DUBLIN – Ireland is a nation of saints, scientists and the status quo. This small island in the northwestern periphery of Europe is ruled by two old enemies: the right-wing Republican Fianna Fáil party and the fellow Christian-Democratic Fine Gael, which since independence in 1922 on opposite sides of ‘ …
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US President Donald Trump signs executive orders to boost economic relief from coronavirus, during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, on August 8, 2020. jim watson / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images European stocks rose on Monday, fueled by a move by US President Donald Trump to extend unilateral …
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Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the last three decades and an expert on pandemics for the last four decades, has been optimistic about a vaccine arriving in late 2020 or early 2021, but he has also warned the public about their expectations …
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