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Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 08:51 UTC
WHO's Tedros rebukes Trump and calls for unity: ”For God's sake ... is this (death toll) not enough?”

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday pleaded for global unity in fighting the coronavirus and gave a strident defense of his agency's handling of the pandemic, in response to US President Donald Trump's criticism.
Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 12:24 UTC
3M reaches agreement with Trump administration to export masks to Canada and Latin America

Manufacturing giant 3M said it has an agreement with the Trump administration that will allow the company to continue to export N95 protective masks to Canada and Latin America amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 11:13 UTC
US Navy secretary resigns after ridiculing a commander of an aircraft carrier

Acting United States Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday after he faced mounting backlash for firing and ridiculing the commander of a US aircraft carrier who pleaded for the help stemming a coronavirus outbreak onboard.
Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 07:29 UTC
China unseats the US as the world leader in international patent filings

China last year became the world leader in international patent filings, unseating the United States which had held the top spot for more than four decades, the UN said on Tuesday. A record 265,800 international patent applications were filed last year, a hike of 5.2% from 2018, the World Intellectual Property Organization said in its annual report.
Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 07:18 UTC
Trump blasts WHO for focusing on China and issuing bad advice on coronavirus

US President Donald Trump sharply criticized the World Health Organization on Tuesday, accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the coronavirus outbreak.
Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 07:53 UTC
US markets bullish response to Trump's “Light at the end of the tunnel”

Hopes that the economy-crushing coronavirus pandemic might be easing sent Wall Street climbing sharply on Monday with all three main indices higher at the close of trading.
Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 07:50 UTC
COVID-19 hits hard US economy, with millions of jobs lost, but the dollar remains king

The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States has caused millions of people to lose their jobs and brought the economy to its knees but it has not dethroned the American dollar. On the contrary, the currency has risen in value this year, gaining six percent from its lowest point reached in early March, according to the US dollar index, which measures the greenback's value against a basket of other currencies.
Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 07:31 UTC
Human to animal COVID-19 infection: four tigers and three lions treated in Bronx zoo

Nadia, the tiger who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in New York, and six other big cats who developed a dry cough at the Bronx Zoo appeared to be on the mend on Monday after doses of medication and tenderness.
Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 07:19 UTC
US designates Russian white supremacist group as a foreign terrorist organization

The United States on Monday branded a Russian far-right group as a foreign terrorist organization, the first time it has targeted white supremacists with tools regularly used against Islamist extremists.
Saturday, April 4th 2020 - 08:18 UTC
Record unemployment filing in US in two weeks; “economy has slipped into recession”

The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits shot to a record high of more than 6 million last week as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists say has pushed the economy into recession.