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President Trump's H1-B Visa Freeze Cancels Plans Of Indian Tech Workers

3:24pm June 24, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

The majority of recipients of H-1B visas that were temporarily frozen by President Trump are Indians. This freeze is forcing Indian tech workers to scrap plans to move to the U.S. for jobs in IT.

President Trump Declares The 'Phase One' Of Trade Deal With China Is 'Fully Intact'

3:24pm June 24, 2020

by Scott Horsley

President Trump declared that the trade deal with China is still on, despite growing friction between the two countries. China has increased purchases of U.S. goods but is still short of its promises.

Leaders Want Internet Ban Lifted In Rohingya Area As COVID-19 Misinformation Spreads

8:50am June 24, 2020

by Michael Sullivan

Advocates are urging Myanmar to lift internet restrictions in the war torn Rakhine state, where the world's longest internet shutdown has more than a million people amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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South Korea Admits Keeping Personal Data Of 2015 MERS Outbreak Patients

3:58pm June 23, 2020

by Anthony Kuhn

South Korean health authorities say they are storing personal data of 2015 MERS outbreak patients. Privacy advocates say this is illegal and a flaw in a mostly successful contact tracing system.

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India Reports Record Number Of Coronavirus Cases Nearly Every Day

6:29am June 23, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

India has ended its coronavirus lockdown. Social media is flooded with pleas for COVID-19 tests and hospital beds. The virus is surging — collapsing the country's health system.

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with staff members at the control room of China Central Television in Beijing in 2016.

Trump Administration Labels 4 More Chinese News Outlets 'Foreign Missions'

4:50pm June 22, 2020

The State Department's new listing of Chinese media escalates a tit-for-tat scrap over journalists that kicked off earlier in the year.

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Thailand To Reopen After Recording No New Coronavirus Cases In Nearly A Month

4:05pm June 22, 2020

by Michael Sullivan

Thailand was the first country outside of China to record a coronavirus case. Now, it is set to reopen after having slightly over 3,100 cases and recording no new infections in nearly a month.

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Johnson & Johnson has been one of a number of companies, such as L'Oreal, Procter & Gamble and Unilever, that sell these kinds of products. Here, a store keeper in Mumbai, India, is shown taking stock of beauty and whitening products.

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Johnson & Johnson To Stop Selling 2 Lines Of Skin-Lightening Products Popular In Asia

1:07pm June 22, 2020

by Ashley Westerman

The company says it didn't intend to suggest that fairness or white was "better than your own unique skin tone." Other major companies have announced changes to advertising tactics seen as racist.

China says it's suspending imports from a Tyson Foods poultry plant in Arkansas after the company confirmed more than 200 coronavirus cases at the facility.

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China Suspends Poultry Imports From Tyson Foods Plant In Arkansas

12:18pm June 21, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

The country's customs office said shipments from the plant would be temporarily suspended, while products that have already arrived will be seized.

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How Activists Are Fighting Back Against China's Controversial Hong Kong Security law

8:09am June 20, 2020

by Julie McCarthy

As Beijing debates a new national security law for Hong Kong that critics say would undermine the territory's autonomy, worried activists wonder what their best options might be.