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• China censoring research on COVID-19 origins, deleted page on Wuhan University website suggests

  12-04-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Are the Chinese hiding vital information on the coronavirus origins?
  
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• Why the US has the world's highest number of Covid-19 deaths

  12-04-2020 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  The US now has the world's highest number of deaths from Covid-19, with at least 21,692 losing their lives to the virus as of Sunday afternoon. Americans will continue to die in large numbers until our country mounts a coherent response to the epidemic. President Donald Trump has failed. The US still lacks even a basic plan for controlling the epidemic and restarting the economy.
  
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• Record deal to cut oil output ends price war

  12-04-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Oil producing nations agree a deal that will see output reduced by nearly 10 million barrels a day.
  
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• Dr. Fauci Says 'Rolling Reentry' of U.S. Economy Possible in May

  12-04-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States’ top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the economy in parts of the country could have a “rolling reentry” as early as next month
  
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• U.K.'s Boris Johnson leaves hospital after personal COVID-19 battle

  12-04-2020 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "On the advice of his medical team, the PM will not be immediately returning to work," a spokesperson said.
  
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• At least two tornados hit central Texas as Louisiana faces severe weather

  12-04-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  No fatalities have been reported, but photos show damage in both states.
  
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• Coronavirus could 'decimate' Latino wealth, hammered by the Great Recession

  12-04-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The crisis has either erased or is threatening to erase Latinos’ decade-long climb back to financial stability.
  
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• 'We have thrown 15 years of institutional learning out the window': Leaked emails show top public health experts raised alarm about the Trump administration's botched coronavirus response

  12-04-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The "Red Dawn" emails show how as the outbreak unfolded, the nation's top experts expressed serious concerns and frustration over government inaction.
  
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• Fauci confirms New York Times report Trump rebuffed social distancing advice

  12-04-2020 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Health adviser says on CNN ‘you could logically say if you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives’* Coronavirus – live US updates* Live global updates* See all our coronavirus coverageProminent US public health adviser Dr Anthony Fauci appeared on Sunday to confirm a bombshell New York Times report which said he and other Trump administration officials recommended the implementation of social distancing to combat the coronavirus in February, but were rebuffed fo
  
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• A US prison complex has 60 inmates and 23 staff with coronavirus

  12-04-2020 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  A North Carolina prison complex where an inmate died from Covid-19 Saturday has the highest number of coronavirus cases of any federal correctional complex in the United States, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
  
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• The Historic Oil Price Truce Won’t Last

  12-04-2020 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- After four days of high drama, low farce and long periods of tedium, the OPEC+ group of countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, finally agreed to a record cut in their oil production in response to the coronavirus-triggered collapse in demand. But the deal will come under pressure when the world becomes a more normal place again.The drama was provided by Mexico refusing to accept its allotted cut. The farce followed when the country’s oil minister left t
  
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• Good luck topping this one. Biles takes handstand challenge to next level

  12-04-2020 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  If anyone's going to crush a handstand challenge, it's going to be Simone Biles.
  
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• ‘Huge influx’ of coronavirus patients putting strain on Moscow hospitals, Kremlin says

  12-04-2020 22:47 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A “huge influx” of COVID-19 patients is putting a strain on hospitals in Moscow as Russia begins to tally more casualties from the deadly virus, the Kremlin said Saturday.
  
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• Police in Kentucky recorded the license plates of 50 people who broke social distancing to attend an Easter Sunday service

  12-04-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The churchgoers were also given notices to participate in a mandated 14-day self-quarantine for violating social distancing measures.
  
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• China offers tax breaks to wild animal exports despite banning trade at home over coronavirus fears: report

  12-04-2020 22:43 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  China is offering tax incentives to wild animal exports despite banning their sale and consumption within the country amid fears that the practice was responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Sunday report.
  
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• All but three people who died from COVID-19 in a major US city were black

  12-04-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Emerging data has laid bare the glaring racial disparities and social inequities faced by those heavily impacted by COVID-19.
  
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• Tornadoes rip through US as southern states face severe storms

  12-04-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A series of tornadoes ripped through multiple states on Easter Sunday with severe storms expected throughout much of the southern US, according to reports, potentially causing destruction as the nation battles the global coronavirus pandemic.In Texas, the National Weather Service confirmed at least one tornado nearly 50 miles east of Austin, as another more dangerous tornado moved towards the town of Monroe, Louisiana at 45 mph.
  
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• There won't be new emojis in 2021 due to coronavirus

  12-04-2020 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has taken a hit at emojis.
  
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• OPEC+ reaches deal to cut oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day

  12-04-2020 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  In an emergency virtual meeting Sunday, OPEC+ arrived at a deal to slash oil production by 9.7 million barrels a day starting May 1, a senior OPEC source told CNN. The cuts will remain in place through June, the source said.
  
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• Oil agreement could support stocks, providing a floor

  12-04-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OPEC, Russia and other oil producing nations agreed on Sunday to cut output by a record 9.7 million barrels per day for May-June, representing around 10% of global supply, to support oil prices amid the pandemic, according to sources.The agreement, could put a floor on oil prices and provide a psychological boost for equity investors, since talks had hit roadblocks late last week.If it was a bigger cut "then you would've seen oil prices strengthen to $30 very quickly and that would be helpful fo
  
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• See why it takes 400 man hours to store unused planes

  12-04-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  Brussels Airlines is showing how their Airbus A330 planes are being stored amid flight cancelations due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• Fauci confirms NY Times report Trump rebuffed social distancing advice

  12-04-2020 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Health adviser says on CNN ‘you could logically say if you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives’* Coronavirus – live US updates* Live global updates* See all our coronavirus coverageProminent US public health adviser Dr Anthony Fauci appeared on Sunday to confirm a bombshell New York Times report which said he and other Trump administration officials recommended the implementation of social distancing to combat the coronavirus in February, but were rebuffed fo
  
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• These kids recreate movie trailers by using household items

  12-04-2020 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  A group of Nigerian youngsters have become an Instagram sensation by recreating music videos and movie trailers shot-for-shot, using everyday products.
  
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• Brazilian woman, 97, becomes country's oldest coronavirus survivor, report says

  12-04-2020 22:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Brazilian woman has survived coronavirus, becoming the country’s oldest woman to survive the virus, according to a report Sunday.
  
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• Kentucky Cops Take Down License Plates at Easter Church Service Defying Lockdown

  12-04-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kentucky police officers on Sunday wrote down the license plate numbers of roughly 50 cars parked outside a church where an in-person Easter service took place in defiance of the state’s lockdown orders to fight the spread of the coronavirus. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said on Friday that residents who flout the stay-at-home order must self-quarantine for 14 days, warning that authorities would record the license plates of those who attend in-person Easter services or other mass gatherings
  
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• Assange fathered two children while in embassy: report

  12-04-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with a lawyer representing him while he was sequestered in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, according to a British newspaper on Sunday. The mother of his children, 37-year-old South African lawyer Stella Morris, told The Mail on Sunday the couple have two sons, aged 1 and 2, both conceived while Assange was in the embassy and kept secret from media and intelligence agencies monitoring his activity. The paper said Morris has been engaged to
  
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• A man who stayed in the same ICU as Boris Johnson said his experience there was 'absolutely horrible'

  12-04-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  London resident Dave Hunt told Sky News that he was placed on a ventilator and thought he would die.
  
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• Coronavirus may give Trump a long-sought chance to privatize the Postal Service

  12-04-2020 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Amid a cash crunch that is threatening to put the U.S. Postal Service out of business, the Trump administration is being accused of blocking bipartisan efforts to provide money to the agency as part of a long-sought conservative effort to privatize mail delivery.
  
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• Drive-in Easter Sunday service held in Santa Ana parking lot

  12-04-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  During an Easter Sunday like no other, hundreds of parishioners packed a parking lot in Santa Ana where a drive-in service was held.
  
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• When will we reopen the country? Antibody testing may help officials decide, experts say

  12-04-2020 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Friday that "most of the country" will not be able to open by May 1. How can antibody testing help?
  
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• Black people account for 72% of COVID-19 deaths in Chicago while making up less than a third of city's population, mayor says

  12-04-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "The answer that we believe is right is because of the underlying conditions that people of color, and particularly black folks, suffer from."
  
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• Fauci admits earlier mitigation efforts would have saved more Americans

  12-04-2020 20:55 via cnn.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that calls to implement life-saving social distancing measures faced "pushback" early in the US coronavirus outbreak and that the country is now looking for ways to more effectively respond to the virus should it rebound in the fall.
  
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• Turkey's interior minister says resigns over short-notice coronavirus lockdown

  12-04-2020 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Twitter on Sunday that he was resigning from his post over the implementation of a two-day curfew in major Turkish cities to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.Turkey announced the weekend lockdown late on Friday, but in the brief time before it went into effect many people rushed out to buy food and drink in the country's commercial hub Istanbul, a city of 16 million people, and other cities."Although in a limited period of time, the incidents that
  
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• Erdogan rejects Turkish minister's resignation after coronavirus lockdown criticism

  12-04-2020 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkey's interior minister, who said he was stepping down in the wake of a short-notice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies."The incidents that occurred ahead of the implementation of the curfew were not befitting the perfect management of the outbreak," Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in statement on Twitter in which he said he was resigning.Erdogan, however, judged it was not "appro
  
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• Coronavirus: Fauci says US 'could have saved lives' with earlier action

  12-04-2020 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experts called for social distancing in February but there was "pushback", a top health official says.
  
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• New Delta Air Lines boarding procedures aimed at preventing spread of coronavirus

  12-04-2020 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The carrier boards flights from back to front. Passengers are asked to stay seated in the waiting area until their row is announced.
  
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• Israeli president rejects bid to form new government, setting up possible 4th election

  12-04-2020 20:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Israel's president on Sunday turned down a request from Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz for a two-week extension to form a new coalition government.
  
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• Health officials caution against talk of quickly reopening businesses

  12-04-2020 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The "safety and the welfare of the American people ... has to come first," FDA chief says as disagreements continue among top administration officials.
  
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• Good news on coronavirus makes it harder for Trump to hold the line

  12-04-2020 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump urged Americans eight days ago to brace for the "toughest week" of the coronavirus pandemic -- but for Trump himself, the week ahead may well be tougher.
  
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• Good news makes it harder for Trump to hold the line

  12-04-2020 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: The world's fragmented coronavirus response suits Trump just fine
  
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• UK's Johnson leaves hospital as billions mark Easter in virus lockdown

  12-04-2020 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Virus-stricken British Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked medics for saving his life after he left hospital on Easter Sunday, as billions around the world marked the holiday from lockdown and the coronavirus pandemic death toll steadily climbed worldwide.Europe has so far shouldered the burden of the virus: more than 80 percent of all deaths have been on the continent, mostly in hard-hit Italy, Spain, France and Britain.
  
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• One year after transgender military ban, Ohio man is undaunted: He wants to serve his country

  12-04-2020 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sunday marks one year since the Pentagon enacted its policy restricting the service of transgender troops. Nic Talbott is still determined to enlist.
  
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• OPEC, oil nations agree to nearly 10M barrel cut amid virus

  12-04-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OPEC, Russia and other oil-producing nations on Sunday finalized an unprecedented production cut of nearly 10 million barrels, or a tenth of global supply, in hopes of boosting crashing prices amid the coronavirus pandemic and a price war, officials said.“This could be the largest reduction in production from OPEC for perhaps a decade, maybe longer," said U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, who credited President Donald Trump's personal involvement in getting dueling parties to the tabl
  
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• Iran says $1.6 bn claimed by US released in Luxembourg

  12-04-2020 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday the country had won a legal "victory" over $1.6 billion of its assets that had long been frozen on a US request in Luxembourg.Tehran and Washington have long been arch enemies and tensions have risen sharply since President Donald Trump in 2018 withdrew from a nuclear accord and reimposed stinging sanctions.In a separate dispute, a New York court in 2012 ordered Iran to pay $7 billion in damages over the September 11 attacks, arguing that it had aided
  
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• UK leader Boris Johnson discharged from hospital

  12-04-2020 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital, a week after being admitted due to "persistent" Covid-19 symptoms, a Downing Street spokesman said Sunday.
  
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• Boris Johnson admits 'things could have gone either way' after leaving hospital

  12-04-2020 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  The missing data of the UK's coronavirus crisis
  
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• Liberia coronavirus lockdown off to chaotic start

  12-04-2020 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A coronavirus lockdown in Liberia's capital Monrovia got off to a chaotic start at the weekend, as some police officers used truncheons against residents who had ventured outside in search of provisions.Confusion reigned across much of Monrovia, a city of more than 1 million people, with many having heard, erroneously, via social media that the government had ordered a 3 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew rather than a full lockdown.Many residents had voiced anger in the run-up to the lockdown ordered by Pre
  
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• In coronavirus, the 'stable genius' confronts a 'brilliant enemy'

  12-04-2020 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump tries to explain antibiotic resistance on the part of coronavirus, "a brilliant enemy."
  
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• Boris Johnson grateful after release from hospital

  12-04-2020 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked the National Health Service staff at St. Thomas' Hospital following his treatment for coronavirus, saying "I can't thank them enough. I owe them my life," according to the UK Press Association. CNN's Bianca Nobilo has more.
  
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• Inmates will make face masks for their correctional officers

  12-04-2020 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  Florida inmates will produce cloth face masks to protect the correctional officers overseeing them as the number of inmates with Covid-19 continues to rise.
  
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