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FILE PHOTO: US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts waits for US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of the US Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, US February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL/File Photo
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US Supreme Court blocks Trump bid to end 'Dreamers' immigrant program

The justices on a 5-4 vote upheld lower court rulings that found that Trump’s 2017 move to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, created in 2012 by his Democratic...

A man is wheeled on a stretcher at Maimonides Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, April 14, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Johns Hopkins calls on US to perform coronavirus antibody tests nationwide

People crowd the beach, while other jurisdictions had already closed theirs in efforts to combat the spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Clearwater, Florida, US March 17, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 could have 'catastrophic consequences' in Florida, expert says

Fauci’s comments come days after the United States authorized emergency use of Eli Lilly & Co’s bamlanivimab Photo: Reuters/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

Fauci: 'Anti-science bias' is a problem in the US

People line up outside a temporary unemployment office established by the Kentucky Labor Cabinet at the State Capitol Annex in Frankfort, Kentucky, US June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
Global Economy

US weekly jobless claims remain high, second wave of layoffs blamed

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool
Global Economy

Europe threatens digital taxes without global deal, after US quits talks

FILE PHOTO: Gold rings are seen on display at a goldsmith shop in Kuala Lumpur April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad
Global Economy

US attracts record amount of gold from Switzerland as pandemic upends market

Former US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/Tom Brenner
World+Biz

Trump says US will not lock down again amid rising coronavirus cases

FILE PHOTO: Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani meets with Syrian parliament speaker Hammouda Sabbagh in Damascus, Syria February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
World+Biz

Iran rejects US sanctions on Syria, vows to boost trade with ally

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Global Economy

US mortgage rates hit record low, purchase applications at 11-year high

FILE PHOTO: Delegates attend the resuming of a United Nations Human Rights Council session before an urgent debate on allegations of "systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests" in the United States following the death of George Floyd druing the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, June 15, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

US 'not above scrutiny', urges other states to be open on racism

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in the financial district of lower Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in New York City, US, April 26, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

US stocks surge on stimulus hopes

FILE PHOTO: People walk along the shore as beaches reopen after closures aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Rachel Jessen
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid-19 cases surging in Alabama, South Carolina and Oklahoma