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Donald Trump is out of step with most Americans, WHO boss says after US President quits organisation

Dr David Nabarro spoke of 'sadness' after US President started formal process of leaving WHO America has passed grim milestone of more than three million confirmed cases Mr...
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Paloma Faith's US crossover was stalled because she refused to reshoot interracial music video

2 hours ago | Daily Mail

The 38-year-old recently told Intelligence Squared+ that a music executive said it was 'because America will not buy a song with a white woman kissing a black man like that.'
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Trump's bright idea of kicking out foreign students unless unis resume in-person classes stuns tech, science world

7 hours ago | The Register

The last thing America needs right now is a brain drain Tech leaders and immigration lawyers have reacted with alarm to a Trump administration diktat that foreign university...
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15 of the most surprising companies that the Small Business Administration listed as paycheck protection loan recipients

11 hours ago | Business Insider

The US Small Business Administration released 4.8 million loan records detailing who received money from the $530 billion Paycheck Protection Program on Monday. The program...
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Trump “officially” takes US out of WHO, but withdrawal is a year-long process

11 hours ago | Ars Technica

Enlarge The Trump administration has officially withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization, according to a Democratic senator and multiple news reports...
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Evaluating Claims for an Early Peopling of the Americas: Experimental Design and the Cerutti Mastodon Site

14 hours ago | Harvard

Matthew Magnani, E. Dalyn Grindle, Sarah Loomis, Alex M. Kim, Vera Egbers, Jon Clindaniel, Alexis Hartford, Eric Johnson, Sadie Weber, and Wade Campbell. 2019. “ Evaluating...
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Donald Trump officially withdraws US from WHO as Covid-19 crisis deepens

14 hours ago | Metro

Caption: President Donald Trump speaks during a \”Salute to America\” event on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Washington. Photographer: Patrick...
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These 5 banks offer the most sought-after mobile features in the US

14 hours ago | Business Insider

This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. This report is exclusively available to enterprise...
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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was with the US ambassador to Brazil just days before testing positive for COVID-19

15 hours ago | Business Insider | 10 articles

President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday announced he'd tested positive for COVID-19, just days after visiting the US Embassy in Brasília. Bolsonaro went to the embassy on Saturday...
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Fauci: US is ‘still knee-deep in first wave' of pandemic as it nears 130,000 deaths

15 hours ago | The Guardian | 2 articles

Top public health expert urges further action as new cases surge to record highs of around 50,000 a day across country The United States is “still knee-deep in the first wave”...
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Kai Havertz requests transfer as Chelsea agree to pay £89m fee

Chelsea are leading the race to sign Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen Kai Havertz has asked to leave Bayer Leverkusen this summer with Chelsea ready to pay the midfielder's... Read more ...

Nick Kyrgios launches another attack against tennis stars accused of...

The Australian world number 40 has been an outspoken critic of fellow stars Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev for recently flouting social-distancing measures amid strict... Read more ...

Australian snowboarder Alex Pullin,32, dies after drowning on Gold Coast

Pullin won gold medals in snowboard cross at each of the 2011 and 2013 world championships, and competed at three winter Olympic Games - including as Australia's flagbearer in 2014 Read more ...

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AUTOMATION: The multitrillion-dollar accounts payable...

This is a preview of the Accounts Payable Automation research report from Business Insider Intelligence. Purchase this report. Business Insider Intelligence offers even more... Read more ...

Donald Trump moves to officially withdraw US from World Health Organisation

Donald Trump has moved to officially withdraw the US from the World Health Organisation during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more ...

Apple and T-Mobile sued for security flaw that allowed strangers to access...

The lawsuit filed on Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York accuses Apple and T-Mobile of jeopardizing consumer privacy by failing to disclose... Read more ...

Joe Root tells Ben Stokes to ‘do it your way' ahead of England captaincy bow

Ben Stokes has revealed how a four-word note from Joe Root gave him all the advice he needed ahead of his first outing as England captain. The arrival of Root's second child... Read more ...

White House tells Congress it is formally withdrawing from the World Health...

The Trump Administration has formally told Congress that the U.S. is withdrawing from the World Health Organization, which is helping oversee the global response to the... Read more ...

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was with the US ambassador to Brazil just...

President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday announced he'd tested positive for COVID-19, just days after visiting the US Embassy in Brasília. Bolsonaro went to the embassy on Saturday... Read more ...

Spitfire and Hurricane flypast will mark Dame Vera Lynn's private funeral

Dame Vera Lynn, who entertained troops during the Second World War, died on June 18. Her passing will be marked with a private funeral with a flypast by the Battle of Britain... Read more ...