Fearing COVID-19, biggest U.S. university system makes fall term virtual

As uncertainty about the spread of COVID-19 continues, the biggest university system in the United States decided this week to make fall term classes virtual, one of the first to do so, amid fears of a second wave of infections in the month ahead.

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House passes $3 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill McConnell dubbed 'parade of absurdities' -- despite 14 Democratic 'no' votes

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Brazil loses new health minister as Bolsonaro grabs reins in coronavirus crisis

Brazil lost its second health minister in a month on Friday after President Jair Bolsonaro demanded wider use of unproven anti-malarial drugs to fight the coronavirus outbreak, adding to turmoil in one of the pandemic's worst global hotspots.

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Colombia to work together with hard-hit Brazil to fight coronavirus on border: Duque

Colombia will work with hard-hit Brazil to increase the military presence along their Amazonian border and share information in an effort to fight an increasing number of coronavirus cases in the area, Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday.

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Italy to allow travel to and from abroad from June 3

Italy's government on Saturday approved a decree which will allow travel to and from abroad from June 3, in a major development as it moves to unwind one of the world's most rigid coronavirus lockdowns.

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Kobe Bryant helicopter crash post-mortem released

An examination finds that all nine victims of the crash died as a result of blunt force trauma.

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Seahawks' Dunbar says witnesses exonerate him of armed robbery charges

An attorney for the Seattle Seahawks' Quinton Dunbar says five witnesses have signed statements saying the cornerback was in no way involved in an armed robbery near Miami this week, the Miami Herald reported on Friday.

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Iran's OPEC governor dies after brain haemorrhage

Iran's OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili has died of a brain haemorrhage two weeks after falling into a coma, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported on Saturday.

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Explosion heard in Syria's city of Aleppo: Syrian state TV

An explosion was heard in Syria's city of Aleppo early on Saturday, Syrian state TV said.

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Awkward greetings and long queues as Hong Kong's financiers return to work

The greetings are awkward and the skyscraper lifts half-empty. But Hong Kong's cafes are filling and taxis are harder to find as the first wave of financial professionals return to their offices after an easing of coronavirus lockdown rules.

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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 913 to 173,152: RKI

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 913 to 173,152, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday.

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Taiwan's TSMC announces $12 billion U.S. chip factory

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, a major supplier to Apple Inc, announced on Friday it will build a $12 billion chip factory in Arizona, in what the company called a "strong partnership" with the U.S. government.

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Taiwan's TSMC announces plan to build $12 billion U.S. factory

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, the world's biggest contract manufacturer of computer chips, on Friday announced plans to build an approximately $12 billion advanced chip factory in Arizona.

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Wisconsin court ruling at center of political divide over U.S. reopening

Wisconsin's governor on Thursday predicted confusion after the state supreme court struck down his sweeping stay-at-home order, fueling a growing political divide over how and when to reopen the shattered U.S. economy.

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U.S. denies full protection for Pacific fisher, relative of the weasel

The Trump administration on Thursday denied Endangered Species Act protection to a weasel-like woodland mammal called the Pacific fisher across most of its West Coast range, except for a dwindling population in California's southern Sierras.

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