Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denied Thursday that a charity chosen by the government to administer a major student grant program received preferential treatment, although it had ties to his family. The growing scandal over a multi-million dollar program awarded to WE Charity Canada has hurt Trudeau in the polls, …
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Scientists in the United States have urged the government to re-establish its approach to the coronavirus pandemic, warning that the world’s worst affected country “was not on track to control” an outbreak that has so far killed 150,000 people and infected 4.4 millions. Wednesday’s call from Johns Hopkins University researchers …
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More than 100 United States law enforcement agencies are pulling out of deals to send personnel to beef up security at next month’s Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in part because they are concerned about a recent directive ordering police In the city, stop using tear gas to control …
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Antagonisms between the United States and China are rocking governments around the world, prompting a German official to warn of the “Cold War 2.0” and the President of Kenya to call for unity to combat the coronavirus pandemic. World trade was already depressed by the two-year tariff war between the …
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Moderna Inc said Monday it had begun a late-stage trial to evaluate the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, the first such study under the Trump administration’s program to accelerate development of measures against the new coronavirus. The news of the study, which will evaluate the response to the vaccine …
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