Monthly Archives: August 2020

US refines China with a high-profile visit to Taiwan

Copyright EPA Image by image Mr Azar said Taiwan needed to be recognized as a global leader in health A U.S. cabinet member met the president of Taiwan on Monday – a move that angered China and heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex …

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North Carolina earthquake is strongest in area since 1916

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck North Carolina near the border with Virginia on Sunday morning was the largest area in more than a century, the Geological Survey of the United States said. The quake struck about 20 miles southeast of Sparta, NC, a city about 100 miles north of …

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