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US successfully launches unmanned reusable drone for space experiments 17 May 2020 - 06:01 pm
A photo of the X-37B drone provided to AFP on May 6, 2020 by Boeing, its manufacturer (AFP Photo/Handout)
Trump vs Biden: first it was wild -- then came COVID-19 17 May 2020 - 05:06 pm
In this file photo taken on May 15, 2020 US President Donald Trump, with Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx (L) and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci (R), speaks on va
Leaders 'aren't even pretending to be in charge': Obama 17 May 2020 - 04:50 pm
Torrey Pines High School graduating student Phoebe Seip, 18 (right), her father Jake, 57, and her sister Sydney, 22, watch former United States President Barack Obama deliver a virtual commencement address to millions of high school seniors who will miss
Brazil passes Italy and Spain in confirmed coronavirus cases 17 May 2020 - 11:43 am
Brazil's outgoing Health Minister Nelson Teich speaks during a press conference in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 15, 2020.  / AFP / EVARISTO SA
Trump says he is considering restoring some funding to WHO, no decision made 16 May 2020 - 04:30 pm
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak to the press before departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on May 15, 2020. Trump is heading to Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN
Pilot in fatal Kobe crash had no alcohol or drugs in system 16 May 2020 - 03:01 pm
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New York, New York? Prolonged shutdown raises doubts about future 15 May 2020 - 04:06 pm
NEW YORK, USA - MAY 14: Times Square still seems quite due to Covid-19 pandemic in New York City, United States on May 14, 2020. ( Tayfun Co?kun - Anadolu Agency )
US issues alert over COVID-19-linked childhood illness 15 May 2020 - 02:58 pm
A teacher takes the temperature of a child at the entrance of a flemish primary school during its reopening as a small part of Belgian children head back to their schools with new rules and social distancing during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease
Whistleblower to warn Congress of 'grave risks' of rushing to reopen US 14 May 2020 - 04:48 pm
Rick Bright, recently ousted director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, is seen in his official government handout portrait photo from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services taken in Washington, U.S. in 201
Trump deepens rift with top doctor Fauci on US reopening 14 May 2020 - 01:56 pm
:(FILES) In this file photo Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, flanked by US President Donald Trump, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing
Where coronavirus cases are rising in the United States 14 May 2020 - 12:19 pm
A handful of people stop on Washington Street in DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn with the Manhattan Bridge rising in the background as streets remain less busy due to the continuing outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York U.S., May 5, 20
U.S. warns that Chinese hackers are targeting virus research 14 May 2020 - 11:44 am
(FILES) This handout file illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the coronavirus,COVID-19./ AFP / Centers for Disea
Kidney injury seen in more than a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients - U.S. study 14 May 2020 - 11:23 am
Paramedics wheel a patient into the emergency entrance outside Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
N.J. has highest virus rate of big states despite case drop 13 May 2020 - 02:55 pm
A JetBlue A320 aircraft conducts a flyover salute of New York City to honor frontline healthcare workers during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey, U.S., May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES
Wear a mask? Even with 20,000 dead, some New Yorkers don't 13 May 2020 - 12:46 pm
A group of bicyclists and a handful of pedestrians mingle in Union Square as streets remain less busy due to the continuing outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York U.S., May 5, 2020. Picture taken May 5, 2020 at
Canada zoo to send pandas home after bamboo shortage 13 May 2020 - 11:26 am
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As Central Park hospital comes down, another opens in DC 12 May 2020 - 02:27 pm
:A worker walks through the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital in Central Park as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the Manhattan borough of New York U.S., May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Canada ties coronavirus help to climate goals 11 May 2020 - 06:35 pm
Students line up to have their hands sanitized in the schoolyard, as schools outside the greater Montreal region begin to reopen their doors amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada May 11, 2020. REUTER