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CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus: What’s behind alarming new US outbreaks?
As coronavirus outbreaks are slowly brought to heel in many places around the world, the US is among a handful…
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Coronavirus: How to go for a walk safely, without getting shamed
There’s now a new phenomenon – known as “quarantine shaming” – to try to keep people indoors. Over the weekend,…
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MARKETS & ECONOMY
Talks to Cut the World’s Oil Production Drag On for a Third Day
The world’s largest oil producers were still grasping for a deal to rescue energy markets from a coronavirus-induced collapse after…
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CORONAVIRUS
US tops 500,000 confirmed coronavirus patients
At least 18,777 people have died in the nation, including more than 2,000 on Friday, the deadliest day of the…
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MARKETS & ECONOMY
Trump threatens tariffs on oil imports to ‘protect’ U.S. energy workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would impose tariffs on crude imports if he has…
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MARKETS & ECONOMY
Coronavirus depresses U.S. payrolls, more job losses coming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy shed 701,000 jobs in March, abruptly ending a historic 113 straight months of employment…
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U.S. senators scrutinize meat packers’ big profits during pandemic
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. senators are calling for investigations of record profit margins for beef processors like…
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MARKETS & ECONOMY
U.S. dairy farmers dump milk as pandemic upends food markets
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Dairy farmer Jason Leedle felt his stomach churn when he got the call on Tuesday evening. FILE…
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CORONAVIRUS
‘I can’t let people die’: Cuomo signs executive order to take and redistribute ventilators for N.Y. hospitals
Gov. Cuomo vowed to take emergency action to get more ventilators for those in desperate need as the coronavirus pandemic…
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CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19: One-quarter of Americans more vulnerable to coronavirus because of age or illness
The coronavirus is now striking in geographic areas where more Americans are older or have underlying health problems, making them…
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