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Trump to Get Tested Daily For COVID-19 After Valet Tests Positive

US President Donald Trump will have to get tested for COVID-19 every day after a military aide who acts as his valet tested positive.




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Still Hiring! Walmart, Other Superstores Buck US Employment Trend amid Pandemic

Almost across the board, sectors reported precipitous drops in overall employment in April, even though some major players - from online sales to grocery shopping and pharmacies - have seen surges in demand.




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Trump Offers Biden Rapid Coronavirus Testing System to Help Him Return to Campaign Trail

Trump, who this week made his first trip out of Washington in more than a month, relies on a federal supply of coronavirus tests so that he can maintain a more traditional schedule, while Biden has been isolating at home for nearly two months.




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Study Suggests Abbott Covid-19 Antibody Test Highly Likely to Give Correct Results

Antibody tests can tell whether a person has ever been infected and are considered crucial in efforts to get Americans back to work safely as the presence of antibodies to the virus indicate possible immunity to future infection.




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UK Coronavirus Death Toll Crosses 31,000, Confirms British Govt

The number of fatalities in hospitals, care homes and the wider community rose by 626 on the previous day to reach 31,241.




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New York Child Dies from Rare Inflammatory Disease Linked to Coronavirus, Says Governor

Andre Cuomo said there have been 73 reported cases in NY state of children getting severely ill with symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock-like syndrome.




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Pakistan Claims Water Flow in Chenab Reduced Significantly; India Terms it Baseless Narrative

The annual meeting between Indus Commissioners was postponed after New Delhi proposed deferment of consultations due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.




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China-US Looking To Create ‘Favourable Conditions’ For A Win-Win Trade Deal​

The trade deal was signed in January, where Chinese agreed too import additional $200 bn U.S. products.




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US Prevents UN Security Council Vote on Covid-19 Pandemic Resolution, Say Diplomats

The text, under negotiation since March, called for a worldwide cessation of hostilities in conflict zones so governments can address the pandemic.




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US Chief Justice Puts Hold on Disclosure of Russia Investigation Materials

The committee's lawyers have until May 18 to file their response to the Justice Department's request to block the materials being immediately handed over, Roberts' brief order said.




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Family of US Meat Plant Worker Who Died of Covid-19 Sues Company For Negligence

Enock Benjamin died on April 3 of the respiratory disease after becoming infected by the new coronavirus while working at the JBS plant in Souderton, Pennsylvania, according to a lawsuit filed on Thursday.




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Venezuela Charges Two Americans With 'Terrorism, Conspiracy'

Luke Alexander Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, were among 17 people captured by the Venezuelan military.




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US, China Trade Officials Press Ahead with 'Phase 1' Deal as Donald Trump Mulls Termination

US President Donald Trump, critical of China's early handling of the coronavirus outbreak, said on Friday that he was "very torn" about whether to end the trade deal.




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Italy Becomes Third Country to Record 30,000 Coronavirus Deaths, New Cases Edge Down

Italy's total death toll from COVID-19 since its outbreak came to light on February 21 now stands at 30,201. Only the United States and Britain have seen more deaths from the virus.




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Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, Mike Pompeo to Visit Israel for Annexation Talks

Pompeo will discuss U.S. and Israeli efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as regional security issues related to Iran's malign influence, spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement.




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Turkey Charges Seven People Over Former Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn's Escape: Lawyer

Turkey formally charged Turkish private jet operator MNG Jet's four pilots and a executive with 'migrant smuggling', a crime carrying a maximum sentence of eight years in jail.




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Legislation Introduced in Congress to Give Green Cards to Foreign Nurses and Doctors

The move by US to give gree cards to foreign nurses and doctors is likely to benefit a large number of Indian professionals.




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US Accuses China, Russia of Coordinating on Covid-19 Conspiracies, Spreading Lies on Social Media

The Global Engagement Center earlier said thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts were spreading conspiracies about the pandemic.




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US Lawmakers Urge Support for Taiwan at WHO, as US Criticizes China

Taiwan, which is not a member of the United Nations, has been excluded from the WHO, which is a UN agency, due to objections from China.




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Brazil has One-day Record of 751 Coronavirus Deaths, 10,222-plus New Cases

More than 145,000 cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported so far, with 10,222 added in the last 24 hours.




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US Tightens Visa Rules for Chinese Journalists amid Coronavirus Tensions

In issuing the new regulation on Friday, the Department of Homeland Security cited what it called China's "suppression of independent journalism."




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Live Animal Markets Shouldn't be Shut Despite Virus as They Provide Food, Livelihoods for Millions: WHO

The WHO said reducing the risk of disease transmission from animals to humans in these often overcrowded markets could be addressed in many cases by improving hygiene and food safety standards, including separating live animals from humans.




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Anti-viral Drug Trio Found to Shorten Covid-19 Illness in Patients with Mild Symptoms: Study

Scientists are racing to identify effective medicines to use against the new coronavirus, but there is currently no treatment, cure or vaccine.




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Indian-American Grocery Store Owner in Silicon Valley Charged with Price Gouging

Rajvinder Singh, owner of the popular Apna Bazaar in California's Pleasanton, had allegedly increased the prices of grocery items during Covid-19.




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'It’s Just Unfair': Job Market Meltdown Hits America's Most Vulnerable Workers Hardest Amid Pandemic

The 20.5 million jobs lost in April fell disproportionately on African Americans, Latinos, low-wage workers and people with no college education.




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'Never Despair': Queen Elizabeth Tells Coronavirus-hit Britain on 75th anniversary of WW2 End

Her message was filmed at Windsor Castle, where she and her husband Prince Philip have been staying since the coronavirus outbreak began.




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Bomb Kills 6 Soldiers of Pakistan Army in South Balochistan

Baloch separatists demanding greater autonomy have for years been waging an insurgency in the province, which is also riven by sectarian and Islamist violence.




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China Continues to Hide and Obfuscate Covid-19 Data from World, Says Mike Pompeo in Fresh Attack

Mike Pompeo said he has seen a significant amount of evidence that suggests that the lab was underperforming, that there were security risks at the lab and that the virus could well have emanated from there.




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Exhibiting Varied Dimensions & Dynamics, This How the Future of Coronavirus Pandemic will be Like

The pandemic wave, similarly, will be with us for the foreseeable future before it diminishes. But depending on the location and the policies in place, it will exhibit variegated dimensions and dynamics traveling through time and space.




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US Confirms 1,635 Coronavirus Deaths in 24 Hours, Toll Rise to 77,178

The country, hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities, has now confirmed a total of 12,83,829 coronavirus cases.




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Emergency Coffin Shipments Arrive in Brazil's Manaus City for Covid-19 Victims

A Johns Hopkins University count says there have been more than 10,000 Covid-19 deaths so far in Latin America's largest and most populous country.




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With Most Deaths in Europe, Almost No Recoveries in Over 2 Lakh cases, UK Grapples with Covid-19

Roughly 65 per cent or 626 of the total 970 recoveries in the UK have been reported in its overseas territories or other dependent islands and territories, even as they account for a mere 0.6 per cent of the total recorded cases.




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Trump Administration Working to Temporarily Ban Work-based Visas Like H1-B: Report

The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers from countries like India and China in speciality occupations.




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World Migratory Bird Day 2020: Theme, Significance and All You Need to Know

Each year a variety of events, including bird watching are held across the globe to raise awareness on World Migratory Bird Day observed on May 9.




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To Mention or Not to Mention WHO, that is UN Security Council Question

On Wednesday US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of "refusing to share the information we need to keep people safe." Beijing accused Pompeo of telling lies.




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Merkel, Trump Agree in Phone Call to Keep Memory of WW2 Horrors Alive

Merkel emphasized the special importance of US support for Germany after WW2 and the ties between the two countries that developed after, a government spokesperson said.




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US Moves to Drop Case Against Trump Ex-adviser Flynn, Who Admitted Lying to FBI

President Trump, who had publicly attacked the case against Flynn and has frequently castigated the FBI, said he was "very happy" for his former aide.




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No 'V'-shape Return from Devastating US Job Loss, Fed Policymakers Say

The virus has continued to spread across the nation, with nearly 1.3 million people infected so far and more than 77,000 dead.




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Docs Show Top White House Officials Buried Reports of Top Disease Control Experts on Reopening US

The trove of emails show the nation's top public health experts at the CDC spending weeks working on guidance to help the country deal with a public health emergency, only to see their work quashed by political appointees with little explanation.




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'Countries Know we Have Tremendous Amounts': Trump Says US Planning to Ship 8,000 Ventilators Abroad

In recent weeks, Trump has been recounting other countries' calls for help. He said he'd offered Russia's Vladimir Putin ventilators during a call on Thursday.




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US FDA Commissioner in Self-quarantine after Exposure to Person with Covid-19

Hahn immediately took a diagnostic test and was tested negative himself for the novel coronavirus, FDA spokesman Michael Felberbaum said.




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Five-year-old Boy Dies from Rare Inflammatory Illness Linked to Covid-19 in New York

There have been 73 reported cases in New York where children are experiencing symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock-like syndrome possibly due to Covid-19.




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Japan, Faced with Criticism, Scrambles to do More Coronavirus Testing

The Health Ministry said it now wants people experiencing difficulty breathing or heavy sluggishness to seek advice on whether they may have been infected with the new coronavirus.




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Xi Jinping ‘Very Concerned’ About North Korea, Says China Willing to Help in Fight Against Covid-19

Xi Jinping said he was very concerned about the situation in North Korea and the health of its people.




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'Coronavirus Exposed Weak Links in How we Address Epidemic': China Says Will Reform Disease Prevention System

China has been criticised domestically and abroad as being initially slow to react to the epidemic, which first broke out on a large scale in Wuhan




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'Bad News': US Prevents UN Vote on Global Truce Amid Pandemic, Friction With WHO & China to Be Blamed

When asked for an explanation of the US move, a State Department official said that China had "repeatedly blocked compromises that would have allowed the Council to move forward."




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Spain Sex Workers Left to Fend for Themselves Under Lockdown

Even before the state of emergency was declared on March 14, the work had all but dried up, with fear of the virus keeping both clients and sex workers away.




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Pakistan Begins Phase-wise Easing of Nationwide Lockdown Even as Coronavirus Cases Rise

The first phase of easing lockdown began as the government announced removing restrictions by allowing more business to open and operate from dawn to 5pm.




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US-based Rights Group Says Saudi Arabia is Holding a Senior Prince Incommunicado Since March

The US-based rights group, citing a source with ties to the royal family, said Prince Faisal bin Abdullah, a son of late monarch King Abdullah, was detained by security forces on March 27 while self-isolating due to the coronavirus pandemic at a family compound northeast of the capital Riyadh.




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Stranded in Nepal Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, Chinese Protesters Clash with Nepal Cops; 6 Injured

Over 400 Chinese nationals are stranded in Nepal and most of them are students who had gone to the country for vacation.