TOKYO (Reuters) – Two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers are conducting drills in the disputed South China Sea in full view of Chinese naval vessels seen near the flotilla, the commander of one of the aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz. FILE PHOTO: Sailors drive the rails as the USS Nimitz aircraft …
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(Reuters) – The number of deaths from the US coronavirus surpassed 130,000 on Monday, following a surge in new cases that has put President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis under the microscope and derailed efforts to restart the economy. FILE PHOTO: A medical worker walks past a row of …
Read More »The United States Treasury will name small businesses that took pandemic aid, says 51.1 million jobs backed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration said on Monday it was releasing the names of hundreds of thousands of companies that took money from a high-profile $ 660 billion pandemic aid program, allowing the public to see for the first time how Most of the cash was spent and it …
Read More »Goldman shrinks economic outlook as United States copes with growing cases of coronavirus
Medical workers prepare to intubate a patient with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) intensive care unit of the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, USA. June 29, 2020. Callaghan O’Hare | Reuters The increase in coronavirus cases will limit growth in what would be a robust …
Read More »US service sector recovers strongly in June
FILE PHOTO: An employee routinely sanitizes server trays at a reopened restaurant after restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are eased in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, 8 of June 2020. REUTERS / Emily Elconin / File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Activity in the US service industry rebounded …
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