House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks through video format during the Virtual Democratic National Convention as nationwide participants host video clips from the convention’s originally scheduled site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US August 19, 2020 2020 Democratic National Convention / Pool via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the U.S. …
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FILE PHOTO: FS Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Speaks to the First Chamber Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Coronavirus Disease Response (COVID-19), in Washington, USA, May 12, 2020. Win McNamee / Pool via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy on Thursday tested positive for coronavirus, decided …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday faced fresh criticism over the treatment of school diplomas after results were drawn for hundreds of thousands of students. People take part in a protest over the government’s handling of exam results, outside the Department of Education, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain plans to introduce regular, population-based testing for COVID-19 so that it can suppress the spread of the virus and reduce restrictions that have plagued its economy without triggering a second wave in any of the least affected countries in the world. A warning sign with hygiene …
Read More »More than a dozen U.S. states expect to prosecute Trump administration over postal cuts
(Reuters) – More than a dozen states as early as this week are expected to prosecute the Trump administration over cuts to the U.S. Postal Service, which they say post-in-ballots in the election of November may be delayed, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said on Monday. Mailboxes of the US …
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