Pigs in their pen on a farm outside Chengdu in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on August 2, 2005. Peter Parks | AFP | fake pictures Scientists have identified a new strain of pig-borne flu in China that they say has the potential to become a pandemic. The new strain is …
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China said Tuesday that manufacturing activity expanded in June with the Purchasing Manager’s official index reaching 50.9. Economists polled by Reuters expected the official manufacturing PMI number to hit 50.4. PMI readings above 50 indicate expansion, while those below this level indicate contraction. In May, the official manufacturing PMI reached …
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street on his way to Buckingham Palace after the general election in London, Britain, on December 13, 2019. Thomas Mukoya | Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the country needs a “Rooseveltian” approach to the economy after the coronavirus epidemic, as it …
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Randal Thom, 60, of Minnesota, waves a large flag of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in front of the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The Washington Post A survey of thousands of Europeans found that the majority have an increasingly negative view …
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) looks at U.S. President Donald Trump (R) walking alongside her during a family photo as part of the NATO summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, northeast London, on December 4, 2019. CHRISTIAN HARTMANN Diplomatic ties between Washington and Berlin have declined markedly in recent …
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