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Trump to announce deal to buy 150 mn rapid COVID tests 28 Aug 2020 - 12:21 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 30, 2020, US President Donald Trump holds a 5-minute test for Covid-19 from Abbott Laboratories during the daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. Trump
COVID-19 cases spike in US Midwest as deaths reach over 180,000 27 Aug 2020 - 11:41 pm
Activists stand with American flags at sunrise to memorialize victims of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near the Washington Monument in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Air Canada plans voluntary COVID-19 passenger test trial -analyst note 27 Aug 2020 - 11:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: Air Canada signage is pictured at Vancouver's international airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ben Nelms/File Photo
Wisconsin city calm but activists call for charges in police shooting 27 Aug 2020 - 09:49 pm
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 26: Demonstrators protest the shooting of Jacob Blake on August 26, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A police officer shot Blake seven times in the back in front of his three children. The shooting sparked three consecutive days of
Hurricane Laura slams southwestern Louisiana, gutting buildings and killing at least one 27 Aug 2020 - 09:05 pm
HOLLY BEACH, LA - AUGUST 27: A damaged travel trailer sits among flood water after Hurricane Laura passed through the area August 27, 2020 in Holly Beach, Louisiana. Hurricane Laura came ashore bringing rain and high winds to the South East region of the
Walmart joins Microsoft bid for TikTok as TikTok CEO quits 27 Aug 2020 - 07:45 pm
In this file photo a Walmart logo is seen outside a store in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2020. US retail giant Walmart said on August 27, 2020 it had teamed with Microsoft in a bid to buy short-form video app TikTok. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM
Laura, now a Category 2 hurricane, still extremely dangerous 27 Aug 2020 - 02:35 pm
A car near Vermilion Bay is seen partially submerged in waters brought by Hurricane Laura approaching Abbeville, Louisiana, U.S., August 26, 2020. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION
Brazil asks China for proof chicken wings had coronavirus 26 Aug 2020 - 11:29 pm
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US doctors group calls for transparency in COVID-19 vaccine development 26 Aug 2020 - 11:19 pm
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California wildfire home losses leap as evacuees return to torched houses 26 Aug 2020 - 10:45 pm
An SWIR satellite image shows LNU Lightning Complex wildfire burning in Sonoma County near Healdsburg, California, U.S., August 20, 2020. Picture taken August 20, 2020. Satellite image ?2020 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
Pandemic stresses massive Hurricane Laura evacuations in Texas, Louisiana 26 Aug 2020 - 10:34 pm
SABINE PASS, TX - AUGUST 26: A general view of a street sign in a field ahead of Hurricane Laura on August 26, 2020 in Sabine Pass, Texas. Hurricane Laura, currently a Category 4 storm, is expected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast late Wednesday and
Fed official warns of 'uncertain' US recovery 26 Aug 2020 - 09:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: A sign is shown in the window of a retail store in San Francisco, California May 13, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
J&J adds Chile and Peru to Latin America COVID-19 vaccine trials 26 Aug 2020 - 07:56 pm
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World's biggest rooftop greenhouse opens in Montreal 26 Aug 2020 - 05:17 pm
Lufa Farms, a company just opened what it says is the world's largest commercial rooftop greenhouse is seen in an aerial photo of the greenhouse in Montreal, Quebec on July 22, 2020. Building on a new hanging garden trend, a greenhouse atop a Montreal war
Laura strengthens to major hurricane: U.S. NHC 26 Aug 2020 - 03:33 pm
A woman rolls a suitcase as she walks to board a bus for evacuation before the arrival of hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 25, 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
Kenosha police: 3 shot, 2 fatally, during Wisconsin protests 26 Aug 2020 - 02:43 pm
Law enforcement officers guard during a protest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX
Weather aids firefighters battling California blazes 25 Aug 2020 - 10:13 pm
This NASA Earth Observatory image released on August 25, 2020 shows on August 21, 2020, what the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite captured in natural-color imagery of smoke plumes from wildfires in California and oth
Eldest son of Brazil leader tests positive for COVID-19 25 Aug 2020 - 10:09 pm
In this file photo taken on November 28, 2018, the president-elect of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro (L) and his son Flavio Bolsonaro (R), arrive for a press conference on the appointment of the ministers of Citizenship, Tourism and Regional Development at the he