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U.S. Latino community hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic

02:56 Across the U.S.,states are continuing the process of cautiously reopening their economies.Officialswill be keeping a close eye on infection rates in the hope of avoiding a second

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China's economy to continue recovery in H2: analysts

China's economy will see continued recovery in the second half of this year amid a rebound in both investment and consumption, analysts said. Economic activities will

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Bank of Japan boosts aid for coronavirus-hit firms

A Japanese flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2016. /Reuters Japan's central bank Tuesday ramped up aid for businesses struggling with the fallout fro

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Oil prices dip as coronavirus infections rise

Oil prices dipped on Tuesday on jitters that a rise in coronavirus infections around the world could hurt fuel demand, but hopes that production cuts could be extended kept declines in check.Brent cr

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BlackRock injects $18 bln into European firms during pandemic: source

The world's biggest asset manager BlackRock has pumped about 16 billion euros (18 billion U.S. dollars) into 810 European companies since the end of January, more than half of them in distress due

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Roundup: Italy records lowest daily COVID-19 deaths in over 100 days, active infections keep falling

Italy recorded 26 new COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the lowest daily increase in the country since March 3 as COVID-19 overall situation remained "at a low level of criticality," according

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Finland announces end to COVID-19 state of emergency

Finland will end the coronavirus state of emergency on Tuesday, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said at a press conference here on Monday. The Finnish government decided on Monday that "there was no

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Greece to allow flights in and out from June 15

AP Photo International flights into and out of Greece will resume on June 15 as the country continues to ease its COVID-19 restrictions.Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis however said safety w

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China's accelerating digital transformation gives chances to software industry -- insider

As business in China is recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the accelerating digital transformation in the country is offering opportunities to the software industry, Mark Gibbs, glo

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Dow plunges over 900 points amid fears of second virus wave

U.S. stocks traded sharply lower on Thursday with the Dow plunging more than 900 points shortly after the opening, as investors were worried about a second wave of virus infections across the country

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U.S. protesters topple Columbus statue and throw it in a lake

The statue of Christopher Columbus is seen in a lake after it was pulled down by protesters in Richmond, Virginia, on June 9, 2020. /Reuters Anti-racism protesters in Virginia tore down a stat

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Twitter starts putting fact-checking labels on tweets about 5G and COVID-19

Conspiracy theories claiming a connection between 5G technology and the coronavirus have been around since the pandemic’s early days and apparently they’re still going strong.So strong, in

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The Global Guardians: UK medics unified by COVID-19

03:13 Kirran Ahmad, 34, is an anesthetist in London. She thinks that the pandemic situation that she now works under every day is "new and difficult." She is glad that, with helping ha

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Trudeau pushes for police body camera as check against racism, brutality

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that all Canadian police should be equipped with body cameras as a simple way to address complaints of racism and brutalit

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COVID-19 cases climb in 21 U.S. states

COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S. By Monday afternoon, Johns Hopkins University reported more than 1.95 million confirmed cases and the number deaths approaching 110,900.Back in April,

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Boris Johnson Says Protesters Who Engage in Vandalism Will 'Face Full Force of Law'

A wave of protests against racial inequality and police brutality has swept through the United Kingdom over the death of American citizen George Floyd, with instances o

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Japan's Q1 economic contraction upwardly revised but record decline expected

Japan's economic contraction in the first quarter was not as bad as initially thought according to revised figures released by the government on Monday. However, economists suggest the current quarte