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In a speech, acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, repeated U.S. charges of unjust business practices and industrial espionage by China, including attempts to steal coronavirus research, and accused it of abusing student visas to exploit American academia. (AP)

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US has cancelled more than 1,000 visas for Chinese nationals deemed...

Some 360,000 Chinese nationals study in the United States, bringing in significant revenue to US colleges

10 Sept 2020 9:51 AM IST

US President Donald Trump with US Attorney General William Barr (R) and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf (L), speaks to officials duringa roundtable discussion on community safety, at Mary D. Bradford High School in in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. (AFP)

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US intelligence official told to halt Russian election meddling threat...

Trump has repeatedly dismissed reports that Russia is continuing to interfere in the 2020 race, claiming China is the...

10 Sept 2020 9:18 AM IST

A melted slide smolders as a playground continues to burn at Pine Ridge school during the Creek fire in an unincorporated area of Fresno County, California on September 08, 2020. - Wildfires in California have torched a record more than two million acres, the state fire department said on September 7, as smoke hampered efforts to airlift dozens of people trapped by an uncontrolled blaze. (AFP)

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Californians airlifted from fires as dangerous winds arrive

In northwestern Washington state, 330,000 acres burned in just 24 hours - more than in any of the last 12 fire seasons

9 Sept 2020 1:19 PM IST

Holds during clinical trials are not uncommon, but this is thought to be the first time it has happened for a COVID-19 vaccine trial. (Representational Image: AP)

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AstraZeneca pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial after unexplained illness

AstraZeneca is one of nine companies currently in late-stage Phase 3 trials for their COVID-19 vaccine candidates

9 Sept 2020 8:51 AM IST

Members of firefighters walk in line during a wildfire in Yucaipa, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Three fast-spreading California wildfires sent people fleeing Saturday, with one trapping campers at a reservoir in the Sierra National Forest, as a brutal heat wave pushed temperatures into triple digits in many parts of state.(AP)

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California fire triggered by 'gender reveal firework'

Gender reveal parties are held during pregnancy to unveil the sex of the expected child, sometimes announced by pink or...

7 Sept 2020 12:30 PM IST

A city health worker takes a residents blood sample during a city new program that aims to administer 20 thousand COVID-19 tests in Rio de Janeiros poor neighborhoods, at Morro da Providencia favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

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Up to a quarter of Brazilians may not take COVID-19 vaccine: Survey

People cite conspiracy theories like having a chip implanted by taking the vaccine, and that it is made with aborted...

7 Sept 2020 11:41 AM IST

A Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter makes a water drop over a brush fire in the Sepulveda Basin in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. In Southern California, crews scrambled to douse several fires that popped up. The largest was a blaze in the foothills of Yucaipa east of Los Angeles that prompted evacuation orders for eastern portions of the city of 54,000 along with several mountain communities. (AP)

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Fire on all sides: Californians trapped by wildfire airlifted to...

The blaze was 0% contained on Sunday afternoon, while nearly 15,000 firefighters were battling some two dozen fires...

7 Sept 2020 11:06 AM IST

Protesters gather in Rochester, New York, on September 5, 2020, on the fourth night of protest following the release of video showing the death of Daniel Prude. - Prude, a 41-year-old African American who had mental health issues, died of asphyxiation after police arrested him on March 23, 2020, in Rochester. (AFP)

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Rochester mayor promises police reforms following Daniel Prude's death

Warren suspended the officers involved in Prude's death last week after his family released police video of him...

7 Sept 2020 9:20 AM IST

Examination of the mystery packages revealed at least 14 different kinds of seeds, including mint, mustard, rosemary, lavender, hibiscus and roses. (Representational Image)

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Amazon bans sales of foreign seeds in US after mystery packets

'Moving forward, we are only permitting the sale of seeds by sellers who are based in the US,' the e-commerce giant said...

6 Sept 2020 3:48 PM IST

$\Your life, and not only just your life, your legs -- something that you need to move around and forward in life -- can be taken from you like this, man,\ Blake said, snapping his fingers. (Screengrab from the video released Saturday by Blakes lawyer Ben Crump)$ World