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Trump Promises to Bring Back All Jobs Lost Due to Pandemic Soon

The United States lost a historic 20.5 million jobs in April as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ratcheted up the country’s unemployment rate by 10.3 percent t

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U.S. expert says COVID-19 is not an engineered weapon

01:05 U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo both said that they have seen evidence that the novel coronavirus may have a connection to the Wuhan Institute of V

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Apple awards $10 million to rapidly scale COVID-19 sample collection kit production

Apple has awarded $10 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics, a company focused on producing sample collection kits for testing COVID-19 to hospitals in the U.S. The money c

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U.S. mayor suspects he caught coronavirus in November 2019

02:18 The mayor of a U.S. city in the state of New Jersey claims he recently tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies and believes he was infected by the virus in November, about two mo

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Some U.S. states are reopening: Here's their number of COVID-19 cases

ArkansasThough there was no stay-at-home order in place, there were some restrictions in place throughout the state. Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the steps to reopen gyms, hair salons and eventu

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NYC kids hospitalized with rare illness possibly linked to COVID-19

More than 60 New York kids are experiencing rare symptoms doctors believe are COVID-19 related.A survey by the New York State Department of Health found the children to have a new p

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Hunger threatens thousands in Colombia amid COVID-19

01:14 With the COVID-19 pandemic and a subsequent lockdown in Colombia, a hunger crisis still threatens millions throughout the country. Take a look at how people are protesting the go

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See the latest in COVID-19 studies on vaccines, treatment

Clinical trialsThere are 26 federally-funded studies to find a vaccine, drug, or medical treatment for COVID-19, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Around the world, there are mor

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France set to impose 14-day coronavirus quarantine for travelers

News conference after the cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace, Paris. /Reuters A compulsory two-week quarantine and possible isolation will be imposed on travelers to France when they arrive

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This Week in Apps: Zoom gets busted, TikTok’s new record, contact tracing API launches

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry is as hot as ever, wit

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Google travel data show lockdown fatigue in U.S., Australia

More people stayed home in Brazil, Japan and Singapore in April as those countries' novel coronavirus cases surged, while people in the United States and Australia returned to parks and jobs as in

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COVID-19: Who's responsible for the safety of essential workers?

02:31 While COVID-19 has forced many business to close, one U.S. pet care company decided to use its essential status to help local healthcare providers.Brian Larsen, the Co-Founder an

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COVID-19: Some U.S. states ease restriction

A number of U.S. states have begun the process of reopening their economies, with only short periods of social distancing and lockdowns that would combat the COVID-19 pandemic.On Monday, Georgia a

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COVID-19 threatens Colombia's coffee harvest

01:22 Colombia's famous coffee is now under threat from the fallout of the coronavirus lock down that has swept the country since the end of March.With day laborers unable to work in t

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Moon stresses 'realistic, practical' ways for inter-Korean ties

Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that his government will seek "realistic and practical ways" for cooperation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) upon th

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Live COVID-19 updates: British PM to return to work on Monday

The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - LONDON -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work in Downing Street on Monday, about two we

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This Week in Apps: Facebook takes on Houseparty, Fortnite comes to Google Play, contact tracing API

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry is as hot as ever, wit