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There has been an increase of 10,000 deaths in nine days in the United States

US Covid-19 death toll passes 160,000

The Mars probe launched on a Long March 5 - China's biggest space rocket

China launches first Mars mission in space race with US

Science and Technology / 23 Jul

Medics conduct a coronavirus check on a member of an indigenous tribe in Brazil

Brazil deaths reach over 80,000, as Trump backs masks

Coronavirus / 21 Jul

Harvard and MIT earlier this month had asked the court to block the order announced by ICE that students must leave the country if their classes are only online, or transfer to a school offering in-person tuition

US rescinds order denying visas for foreign students

United States / 14 Jul

The NYPD banned chokeholds in 1993, but their use was not eliminated and rarely punished

First NYPD officer charged over illegal chokehold usage

The geographic footprint of the US Covid-19 epidemic has shifted to the midwest and southeast, including Florida

Why the US is experiencing a coronavirus plateau

News Lens / 09 Jun

States of Mind: 'Hailing Hearses Instead of Taxis'

The outpouring of protests followed the 25 May killing of George Floyd

Bail set at $1m for policeman charged with Floyd murder

US unemployment hit a post-World War II high in April - but the figures rebounded somewhat in May

US employment figures rebound in May

Business / 05 Jun

George Floyd's casket

George Floyd memorial: 'Get your knee off our necks'

George Floyd / 05 Jun

People raise their hands and shout slogans as they protest at a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis

Pope, UN rights head condemn racism and violence in US

States of Mind: The Women Issue

A Tupolev Tu-214ON aircraft equipped to take part in Open Skies flights

European nations 'regret' US Open Skies decision

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the WHO will continue to provide 'strategic leadership to co-ordinate the global response' to the crisis

WHO member states agree to independent probe

Coronavirus / 19 May

Donald Trump said he was been taking hydroxychloroquine for the last week and a half

Trump taking anti-malaria drug as Covid-19 preventative

Coronavirus / 19 May

Covid-19 disruptions to the food supply chain have led to price rises in the supermarkets

Food for thought: US livestock being killed and dumped

Coronavirus / 17 May

A vaccine can take between five and 10 years to research, develop and produce

Vaccine Race: 12-18 month forecast 'still best guess'

Coronavirus / 06 May

Donald Trump suspended US contributions to the WHO on 14 April

US House committee launches probe of WHO aid cutoff

Coronavirus / 27 Apr

Donald Trump said he is seeking to shield the job market for US citizens

Trump signs order suspending immigration green cards

Donald Trump says he is responding to 'the attack from the Invisible Enemy'

Trump to suspend all immigration into US over Covid-19

Coronavirus / 21 Apr

Listen: Pandemic at the Polls

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

Numbers suggest 'descent' in cases - New York Governor

First responders at the University of Maryland Baltimore Medical Center

US deaths from coronavirus pass the 20,000 mark

People maintain social distancing during Good Friday prayers in Kolkata

At a glance: Global coronavirus death toll tops 100,000

Coronavirus / 11 Apr

Jerome Adams feels that deaths could fall short of totals that some computer models showed

Coronavirus models now predict many fewer US deaths

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