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Puerto Rico extends anti-coronavirus measures for 2 weeks
Puerto Ricos governor announced Friday that she would extend for two more weeks measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
AP Analysis: Why Trump's election delay tweet matters
President Donald Trumps pattern is now familiar: He makes a stunning assertion, on Twitter or impromptu. The head scratching begins.
Hong Kong's top public prosecutor quits, says he was cut out of new national security cases
Hong Kong's head of public prosecutions quit this week, citing differences with the city's top legal official, and after being sidelined from cases under new Chinaimposed national security legislation, according to an email obtained by Reuters.
Trump still supports Pentagon nominee after confirmation hearing canceled -White House
President Donald Trump still supports Anthony Tata, his pick for undersecretary of defense for policy, despite the abrupt cancellation of Thursday's Senate confirmation hearing for the divisive nominee, the White House said on Friday.
We're just testing more, says Luxembourg after UK quarantine order
Luxembourg, which has been added to Britain's coronavirus quarantine list, is being unfairly held up as the sick man of Europe and its large number of COVID19 cases reflects its unrivalled level of testing, a government source said on Friday.
Kremlin hopes Belarus will soon free Russian men detained in alleged plot
The Kremlin said on Friday it hoped that more than 30 Russian private security contractors detained in neighbouring Belarus and accused of plotting acts of terrorism would soon be released.
Pfizer, BioNTech to Supply 120 Million Doses of Coronavirus Vaccine to Japan in Early 2021
The companies said, assuming success of the vaccine in clinical studies, they are on track to seek regulatory review for the vaccine as early as October.
In 1906, NY Zoo Displayed an African Man in 'Monkey House'. Over a Century Later, They Are Sorry
Ota Benga went from the zoo to an orphanage in Brooklyn and then to Lynchburg, Virginia, where he worked in a tobacco factory. He died by suicide in 1916.
First Dog to Test Positive for Coronavirus in US Dies: Report
Buddy the seven-year-old German shepherd became sick in April, around the same time his owner Robert Mahoney was recovering from COVID-19, according to the magazine this week.
Weeks After Bolsonaro Said He Has Covid-19, Brazil’s First Lady Tests Positive for Virus
The announcement came five days after President Jair Bolsonaro said he was over his illness and had resumed his normal work routine.
FBI: Review of surveillance applications found minor errors
The FBI said Thursday that errors in more than two dozen applications for surveillance warrants were not as severe as the Justice Department inspector general made them out to be.
UK care home residents, staff unable to get regular COVID-19 tests, says care provider
One of Britain's largest care home providers said the government is unable to meet its promise to regularly test staff and residents in care homes after problems were discovered with coronavirus testing kits.
Republican lawmakers reject Trump suggestion to delay U.S. election
Multiple conservative U.S. lawmakers on Thursday pushed back against fellow Republican President Donald Trump's suggestion to delay the Nov. 3 presidential election, saying the contest would be held as planned even as they backed his concerns about mailin...
Pakistan Court Forms 2-member Bench to Hear Kulbhushan Jadhav's Case
The bench comprising Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah and his fellow judge Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb would take up the government plea on Monday.
