The number of initial unemplyment claims in the US totalled to 2.4 million last week as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep the nation, the Labor Department reported. ...
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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US would not close in the case of a second coronavirus wave....
Drugmaker AstraZeneca on Thursday said it received support of more than $1 billion from the US Health Departments's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for the development, production and delivery of University of Oxford's upcoming COVID-19 vaccine, starting in the autumn....
Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, a former White House butler who served under 11 US presidents, has died after contracting the coronavirus, the media reported on Thursday. ...
People in New York City's lower-income neighbourhoods and communities of colour were suffering the most due to the coronavirus pandemic, state Governor Andrew Cuomo said citing official data. ...
The US Senate has passed a legislation that could ban Chinese companies from listing shares on American exchanges....
The US Pacific Fleet has said that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt has headed out to sea from the Naval Base Guam after nearly two months of being under quarantine....
The total number of global coronavirus cases cross the 5 million mark on Thursday, while the death toll has increased to more than 328,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ...
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is currently holding a 11-point lead over sitting President Donald Trump in this year's race for the White House, according to a poll. ...
