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GOP Relief Bill Sets The Stage For A Showdown With Democrats 

After lengthy negotiations, Senate Republicans rolled out their plan for the next wave of coronavirus aid. Under it, supplemental unemployment payment would fall to $200 per week through September.

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Cuomo: White House can’t contain the virus within its own walls 

CNN’s Chris Cuomo says people cannot solely rely on the Trump administration’s leadership to get through the coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus pandemic | PM Modi to join brain-storming session with heads of banks, NBFCs on July 29 

According to an official statement, the prime minister will join stakeholders from banks and NBFCs on Wednesday to discuss and deliberate on vision and roadmap for the future.

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Anthony Fauci denies Trump claim that he misled US public about coronavirus 

Health expert says ‘I will just continue to do my job’Sinclair TV network pulls segment on Fauci conspiracy theoryDr Anthony Fauci insisted on Tuesday he had “not been misleading the American public under any circumstances” – countering a claim by Donald Trump that he had.The director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases has become a […]

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World economy’s sputtering recovery threatened by flaring coronavirus 

Even when a vaccine does come, there’s going to be a wait before it’s available globally, former Indian central banker Raghuram Rajan told an online conference last week organized by DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

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Pandemic Is Overwhelming U.S. Public Health Capacity In Many States. What Now? 

With the coronavirus spreading out of control in many parts of the U.S., some experts say the strategy of testing and tracing can’t contain the pandemic until lockdowns bring case numbers down.

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Key Words: Bill Gates on Elon Musk’s controversial coronavirus comments: Stick with electric cars and rockets 

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told CNBC that the Tesla boss should focus on his job and let the experts focus on theirs.

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Democrats pan Republican plan to slash jobless benefits to $200 as ‘totally inadequate’ 

White House officials and top Democrats negotiating a new aid package as economy continues to reel from coronavirus crisisUnemployment assistance, eviction protections and other relief for millions of Americans struggling in an economy cratered by the coronavirus crisis were at stake as White House officials on Monday began fraught negotiations with top Demo […]

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Goodbye, jeans. The pandemic is ushering in an era of comfort. 

Denim sales have fallen sharply amid the coronavirus crisis, with brands like True Religion and Lucky filing for bankruptcy, and Levi’s revenue tanking.

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UBS Secures Naming Rights To Islanders’ New Home, Belmont Park Arena 

Located at Belmont Park in Elmont, N. Y., UBS Arena is still expected to open for the 2021-22 National Hockey League season despite a two-month pause in construction due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Stocks shake off US-China tensions, focus on coronavirus vaccine progress 

The U.S. government has reached a $1.95 billion deal with Pfizer and BioNTech for 100 million doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccine after it receives regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

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Kayleigh McEnany Dishes Dirt On Donald Trump In Seth Meyers’ Spoof Presser 

The White House press secretary revealed the president’s biggest coronavirus nemesis in the parody “Late Night” bit.

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Atossa Stock at $8 a Share? This 5-Star Analyst Thinks It’s Possible 

Shares of Atossa Therapeutics (ATOS) have done what shares of most companies in the hunt for coronavirus solutions have done in 2020 – appreciate. Since the turn of the year, there has been 171% of upside for the Seattle-based biotech firm.Despite the impressive gains, the micro-cap still has a market cap of only $39 million. Going by his revised outlook for […]

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The Latest: Washington DC tennis event canceled 

The tournament that was supposed to mark the official return of men’s professional tennis amid the coronavirus pandemic has been canceled

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Coronavirus US: record hospitalisations in seven states as Trump resumes briefings – live 

US passes 3.8m coronavirus casesOcasio-Cortez responds to report Republican colleague accosted herPoll: almost a third of Americans believe death toll is less than reportedACLU says Trump sent Cohen back to prison ‘for writing a book’Sign up to our First Thing newsletter 3.41pm BST Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell addressed the Republican coronavirus r […]

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