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ROME (AP) – The failure of the United States to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe, as the most powerful country in the world is approaching a world record of 5 million confirmed infections. Perhaps nowhere outside the US is America’s …

Around the world, homebuilders are reading up-to-date tea leaves in the mist, trying to figure out how to survive (and even prosper) an economic disaster. And we mourn the falls, working to keep our loved ones healthy and safe. COVID-19 has drawn a political dividing line in much of the …

Written by Adrija Roychowdhury | New Delhi | Updated: August 9, 2020 5:15:09 PM A Spanish flu victim in St. Louis, USA. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) In 1918, when the Americans were busy helping the Allied forces in the First World War that was raging in Europe, they were infected at …

MOSCOW – Russia has made no secret of its intention to win the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine, claiming it has a viable and effective vaccine ready to be launched in production in the coming weeks. But if Russia manages to mark it first with a vaccine, it will …