US authorities say Russian intelligence services are using a trio of English-language websites to spread information about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis the United States is struggling to contain before the November presidential election. Two Russians who have held high-level roles in the Moscow military intelligence service …
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South Korea has said a deserter who recently fled to the North does not appear to have contracted Covid-19, a day after Pyongyang imposed a lockdown near the border, alleging that the man was its first recorded case of the disease. North Korean state media reported Sunday that the 24-year-old …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci insisted Tuesday that “he had not been misleading the American public under any circumstances,” responding to a claim by Donald Trump that he did. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has become a trusted public voice in the coronavirus pandemic. He was …
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Unemployment assistance, eviction protections and other relief for millions of Americans struggling in an economy affected by the coronavirus crisis were at stake when White House officials began tense negotiations with top Democrats on a new package on Monday. of help. Aid runs out on Friday for a weekly unemployment …
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The Hong Kong government is on the defensive for its extensive quarantine exemptions that have now been identified as causing much of the current outbreak. More than 1,400 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 this month, more than half of Hong Kong’s total infections in the coronavirus pandemic. The medical …
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