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World Coronavirus Dispatch: 55,000 cases in US on Thursday, a new record
Singapore retail sales at historic low, jobs return to Spain, US jobless rate drops and other pandemic related news across the globe
 "World Coronavirus Dispatch: 55,000 cases in US on Thursday, a new record")
Fauci slams lack of unified US response to Covid-19; hopes for vaccine
Early preliminary data on "several" vaccine candidates are pointing to predictable immune response, Fauci said. "They can induce the kind of response we can predict to be protective"
 "Fauci slams lack of unified US response to Covid-19; hopes for vaccine")
Unemployment gap between black and white Americans widest in 5 years
Jobless rates for both groups fell in June, but the rate for whites came down at a much faster rate
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US job growth roars back, but Covid-19 resurgence spells trouble ahead
Record spikes in new coronavirus infections in large parts of the country, including the highly-populated states of California, Florida and Texas, have forced several states to scale back reopenings
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US House committee votes to ban Confederate flag at Pentagon properties
The House panel is also expected to consider an amendment later Wednesday that would require the Pentagon to strip Confederate names from bases and other property within a year
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British experts slam US for hoarding nearly entire supply of remdesivir
The US government announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump had struck "an amazing deal" to buy the remdesivir drug for Americans
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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Over 4,700 die each day, LatAm leads mortality
Record daily rise in US cases, gold hits 8-yr high, Airbus to axe 15,000 and other pandemic-related news from across the globe
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Facebook bans hundreds of Boogaloo accounts, pages for promoting violence
The company removed 220 Facebook accounts, 95 Instagram accounts, 28 pages and 106 groups that were associated with the network
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US firms filing for bankruptcy at fastest pace since 2013: Report
During the last financial crisis, there were 8,614 company bankruptcies in the US in 2008, and the number rose to 12,644 in 2009, according to the report
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US approved 4 Covid-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials: FDA head
The US Administration launched in May Operation Warp Speed, a joint project of Health and Defense Departments, which aims to deliver 300 million doses of a vaccine for Covid-19 by January 2021
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US Covid-19 daily cases may double, no guarantee of vaccine, warns Fauci
"Clearly we are not in total control right now," Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told a U.S. Senate committee
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US could see 100,000 cases a day, no guarantee of effective vaccine: Fauci
'Clearly we are not in total control right now,' the country's top infectious diseases expert
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UK's Johnson toughens Huawei rhetoric: Talks of 'hostile state vendors'
Huawei, considered a "high risk vendor" by Britain, was granted a limited role in building the country's 5G networks in January, after the government said it could manage the risks.
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Indian IT services firms relying less on visas as approval rates nosedive
According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services data, the share of Indian companies among the top 10 visa recipients has dropped from 51 per cent to 24 per cent during the 2016-19 period.
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EU reopens borders to 14 nations; India, US, Russia, Brazil excluded
The EU said China is subject to confirmation of reciprocity, meaning it must lift all restrictions on European citizens entering China before it will allow Chinese citizens back in.
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UK PM Johnson says Covid-19 has been disaster, pledges better rebuilding
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to unleash a renewal akin to the rebuilding strategy deployed by former US President Franklin D Roosevelt in the wake of the Great Depression of 1929.
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Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump, asks Interpol to help
The United States and Interpol both dismissed the idea of acting on such a warrant.
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Gilead's Covid-19 drug remdesivir to cost $2,340 per patient in US
The price for US private insurance companies will be $520 per vial, the drugmaker said, which equates to a total of $3,120 per patient
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With nearly 190,000 new cases, steepest hike seen globally in 24 hours: WHO
The latest rise to the overall case count is a significant increase from the 179,316 new positive tests reported on Saturday by the WHO
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Dr Reddy's Lab expects to launch 25 products in US this fiscal year
The drug major has also earmarked a capital expenditure (capex) of Rs 1,000 crore for finding various projects during the ongoing financial year
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