Shannon Axelsson takes a break from sitting on the beach to test for coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in Revere, Massachusetts, August 11, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters New cases of coronavirus in the US grew by nearly 48,700 on Friday, marking seven consecutive days that the daily count fell below 50,000 …
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Two tropical storms swept across the Caribbean on Saturday as potentially historic threats to the U.S. Gulf Coast, one dumping rain on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, while the other hit the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, which expanded resorts almost hit by pandemics were restrictions. Tropical …
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Tencent Holdings Ltd. WeChat and ByteDance Ltd. TikTok app icons are displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photo taken in Arlington, Virginia, on Friday, August 7, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images TikTok plans to prosecute the Trump administration as early as next week over the president’s …
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CHICAGO / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Approximately one-fifth of the 11,000 people enrolled in a 30,000-volunteer U.S. trial of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech (22UAy.F) are Black as Latino, groups among the hardest hit by the coronavirus virus pandemic, said a top Pfizer executive. PHILO PHOTO: …
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Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images TikTok is preparing for a legal challenge this Monday on the executive order of President Donald Trump banning transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance, according to people familiar with the matter. On August 14, Trump issued an …
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