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White House drops payroll tax cut after GOP allies object

The White House reluctantly dropped its bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes Thursday as Republicans unveil a $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package, yielding to oppos

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Tokyo gov tells residents to stay home over holiday as virus surges

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike attends a news conference on Tokyo's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, April 10, 2020. /Reuters Tokyo's governor on Wednesday

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UK's Johnson nudges workers back to office as lockdown eases

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that people will no longer be told to work from home and avoid public transit in a major easing of lockdown restriction

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Most Chinese expect to promote garbage sorting: survey

Nearly 95 percent of the respondents in a recent survey look forward to garbage sorting on a larger scale, according to a China Youth Daily report. Among the 2,009 peo

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EU health body assessing airborne spread of virus as well as droplets

European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 19, 2020. /Reuters The EU's public health body is assessing risks posed by ventilation syst

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Feature: Chinese facial recognition technology fully backs Chile's anti-pandemic fight

File Photo: A policeman checks permission for outgoing of a man on a street in Santiago, Chile, June 9, 2020. (Photo by Jorge Villegas /Xinhua) At Chilean copper mines

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Live COVID-19 updates: cases in Philippines exceed 50,000 with highest single-day increase

The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - MANILA -- The number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 50,359 afte

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Organise, a platform for worker rights, raises £570K seed funding led by Ada Ventures

Organise, a U.K. startup that has built a platform to help workers organise and campaign for better rights, has raised £570,000 in seed funding.The round is led by Ada Ventures, fitting into the VC fi

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Iran imposes new curbs as coronavirus toll rises

Iranians who do not wear masks will be denied state services and workplaces that fail to comply with health protocols will be shut for a week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday as he

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Beijing's delivery men at major postal firms test negative for COVID-19

Major mail and express delivery companies in Beijing have completed nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 on their employees as planned and reported negative results on all s

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Beijing issues fresh guidelines on COVID-19 prevention

The Chinese capital has issued fresh guidelines on COVID-19 containment, calling on its residents to continue to wear masks, maintain social distancing and wash hands

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Flushing the toilet may spread coronavirus, warns study

A new study warns that virus particles in the faeces of infected people could be ejected into the air when toilets are flushed.

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Color’s COVID-19 testing shows most who test positive had either mild or no symptoms

Echoing much of the existing data and research on the subject, SF-based Color released data today showing that based on its own testing program, most individuals who test positive for COVID-19 displa

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Cue Health’s portable, fast COVID-19 test gains FDA emergency approval

Fresh off a $100 million Series C funding round, molecular diagnostics startup Cue Health has more good news – it has received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its rapid, point-of-care COVID-1

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Cuba to ease COVID-19 restrictions in June

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Thursday that the country will start a phased post-COVID-19 recovery plan in the coming weeks. "Production and social activit

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Donations to UK anti-racist groups top £1m

A placard is displayed by a demonstrator as they raise their arms during a protest for the removal of a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College in Oxford, following the death

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Wing, founded by veterans of Accel and Sequoia, rounds up $450 million for its third fund

Wing, an early-stage, Palo Alto, Ca.-based venture firm that was formed in 2013 by veteran VCs Peter Wagner and Gaurav Garg, has closed its third fund with $450 million in capital commitments. That