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Pence ordered border closures after CDC experts refused

[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) – Vice President Mike Pence in March ordered the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal America’s borders, overriding agency scientists who said there was no evidence that the action would curb the coronavirus, according to two former health officials. …

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Donald Trump is the main driver of disinformation about Covid-19, according to a study, United States News & Top Stories

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump has been the world’s largest driver of misinformation about Covid-19 during the pandemic, according to a Cornell University study on Thursday (October 1). A team from the Cornell Alliance for Science evaluated 38 million articles published by traditional media in English around …

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Shopee’s parent company Sea will hire and train 500 Singaporeans over the next two years, Tech News & Top Stories

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore-based technology company Sea Limited, the parent company of e-commerce platform Shopee, will recruit and train around 500 Singaporeans over the next two years as part of a new partnership with the Singapore Development Authority. Infocomm Media (IMDA). Successful applicants will receive training in areas such as …

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