Facebook offers $100 mn to help virus-hit news media
Facebook said it will offer grants "to publishers most in need in the hardest hit countries."
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Trump says Putin to 'probably ask' for sanctions lifting
2 days ago  News
President Donald Trump said Monday he expects his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to request the lifting of US sanctions during an upcoming phone call.
US regulator approves limited use of malaria drugs for virus
2 days ago  News
A limited emergency-use authorization for two antimalarial drugs touted as game-changers by President Donald Trump has been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat coronavirus patients.
Trump ditches hopes of quick virus bounce-back for US
2 days ago  News
President Donald Trump has extended emergency coronavirus restrictions for the United States, where his top scientist warned up to 200,000 people could die, as the Russian capital and Africa's biggest city readied to go into lockdown on Monday.
Fauci says coronavirus could claim up to 200,000 US lives
2 days ago  News
Senior US scientist Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a cautious prediction Sunday that the novel coronavirus could claim as many as 200,000 lives in the United States...
Trump vaunts his TV ratings amid virus pandemic
3 days ago  News
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to vaunt the television ratings of his daily briefings on the coronavirus pandemic gripping the United States.
Trump signs $2 trillion recovery plan as US virus cases skyrocket
4 days ago  News
President Donald Trump signed into law Friday the $2 trillion rescue plan to salvage a US economy crippled by the novel coronavirus, on a day the nation's total count of COVID-19 cases surpassed 100,000.
As rich nations battle COVID-19, anxiety grows for low-income states
4 days ago  News
As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, aid groups warn that without measures millions could die in low-income countries and war zones...
US lab unveils portable 5-minute COVID-19 test
4 days ago  News
A US-based lab has unveiled a portable test that can tell if someone has COVID-19 in as little as five minutes, it said in a statement Friday.
Trump demands GM, Ford produce ventilators 'immediately'
27 Mar  News
US President Donald Trump demanded Friday that automakers Ford and General Motors start making ventilators to help ease the growing pressure on hospitals
US tops world in virus cases and logs record unemployment
27 Mar  News
The United States now has more COVID-19 infections than any other country, and a record number of newly unemployed people, as the coronavirus crisis deepens around the world.
Virus cases swamp hospitals in US epicenter New York
27 Mar  News
In New York hospitals, staff are working extra shifts and searching desperately for more bed space as they battle a surging toll of dead and infected at the US epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.
Pandemic deaths could top 1.8 million even with tough response: study
26 Mar  News
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe could hit 1.8 million worldwide this year even with swift and stringent measures to stop it, according to a study from Britain's Imperial College published Thursday.