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A US Border Patrol agent wouldn't let Jackeline Reyes explain why she and her 15-year-old daughter needed asylum, pointing to the coronavirus. That confrontation in Texas came just days after the Trump administration quietly shut down the nation's asylum system for the first time in decades in the name of public health. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aTA2Yc

The virus has now killed more than 86,000 people and infected 1.5 million, sparing almost no country and tipping the world into a devastating economic crisis as global commerce shudders to a halt. For the second straight day, the US grieved nearly 2,000 deaths on Wednesday, as flags flew at half-mast in hardest-hit New York. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3e4Zoo1

The virus has now killed more than 86,000 people and infected 1.5 million, sparing almost no country and tipping the world into a devastating economic crisis as global commerce shudders to a halt. For the second straight day, the US grieved nearly 2,000 deaths on Wednesday, as flags flew at half-mast in hardest-hit New York. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3e4Zoo1

On Tuesday, Finland's health minister had tweeted a picture of the first shipment of two million surgical masks and 230,000 respirator masks being unloaded at Helsinki airport from China. But by Wednesday, officials discovered that the face masks did not meet the required standards of protection against the coronavirus for use in medical environments. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wqAvCd

All Indian citizens who have succumbed to the deadly infection in the US are male, with ten of them from New York and New Jersey area. Four of the victims are said to be taxi drivers in New York City. One Indian national reportedly died in Florida because of coronavirus. Authorities are also ascertaining the nationality of some other Indian origin people in the States of California and Texas. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2USmAOP

Denmark has always prided itself on its "flexicurity" model that marries the free market with a welfare society, but in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has chosen another strategy. Under the model employers have been given free rein to hire and fire workers, letting businesses adapt to the ups, downs and shifts in markets. Even during the global financial crisis in 2008, Denmark stuck with its flexicurity model. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2V9Xl9A

All Indian citizens who have succumbed to the deadly infection in the US are male, with ten of them from New York and New Jersey area. Four of the victims are said to be taxi drivers in New York City. One Indian national reportedly died in Florida because of coronavirus. Authorities are also ascertaining the nationality of some other Indian origin people in the States of California and Texas. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2USmAOP

Chris Fiore, spokesman for the South Lake Tahoe police department, near the border with Nevada, told AFP that officers were called to the Safeway store on Tuesday following reports of "a customer licking groceries" at a time of heightened fears over the spread of the highly contagious novel coronavirus. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UV2DHe

The US has repatriated more than 50,000 American citizens stranded around the world by various shutdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39PGdv6

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Taiwan's foreign ministry on Thursday strongly protested accusations from WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that it condoned racist personal attacks on him that he alleged were coming from the self-governing island democracy. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eb35ZA

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Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the US and other countries are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about a staggered and carefully calibrated easing of restrictions designed to curb the scourge. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aYlAOS

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Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the U.S. and other countries are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about a staggered and carefully calibrated easing of restrictions designed to curb the scourge. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2yDverF

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New York recorded a new single-day high for coronavirus deaths on Wednesday but Governor Andrew Cuomo said the epidemic appeared to be stabilizing.​ from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3c7zxd9

The World Health Organization on Wednesday pleaded for global unity in fighting the coronavirus, following US President Donald Trump's stinging attack on its handling of the pandemic. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3e4bgXj

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for unity and a halt to "politicization" of the global health crisis, specifically urging China and the United States to show "honest leadership", in response to Trump's criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aZxMyI

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for unity and a halt to "politicization" of the global health crisis, specifically urging China and the United States to show "honest leadership", in response to Trump's criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aZxMyI

“I want to thank Prime Minister Modi of India for allowing us to have what we requested for the problem arose and he was terrific. We will remember it,” Trump told reporters at his daily White House news conference on coronavirus. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XiaCj7

The man, who was unaware he had the COVID-19 illness, set off a chain of transmissions that infected 15 other people, three of whom died, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xYiI5O

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