The United States counted 61,262 new coronavirus cases in the 24 hours leading up to 8:30 pm Saturday (0030 GMT Sunday), according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. It was the fifth consecutive day with more than 60,000 infections recorded, according to the Baltimore-based university. There were also 1,051 deaths in the 24-hour period.
Medical technology group Siemens Healthineers has said it plans to buy the US oncology specialist Varian for $16.4 billion. The German firm says it aims to create a leading force in the fight against cancer.
The actor, who became an Internet sensation for his pronunciation of “diabetes” in a Liberty Mutual ad, died Saturday morning at a Utah hospital.
Portland, Ore., where more than 72% of the population is white, has been transformed into a national center of the movement for racial justice.
Germany has woken up to a problem of far-right extremism in its elite special forces. But the threat of neo-Nazi infiltration of state institutions is much broader.
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