Top coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says he hasn't talked to Trump in two weeks
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- 2020-06-16 19:52:29Z
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Top coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says he hasn't talked to Trump in two weeks
- Sports/Hockey
- 2020-06-16 19:52:29Z
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Fauci said attending a protest would be "putting you and others at risk"
Exclusive: U.S. senators ask Pentagon if $1 billion in Afghan aid was cut
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- 2020-06-15 14:06:39Z
Two Democratic senators on Monday asked U.S. Defense Secretary Mike Esper what happened to $1 billion in aid for Afghanistan the Trump administration said it would cut nearly three months ago, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters. Senator Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, demanded Esper explain whether the funds had been cut and if so from which accounts.
Trump on 2020 race: 'Joe's not all there'; 'if I don't win I don't win'
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- 2020-06-12 16:28:52Z
President Trump sharpens his attacks on Joe Biden in an exclusive interview with Fox News' Harris Faulkner.
Cuba plans cautious reopening to tourists
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- 2020-06-12 08:12:11Z
Cuba is planning to welcome tourists with COVID-19 tests and limit their contact with locals as part of a raft of measures designed to get its vital tourism industry back up and running. The government of President Miguel Diaz-Canel said it would gradually open up the economy in the next weeks, with a particular focus on recovering tourism dollars lost to the lockdown. Foreign tourists, the lifeblood of Cuba's economy, will be restricted to a well established string of coastal resorts to limit contact with the local population in a country, where Diaz-Canel insisted, the coronavirus pandemic was "under control."
Seattle protesters take over city blocks to create police-free 'autonomous zone'
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- 2020-06-12 00:25:16Z
For three days, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or Chaz, has offered 'a snippet of a reality the people can have'Hundreds of protesters have taken over several blocks of Seattle and transformed it into the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or "Chaz", helping to amplify nationwide protests while offering a real-world example of what a community can look like without police.For three days, protesters have filled several blocks and at least part of a park in the artsy Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, after police abandoned their east precinct, following dangerous clashes between protesters and law enforcement."I think what we're seeing in Chaz is just a snippet of a reality that the...
Pence posts, then deletes, tweet with photo of Trump campaign staffers not wearing masks or distancing
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- 2020-06-11 19:11:03Z
At least 70 people could be seen in the photo. None appeared to be wearing masks or maintaining the six feet of distance recommended by CDC.
Microsoft joins Amazon, IBM in pausing face scans for police
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- 2020-06-11 18:35:22Z
Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won't sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM. Microsoft's president and chief counsel, Brad Smith, announced the decision and called on Congress to regulate the technology during a Washington Post video event on Thursday. "We've decided we will not sell facial recognition technology to police departments in the United States until we have a national law in place, grounded in human rights, that will govern this technology," Smith said.