the idea…
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Coronavirus: Trump praises Olympics delay, says will attend in 2021
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (March 25) praised Japan’s decision to delay the Tokyo Olympics over the coronavirus pandemic and indicated…
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Arizona man dies after taking chloroquine for coronavirus
PHOENIX, ARIZONA (REUTERS) – An Arizona man has died and his wife is in critical condition after they ingested chloroquine phosphate – an aquarium cleaning…
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It's turning into a cruel spring as streets in United States empty out
There is nothing quite like the trees of the cherry blossoms, the sakura, in bloom in Washington in spring. Or the magnolias, their branches heavy…
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Trump, Pompeo walk to brink of blaming Iran for rocket attack
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday (March 20) came close to blaming Iran for a rocket attack…
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Coronavirus: 'I don't think' US will need national lockdown, says Trump
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump said on Friday (March 20) he did not think the US would implement a nation-wide shelter-in-place order similar to…
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US researchers use world's fastest supercomputer in quest for coronavirus vaccine
Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have used a supercomputer to run thousands of simulations to analyse which drug compounds could stop…
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Younger adults comprise big portion of coronavirus hospitalisations in US
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) American adults of all ages – not just those in their 70s, 80s and 90s – are being seriously sickened by the…
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Staff 'worked while symptomatic' at US care home with 35 virus deaths
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – The devastating coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home near Seattle where 35 have died was likely fuelled by infected staff members…
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Coronavirus: US Senate passes one aid package while working on another
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday (March 18) providing billions of dollars to limit the damage from the coronavirus pandemic…
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