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MIT, Harvard seek to block Trump rule barring foreign students from staying in US for online classes Protest signs hang inside Building 10 on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology on March 12, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by AFP)
A lawsuit recently filed by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a federal court in Boston, seeking to block a Trump... |
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US COVID-19 cases surpass 3.3 million, deaths top 135,000 A healthcare worker administers a coronavirus test to a patient at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center on June 25, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (AFP photo)
The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, on Sunday recorded 59,747 new cases over the last 24-hour period, according... |
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US prison employee preparing for executions tests positive for coronavirus Guard towers rise above the grounds of the Federal Correctional Complex Terre Haute on July 25, 2019 in Terre Haute, Indiana. (AFP photo)
A staff member involved in the preparation of the first executions of US federal prisoners in 17 years has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Bureau of... |
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Russia successfully completes human testing of COVID-19 vaccine + World updates A woman is seen holding a small bottle labeled "Vaccine COVID-19" and a medical syringe in this photo illustration taken on April 10, 2020. (By Reuters)
A Russian research center says it has successfully completed the clinical trials of the worlds first coronavirus vaccine on humans, and scientists... |
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Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan, son stable after contracting COVID-19 Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan (R) and his son Abhishek Bachchan pose for a picture at a multiplex in Mumbai. December 7, 2009. (Photo by Reuters)
Indias most famous film star Amitabh Bachchan, and his son Abhishek, are in stable condition after testing positive for the coronavirus, a hospital official... |
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Coronavirus and racism could worsen US black suicide rate: Experts Doctors and researchers are now warning that mental health crisis linked to the coronavirus outbreak reverberates deeper among black people. (File photo)
The coronavirus pandemic and racism could compound the rate of suicide among African Americans, experts warn.
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5.1-magnitude quake hits city in north China This picture, grabbed from a video, shows objects strewn on the floor of a house after an earthquake in north Chinas Tangshan City.
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Guye District of Tangshan City in north Chinas Hebei Province at 06:38 on Sunday morning, with no casualties reported so far.
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Prominent business leaders urge Trump to leave DACA alone Dreamers protest in front of the Senate side of the US Capitol to urge Congress to pass the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, on December 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)
US President Donald Trump must leave in place the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program... |
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Bollywood Star Amitabh Bachchan Tests Positive for COVID-19 Amitabh Bachchan, one of Indias best known movie stars, has tested positive for COVID-19 together with his actor son Abhishek Bachchan, they said late on Saturday.
Both were admitted to the same private hospital
"I have tested COVID positive ... shifted to hospital ... hospital informing authorities... |
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Coronavirus prevention Committee approves plan to change working hours of government offices According to the plan by the Emergency Committee to Prevent the Outbreak of the Coronavirus, the working hours of Afghan government offices will be set from eight in the morning until four in the afternoon, and government employees will be going to work in two shifts on even and odd days.
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US sets record for new COVID-19 cases third day in a row at over 69,000 Customers wait in line at the Apple Store on May 13, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. (AFP photo)
New cases of COVID-19 rose by over 69,000 across the United States on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a record for the third consecutive day as Walt Disney Co stuck to its plans to reopen... |
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Largest maternity scandal in NHS history revealed in leaked report Relatives of a mother with COVID-19 symptoms meet the newborn baby boy for the first time, at the Melgaco Municipal Hospital in the city of Melgaco, southwest of Marajo Island, state of Para, Brazil, on June 12, 2020 . (AFP)
A leaked report, presented to The Independent last November, brought to light... |
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WHO advance team leaves for China to probe into coronavirus origin Medical staff treats COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province, March 19, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent a team of experts to China to open an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, which... |
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COVID-19 pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when new coronavirus is airborne In this file photo, a doctor treats a patient infected with coronavirus, who is on a ventilator in the isolation room at the National Koranyi Pulmonology Institute of Budapest, Hungary. (AFP)
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches... |
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Afghanistan: COVID-19 Cases Exceed 34,000 The total known cases of COVID-19 in Afghanistan on Friday reached 34,194, with 286 out of 742 samples testing positive in the past 24 hours.
This comes as the lockdown has been lifted in the country, except for schools and universities, which remain closed.
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Five million in new lockdown in Australias Melbourne as cases surge A member of the Australian Defence Force carries a batch of swab samples taken from members of the public at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing station in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner, in Australia, on July 2, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Five million people in Australias second-biggest city began... |
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Muslim woman in US labeled as Daesh at Starbucks store Aishah says a Starbucks barista asked for her name and wrote "ISIS" (Daesh) on her coffee cup.
An American Muslim woman says she "felt humiliated" after receiving a Starbucks coffee cup with the name of the Takfiri terrorist group "ISIS" (Daesh) written on it.
The woman identified by CNN only as Aishah... |
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Brazils president vetoes COVID-19 aid for indigenous people A man from the indigenous Yanomami ethnic group puts on his protective face mask, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the 4th Surucucu Special Frontier Platoon of the Brazilian army in the municipality of Alto Alegre, state of Roraima, Brazil, on July 1, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
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US hits record high in daily COVID-19 cases as outbreak prompts tough actions US medical personnel prepare to test hundreds of people lined up in vehicles in Phoenixs western neighborhood of Maryvale, on June 27, 2020. (Photo by AP)
The United States has hit yet another record single-day spike in the number of COVID-19 cases as the new coronavirus continues to rage in hot spots... |
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US Satanic Temple threatens to sue Mississippi over God reference Members of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Honor Guard retire the state flag outside the Mississippi State Capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi on July 1, 2020.
The US Satanic Temple has threatened to sue the state of Mississippi over using the word "God" on its new design of flag.
An attorney... |
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Facebook shuts down GOP operative pages Facebook has announced it removed a network of more than 100 accounts and pages posting misinformation on the company’s social network with ties to Roger Stone, a longtime Republican operative and ally of President Donald Trump.
"Our investigation linked this network to Roger Stone and his associates,"... |
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US first lady Melania Trump statue set on fire in Slovenia US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visit the Saint John Paul II National Shrine, to lay a ceremonial wreath and observe a moment of remembrance under the Statue of Saint John Paul II on June 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
A wooden sculpture of US first lady Melania Trump... |
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Nearly 40 feared dead as torrential rains hit Japan Fire fighters carry a person covered by a blue sheet at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in the Japanese city of Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture on July 4, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Nearly 40 people were feared dead as torrential rains continued to hit Japans southwestern island of Kyushu, with... |
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Drug couriers disguised as key workers during COVID-19 lockdown in UK Items seized by police that were submitted as evidence in a county lines case in Cornwall last year. (File photo)
Young drug mules disguised as nurses and Deliveroo workers were utilized by criminal gangs to deliver cocaine, heroin and illegally acquired prescription drugs during coronavirus lockdown,... |
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Belgium: Thousands denounce university headscarf ban ruling in Brussels Several thousand young people and students gathered in central Brussels on Sunday to protest against a recent court ruling that held that bans on headscarves in higher education were lawful.
Demonstrators held signs reading "Take your hands off my headscarf," and "My right" while wearing graduation... |
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Brazil reports over 26,000 new cases of coronavirus, 600 deaths Workers handle a coffin at the Rio Pax funeral company storage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 3, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The novel coronavirus continues to claim lives in Brazil, as new cases remain stubbornly high in the Latin American nation.
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Ten out of the 12 hospitals in Texas Rio Grande Valley are now full The COVID-19 unit at the DHR Health Center in Edinburg on June 30, 2020. (Photo via The Texas Tribune)
Hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley have sounded the alarm as their beds filled to capacity with COVID-19 patients and some began transferring patients elsewhere.
Ten of 12 hospitals in Hidalgo, Cameron... |
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12,189 Known Active Cases of COVID-19 in Afghanistan The ministry also reported 239 new positive cases in the past 24 hours out of 668 tests.
The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 239 new positive cases in the past 24 hours out of 668 tests.
The ministry also reported 34 deaths due to COVID-19 over the last 24 hours while 737 others have... |
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16 dead in Japan as heavy rain triggers floods, mudslides: Media This picture shows inundated houses due to heavy rain in Hitoyoshi, in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, on July 4, 2020. (By AFP)
At least 16 people are dead after torrential rain in Japan triggered massive floods and mudslides, local media said Sunday, as rescue workers sift through debris in search of... |
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Columbus statue toppled by race protesters in Baltimore: media Protesters pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus in the US city of Baltimore on Saturday, July 4, 2020.
American protesters have pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus in the US city of Baltimore, according to local media reports.
The statue of Columbus, the Italian navigator who reached... |
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