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Victoria’s health minister resigns after being accused of botching Covid-19 quarantine program
Jenny Mikakos, the health minister of Victoria, Australia, has stepped down after the state’s premier claimed she mismanaged a hotel quarantine scheme. Victoria has seen nearly five months of strict Covid-19 measures. Her resignation comes
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Pro-Trump crowd in Illinois opposes Trump-bashing ‘Coronavirus Death Scoreboard’
A fiery pro-Trump crowd gathered in a northern Chicago suburb Friday after an anti-Trump display critical of the president’s handling of the coronavirus was placed at a busy intersection in the downtown area. “We were
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President Trump ties Biden to Virginia governor at rally in effort to portray Dem as extreme
President Trump took his stump speech into a key “purple” state Friday, telling Virginians their Gov. Ralph Northam represents the kind of governance they’ll get on a national scale if they vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in November. “Only by
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President Trump ties Biden to Virginia governor at rally in an effort to portray him as extreme
President Trump took his stump speech into a key “purple” state Friday, telling Virginians their Gov. Ralph Northam represents the kind of governance they’ll get on a national scale if they vote for former Vice President Joe Biden in November. “Only
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Trump signs ‘born alive’ executive order protecting abortion survivors
President Trump signed an executive order Friday ordering the Health and Human Services Department to ensure that federally-funded facilities provide life-saving medical care for infants who survive abortions. Trump announced the measure during an address
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Biden maintains dominance over Trump in ad wars spending battle
President Trump has dramatically outpaced Joe Biden when it comes to stumping on the campaign trail, but Biden has proven to be a much bigger spender so far. This week, the president kept up his frenetic pace, campaigning
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Japan will host Olympics in 2021 ‘as proof that humanity has DEFEATED the pandemic,’ PM Suga vows at UN
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has vowed to prove the world’s triumph over Covid-19 with next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo, telling the United Nations the games will be held safely after a year-long postponement. Making
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‘This is not a colony!’ Ankara snaps at Washington over threat that US pharma may exit Turkey if it fails to repay $2.3bn debt
US Ambassador David Satterfield is treating Turkey like a colony, Ankara’s health minister Fahrettin Koca said, commenting on the escalating row over the skyrocketing debt Turkey owes to American drug companies. “What the ambassador did
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Coronavirus: UK pledges £500m to global vaccine-sharing scheme
The UK is to give £500m to a new global vaccine-sharing scheme designed to ensure treatments for Covid-19 are distributed fairly. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make the announcement in a speech to the United
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