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Drugmakers sprinting to deliver potential Covid-19 vaccines say they're facing a new hurdle: declining infection rates that could make it hard to test their shots. If the disease ebbs further in some regions, not enough people will be exposed to the coronavirus to make studies possible. Researchers may have to consider deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with the virus. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dgpALv

The white Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd's neck as he begged for air was arrested on Friday and charged with murder, and crowds broke overnight curfews imposed to try to stem violent protests over police killings of African Americans that have spread to cities across the US. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XgyVxy

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The white Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd's neck as he begged for air was arrested on Friday and charged with murder, and crowds broke overnight curfews imposed to try to stem violent protests over police killings of African Americans that have spread to cities across the US. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XgyVxy

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The Shandong's commissioning last year by Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored the country's rise as a regional naval power at a time of tensions with the US and others over trade, Taiwan and the South China Sea. It is the second Chinese aircraft carrier to enter service after the Liaoning, which was originally purchased as a hulk from Ukraine and entirely refurbished. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gxJSlQ

In his proclamation, announced on Friday, POTUS stated that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is engaged in a wide‑ranging and heavily resourced campaign to acquire sensitive US technologies and intellectual property, in part to bolster the modernization and capability of its military. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eyaHV6

New York City, the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US, will begin reopening in a phased manner on June 8, bringing about 4,000,000 employees back to work, Governor Andrew Cuomo has said. "Remember that reopening does not mean we're going back to the way things were...It is reopening to a new normal," governor Andrew Cuomo has said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TVPtc6

Researchers conducted genetic analysis of the novel coronavirus and its similar variants in animals, and confirmed that its closest relative is a coronavirus that infects bats. In the study they said the ability of the virus, SARS-CoV-2 to infect humans was gained by exchanging a critical gene fragment from a coronavirus that infects a scaly mammal called a pangolin. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XfyV0z

Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called, according to three people with direct knowledge of the orders. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XFOYnq

In his proclamation, announced on Friday, POTUS stated that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is engaged in a wide‑ranging and heavily resourced campaign to acquire sensitive US technologies and intellectual property, in part to bolster the modernization and capability of its military. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eyaHV6

Trump's announcement came amidst escalating confrontation between the US and China over trade, the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Beijing's security crackdown in Hong Kong and the communist giant's aggressive military moves in the disputed South China Sea. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/36G0Gme

Trump's announcement came amidst escalating confrontation between the US and China over trade, the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Beijing's security crackdown in Hong Kong and the communist giant's aggressive military moves in the disputed South China Sea. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/36G0Gme

Restaurants in Los Angeles county -- which has suffered more than half of California's virus deaths -- will be allowed to offer dine-in services with capacity limited to 60 per cent. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eyrnMl

The epicenter of the South American coronavirus outbreak, Brazil saw 1,124 deaths in 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said. It also had a record number of new cases -- 26,928 in one day -- bringing the total number of infections to 465,166. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3euQBuY

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of G7 leaders that US President Donald Trump has suggested he will host despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the Politico website quoted her spokesman as saying Friday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Xe2xLO

The United States recorded 1,225 coronavirus deaths on Friday, bringing its total to 102,798 since the global pandemic began, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TTM6SR

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of G7 leaders that US President Donald Trump has suggested he will host despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the Politico website quoted her spokesman as saying Friday. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Xe2xLO

Thousands of protesters stormed the perimeter of Barclays Center in New York as protests spread across the United States over the killing of George Floyd, a Minneapolis black man who died after being pinned by the neck under a white police officer's knee. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TPh7aI

SpaceX's "Demo-2" mission from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this weekend will be the first flight with astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon capsule built by entrepreneur Elon Musk's commercial space company. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Bdpjed

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