Russia claimed that it had seized control of Ukraine’s second-largest power plant in the eastern Donetsk region during the battle there. In other news, over a period of two years, as the epidemic spread around the world, Wuhan served as the virus’s epicenter.

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China passes Hong Kong security law: Report According to reports, China passed the national security law for Hong Kong on Tuesday. Read more Swine flu strain with 'human pandemic potential' found increasingly in China Chinese researchers have reportedly identified a new strain of the swine flu that has the potential to become a pandemic.

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It's all about him: John Bolton criticises Trump's statement on Russian bounties After Donald Trump and White House claimed that the the President and the Vice President, Mike Pence, were not briefed on the Russian bounty case, John Bolton has criticised Trump's statement.

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Inaccurate: White House rubbishes reports of Trump's failed actions on Russian bounties' case 'The United States receives thousands of intelligence reports a day and they are subject to strict scrutiny,' said White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.

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Facebook to flag all 'newsworthy' posts from politicians that break rules Until Friday, all Facebook posts of Trump remained untouched. However, the same posts, with the exact same wordings, were labelled with a warning on twitter.

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China guilty of forced labour under 'horrendous conditions' on BRI project: US Report As per the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report by the US, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the state-owned companies are making their employees work in "horrendous conditions" on Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects.

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Trump to send troops from Germany to Poland to send signal to Russia While the tour is being critiqued as a failure and an unwanted push to Duda's political campaign, what blindsided the US and its allies was a comment by US President Donald Trump.

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'Coronavirus pandemic has brought the United States on its knees': CDC director Redfield made these statements as some US states are witnessing a spike in coronavirus cases and as per the health officials it is not because of increased testing.

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President Donald Trump signs executive order to suspend H-1B visas US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that suspends work visas for all H-1B and H-4 till the end of the current calendar year.

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Statue of Roosevelt to be taken down by American Museum of Natural History Roosevelt was the American President from 1901 to 1909, he helped the museum to form its collection.

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Top US prosecutor Geoffrey Berman fired; Trump denies any involvement Geoffrey was a powerful prosecutor atop the Manhattan US Attorney's office and Trump clarified his stand after his attorney general sent Berman a letter saying the president had ordered to do so.

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Hard-hit Brazil becomes second country to surpass one million COVID-19 cases Brazil has passed the bleak milestone to become the second country in the world to confirm more than one million cases of Covid-19, as the disease continues to spread.

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My administration won't consider renaming military installations: Trump Amid calls by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the removal of 11 Confederate statues in Washington, President Donald Trump ruled out any change to US military bases named after Civil War Confederate leaders who belonged to the south and widely supported slavery.

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Russia to open nuclear disarmament talks with US amid China cloud Russia has confirmed that it will open talks with the US this month on extending a major nuclear disarmament treaty but warned that Washington’s insistence on including China could scuttle efforts.

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