America
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Virus deaths top 250,000 as billions pledged for vaccine push
May 05, 2020 11:14The global death toll from the Coronavirus pandemic topped a quarter of a million on Tuesday, with the US government predicting a further surge in fatalities as an international vaccine drive garnered $8 billion in pledges.
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Trump is biggest obstacle to Coronavirus recovery: USA Today
May 05, 2020 07:17The American daily newspaper, USA Today in an article in its editorial said that US President Donald Trump is the biggest obstacle to Coronavirus recovery in the United States.
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Leaked US documents indicate 3,000 COVID-19 daily deaths in June
May 05, 2020 02:23An internal US government document predicts 3,000 daily coronavirus deaths in the country by early June
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Trump says up to 100,000 Americans may die from coronavirus
May 04, 2020 07:47U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the year’s end.
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Venezuela’s Army on high alert after stopping ‘invasion’
May 04, 2020 07:39The Venezuelan Army was on full alert after President Nicolás Maduro said it had thwarted an early morning "invasion" off its Caribbean coast on Sunday.
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Cuba condemns thwarted terrorist attack against Venezuela
May 04, 2020 03:31Cuba's Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemned Sunday the thwarted terrorist attack against Venezuela, expressing his support to Nicolas Maduro’s government and Bolivarian Revolution.
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US lawmakers call on Pompeo to renew Iran arms embargo
May 04, 2020 01:57In a bipartisan move, hundreds of US House lawmakers are calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take “increased diplomatic action” to renew a United Nations arms embargo on Iran set to expire in October.
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Pompeo claims 'enormous evidence' COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab
May 04, 2020 00:18US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed on Sunday there was "enormous evidence" that the COVID-19 pandemic came from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, repeating a similar claim made by President Donald Trump earlier this week.
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Venezuela says it foils attempted mercenary 'incursion'
May 03, 2020 19:20Venezuela's government said it foiled a marine incursion on Sunday by "terrorist mercenaries" who attempted to enter the country on speedboats from neighboring Colombia.
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US gov't should think about saving lives of its citizens: Diplomat
May 02, 2020 22:47New York (IP): The Spokesperson of the Iranian Mission to the United Nations says, "It is a shame that amid Coronavirus pandemic, the US government, instead of thinking about helping and saving the lives of its citizens, is engaged in coercion, economic terrorism, and making false accusations against the Iranian people."
