For the first time, world records 1 million coronavirus cases in 100 hours Global coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the first time there has been a surge of 1 million cases in under 100 hours.

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Trump 'wants to do everything possible to keep peace for people of India, China' United States President Donald Trump has said he wants to do everything possible to keep peace for the people of India and China, according to the White House spokesperson.

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Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and others hit in major hack The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers in a massive hack -- who according to cyber police were trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin.

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US revokes controversial order that would have seen foreign students deported The Trump administration has abandoned an order to force out foreign students in the aftermath of widespread condemnation of the move and pressure from colleges and major businesses.

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Russian bounties: Pompeo speaks with Russia's Lavrov about Afghanistan Washington has been in an uproar over reports that Russian intelligence paid bounties for Taliban-linked fighters to kill US forces in Afghanistan.

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Severe floods in China leave over 38 million affected, 141 dead or missing Authorities raised the country's flood response level from level III to level II, the second-highest level.

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Donald Trump spotted wearing a mask for the first time in public Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a military medical facility outside Washington.

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Trump confirms US conducted cyberattack against Russia in 2018 The Washington Post reports that during his interview Trump was asked if he had launched a cyberattack.

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'Unknown Pneumonia' deadlier than coronavirus sweeping across Kazakhstan, warns Chinese Embassy Officials of the Chinese embassy in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan has warned its citizens living in the country of an “unknown pneumonia” that is reportedly even deadlier than the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the South China Morning Post reports.

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Trump threatens to cut off funding to US schools if they don't reopen by November Donald Trump accused Democrats of wanting to keep schools shut for political reasons, despite a surge in coronavirus cases across the country.

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China aims to become world's 'only superpower', says FBI director FBI Director Chris Wray said China's leaders believe they are in a "generational fight" to make China the "world's only superpower by any means necessary.

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Mike Pompeo slams China's 'Orwellian' censorship moves in Hong Kong ''With the ink barely dry on the draconian National Security Law, Hong Kong authorities are now removing books from libraries, banning political slogans, and requiring censorship in schools,'' he said in a tweet.

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Iran admits fire at Natanz nuclear facility caused significant damage Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said the fire could slow down Tehran's development and production of advanced centrifuges in the medium term, and that Iran would replace the damaged building with a bigger one that had more advanced equipment.

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Despite surge in COVID-19 cases, US president Donald Trump says 'tremendous victory' nearby in fight against pandemic The United States is the worst-hit country in terms of coronavirus pandemic with over 2.

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Global coronavirus cases exceed 11 million as US notches 57,683 new infections Global coronavirus cases crossed the grim milestone of 11 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally.

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