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US tops three million COVID-19 cases as Trump pushes schools to reopen
The United States on Wednesday passed another grim coronavirus milestone with three million confirmed cases, as President Donald Trump downplayed the risks ...China criticises U.S. withdrawal from World Health Organization
China criticized the United States’ planned withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), saying on Wednesday that the move will have grave ...White woman who accused Black man in New York’s Central Park charged with false police ...
New York prosecutors have charged a white woman who in May accused a Black man of threatening her life in New York’s ...Amid US virus struggle, Trump visits Rushmore and bemoans racial protests
US President Donald Trump bemoaned protests demanding racial justice as “violent mayhem” Friday, but said little about an alarming resurgence of coronavirus ...Visa lottery winners feel cheated by Trump’s visa ban
Noha, an Egyptian engineer, should feel lucky after winning a visa lottery that randomly selects people from a pool of more than ...Global virus infections soar as US deaths spike again
Coronavirus infections hit their highest level worldwide in the past week, WHO data showed Wednesday, as the worsening pandemic in the United ...EU bars visitors from US where experts warn of potential virus surge
The European Union reopened its borders Wednesday to visitors from 15 countries — but not the virus-stricken United States, where a top ...Virus death toll hits 500,000, Los Angeles shuts bars again as US struggles
More than half a million people have died in the coronavirus pandemic, an AFP tally showed Sunday, as bars in Los Angeles ...US tops 2.5mn virus cases as infections surge
The United States has surpassed 2.5 million coronavirus cases, as efforts to reopen the world’s economic powerhouse were dramatically set back by ...Texas halts reopening as US virus cases soar
Texas on Thursday halted steps to reopen its economy after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, as the United States hits some ...














