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U.S. Fed acts to enhance dollar liquidity, back municipal bond market

Federal Reserve Bank Building, Washington DC/VCG The U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday announced more moves to further enhance the U.S. dollar liquidity and provide support to the municipal bond

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U.S. reports more than 13,000 coronavirus cases, doubling in two days

An ambulance staff in protective suit wheels a stretcher with a patient on into a nursing facility in Kirkland, Washington State, U.S., February 29, 2020. /AP Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resour

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Younger adults make large percentage of coronavirus hospitalizations in U.S., says CDC report

Tourists look around at Times Square in New York, the United States, March 5, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying) A CDC report shows about 38 percent of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the United States were

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This is what coronavirus numbers look like in the United States

There were 10,442 total cases of COVID-19 in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of March 19, 2020.The total number of deaths from the coronavirus n

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Palestine says Israeli settlements surge 25 pct since Trump's presidency

A senior Palestinian official said on Thursday that the number of Israeli settlements in the West Bank has surged by 25 percent annually since Donald Trump became U.S.

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1st U.S. Congress member tests positive for coronavirus

Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican House representative, said Wednesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the first U.S. congressman to contract the virus. His office said in a s

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Dow closes below 20,000 on heightened virus fears

U.S. equities ended Wednesday's volatile session sharply lower as panic selling continued on Wall Street amid coronavirus fears. The Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 1,338.46 points, or 6.30

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Rouhani vows Iran will take further action to avenge US assassination of Soleimani

Iran has responded to the United States' killing of Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani, President Hassan Rouhani has said, while promising that the Islamic R

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U.S. stocks plunge amid coronavirus crisis

U.S. stocks plunged on Wednesday with the Dow down more than 1,000 points after the opening as volatile trading continued amid coronavirus fears. Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Indu

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Commentary: Washington's China media cap a self-humiliating farce

As Washington's political crackdown on Chinese media outlets in the United States took effect on Friday, the two-faced nature of America's so-called freedom of the press is being fully exposed. The U

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Mnuchin: We absolutely believe in keeping the markets open

At a press conference in Washington, D.C. today, United States Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin assured a room full of reporters that the government has no plans to shut down the markets. Pose

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Rockets hit Iraq base hosting foreign troops: military

A pair of rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting military coalition led by the United States and troops from North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Iraq's military said

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Amazon to hire 100,000 workers as online orders surge on virus worries

A signboard outside Amazon Go Grocery store in Seattle, Washington, February 26, 2020. /VCG Amazon.com said on Monday it would hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the United States

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Iran Tests 10 Million People for Coronavirus – Report

With nearly 14,000 confirmed cases and more than 700 deaths, Iran has been one of the countries hardest hit by COVID-19. The country’s medical response to the crisis ha

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Washington State to shut down restaurants, expand group restrictions to combat coronavirus outbreak

The U.S. State of Washington will shut down restaurants and expand gathering restrictions to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, said Governor Jay Inslee on Sunday. "Given the explosion of C

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Second U.S. congressional staffer tests positive for COVID-19

A staff member in U.S. House Representative David Schweikert's Washington D.C. office has tested positive for COVID-19, U.S. political news website The Hill said Sunday. The staff member is resting

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UK Dissuades People From Non-Essential Travel to US

The United States banned entry to people from 26 European countries this week in a bid to contain the epidemic. Vice President Mike Pence said restrictions will also be