(Reuters) – The Trump administration will send its newly purchased 150 150 million of COVID-19 tests to most U.S. states for schools and critical services, a White House official said Tuesday, as a deal with New York City pushed back to reopen classrooms. Union leaders. File photo: A healthcare worker …
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Czech Senate President Milos Wistril delivers a speech at the main chamber of the Legislative Assembly Yuan in Taipei, Taipei on September 1, 2020. Reuters / N Wang TAIPAI (Reuters) – The head of the Czech Senate declared himself Taiwanese in a speech to Taiwan’s parliament on Tuesday, following the …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is capable of inflicting more military losses on India than in the past if it wants to compete with India, the state-backed newspaper Global Times reported on Tuesday. Armed countries. Officials in New Delhi said on Monday that Indian forces had thwarted an attempt by Chinese …
Read More »India says new Chinese attempt to change status quo on disputed border thwarted
New Delhi (Reuters) – India on Monday said it had thwarted an attempt by Chinese troops to change stability on their disputed and vaguely defined border in the wake of a new flare-up between the two nuclear-armed countries. File photo: View of Pangong Tso Lake in the Ladakh region on …
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(Reuters) – Cases of the U.S. novel coronavirus reached close to 6 million on Sunday, as the number of infections in many Midwest states rose, according to Reuters figures. File photo: An activist holding the American flag at sunrise for a memorial to those who have died of coronavirus disease …
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