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New York Has More Coronavirus Cases Than Any Country in the World
According to the latest data, New York State has more coronavirus cases than any country outside the US. On Thursday, New York COVID-19 cases jumped by 10,000 to 159,937, placing it ahead of Spain with 153,000 cases and Italy with 143,000. In turn, China, where the coronavirus emerged, has reported only 82,000 cases. New York State has become the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with 87,000 cases in ...
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OPEC+ Deal Threatened as Mexico Walks Out, Refusing to Participate in Cuts
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Energy said in a statement that OPEC+ had adopted a new declaration on cooperation that envisages a three-stage reduction in oil production, which, if implemented, will cut oil production by 23%, or 10 million barrels per day. The Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan, a country which is one of the members of the OPEC+ format, said in the statement that Mexico had refused to accept the three-stage oil reduction, ...
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Trump Administration Preparing to Block China Telecom In US
The Trump administration is seeking to block China Telecom from operating in the United States, claiming that the company is creating “substantial and unacceptable” national security and law enforcement risks for the US. Several federal agencies Thursday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke China Telecom (Americas) Corp’s authorization to offer international telecommunications services to and from the United States. The agencies, including Justice, Homeland Security, Defense, State, Commerce, and the ...
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Another 6.6 Million Americans Filed for Unemployment Benefits Last Week
Another 6.6 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, according to the US Department of Labor, as American workers continue to suffer from devastating job losses, furloughs and reduced hours during the coronavirus pandemic. It was the second largest number of initial unemployment claims in history, since the Department of Labor started tracking the data in 1967. Altogether, about 16.8 million American workers, making up about 11% of the US labor ...
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US Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 15,000, Second Only to Italy
The United States is now in second place in terms of the death toll from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) globally, behind Italy and ahead of Spain, according to Johns Hopkins University's data. The number of people who have died of the coronavirus in the United States within the past 24 hours has risen by 1,965, which is the worst one-day rise since the start of the pandemic, Johns Hopkins University said. The ...
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Canada to Press US Further on Medical Supplies: Trudeau
Canada will keep up efforts to persuade the United States not to block the export of medical supplies to fight the coronavirus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, while the energy-producing province of Alberta warned of an economic disaster. Trudeau told a briefing that 500,000 N95 surgical masks from Saint Paul, Minnesota-based 3M Co part of a batch of 4 million ordered by the province of Ontario should arrive ...
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