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When it comes to any notion of Ivanka Trump as a “moderating influence” on her father, Mary Trump is simply not having it. “I think she’s the one who refutes that almost daily,” Mary, niece of President Trump, told the Washington Post in a new interview. “She doesn’t do anything,” …

Vox Media is laying off 6% of its staff, or about 72 employees, as advertising revenue decreased amid the coronavirus quarantines. Most of the layoffs were suspended by the company earlier this year, Chief Executive Jim Bankoff said in an email to employees obtained by CNBC. Vox is eliminating roles …

TOKYO – On Thursday, the Tokyo city government reported a record 286 new cases of coronavirus, the highest number of new cases recorded in a day in the Japanese capital since the COVID-19 pandemic began. As a result, the city government raised its coronavirus alert to “red,” the highest of …

With the dizzying increase in coronavirus hospitalizations in several states, the hardest hit counties in Arizona and Texas are preparing for the worst by bringing refrigerated trucks as the morgues fill up. © Go Nakamura / Getty Images Medical staff wearing full PPE pushes a stretcher with a deceased patient …

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF warned on Wednesday of widespread disruptions to global immunization programs for children due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The probability that a child born today will be fully vaccinated with all the recommended vaccines globally by the time he turns 5 is less than …