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Shooting outside White House as Trump evacuated from briefing

Shawdesh Desk: US Secret Service agents shot and wounded a man who was apparently armed outside the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump said just after being briefly evacuated

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US hits 5 million virus cases as Trump criticised over relief package

Shawdesh Desk: The United States on Sunday reached the extraordinary milestone of five million coronavirus cases as President Donald Trump was accused of flouting the constitution by unilaterally extending a

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US records over 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in a day after three months: Report

Shawdesh Desk: The United States has recorded more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the highest number of daily fatalities in three months, Johns Hopkins University’s real-time tally showed

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Trump says US coronavirus vaccine ‘possible’ by election

Shawdesh Desk: President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a vaccine may be produced ahead of the US presidential election on November 3 — a more optimistic timeline than given

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Coronavirus: UK made serious mistake over border policy, say MPs

Shawdesh Desk: The spread of coronavirus in the UK could have been slowed with earlier quarantine restrictions on arrivals, a group of MPs has said. The Home Affairs committee said

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US coronavirus death toll climbs to 160,290

Shawdesh Desk: United States has reported 160,290 coronavirus deaths and  2,481,680 recoveries from 4,918,420cases till Wednesday (Bangladesh Time 13:15pm), according to latest data from worldometeer.   So far, the number of active cases are 2,276,450 while 18,407 patients are

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Trump and his allies respond with pseudo-science as US death toll hits 150,000

Shawdesh Desk: On the day the US surpassed another tragic milestone — 150,000 coronavirus deaths — it became ever clearer that pseudo-science, ideological posturing and mocking the idea of a

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Trump calls for delay to 2020 US election

Shawdesh Desk: Donald Trump has called for November’s presidential election to be postponed, saying increased postal voting could lead to fraud and inaccurate results. He suggested a delay until people

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