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News Brief: Trump Trip, NYC Schools, COVID-19 Hot Spot

5:56am September 01, 2020

President Trump travels to Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday. Teachers in New York City schools move closer to a strike. And, India is emerging as the new global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Workers and day laborers gather outside shuttered stores Monday in New Delhi. Once the world's fastest-growing major economy, India posted its steepest decline in gross domestic product in 24 years.

Indian Economy Shrinks By 24% As The Country Sees Its Highest Coronavirus Numbers

4:26pm August 31, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

"This year, we are facing an extraordinary situation," Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told a conference last week before GDP figures were released. "We are facing an act of God."

Israeli, U.S. Officials Arrive In UAE To Cement A Peace Deal

4:09pm August 31, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

White House adviser Jared Kushner and Israeli officials are set to meet in the United Arab Emirates to tout a pending deal between the UAE and Israel.

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Peru Grapples With The Pandemic Despite An Early And Tough Lockdown

4:09pm August 31, 2020

by Philip Reeves

Despite an early lockdown, Peru has now registered more deaths per capita from COVID-19 than almost any other country. Peruvians are debating what went wrong.

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Flaviane da Conceição, 40, a self-employed house cleaner, poses for a photo at her home in the Cidade de Deus favela on July 29 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A single mother of three, she applied for government emergency aid at the beginning of the coronav

Coronavirus-Hit Brazil Considers Major Public Funds For Poor And Unemployed

2:19pm August 31, 2020

by Catherine Osborn

Pandemic emergency aid gave an unlikely ratings boost to President Jair Bolsonaro, who has criticized welfare and protested virus prevention measures. Now he's weighing further social spending.

An official stands at the door of an Israeli El Al airliner after it landed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday after flying in from Tel Aviv.

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With Israel-UAE Flight, Israelis And Emiratis Mark Closer Ties As Palestinians Worry

12:59pm August 31, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

Jared Kushner joined U.S. and Israeli officials Monday on the first official Israeli flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi to advance the Aug. 13 deal to establish diplomatic ties.

Veteran journalists of the Voice of America say the head of their parent agency is endangering their safety and national security.

Voice of America Journalists: New CEO Endangers Reporters, Harms U.S. Aims

11:00am August 31, 2020

by David Folkenflik

Fourteen Voice of America journalists accused USAGM CEO Michael Pack of imperiling reporters. Pack recently said of VOA, "It's a great place to put a foreign spy."

Turkey Is Among The Countries Dealing With A Spike In COVID-19 Cases

7:29am August 31, 2020

by Durrie Bouscaren

Officially the country reports more than 268,000 cases and more than 6,300 deaths. But some doctors doubt the government's statistics, and say they're overwhelmed by the number of sick people.

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Farmers check coffee beans handpicked at their farm located in Forquilha do Rio, municipality of Dores do Rio Preto, Espirito Santo, Brazil.

Coffee Keeps Its Mojo: Producers Overcome Pandemic Obstacles

5:40pm August 30, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Coffee has remained widely available on supermarket shelves even though COVID-19 has been particularly bad in some of the world's largest coffee-growing nations.

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India recorded 78,761 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, helping to push the global total past 25 million on Sunday.

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Coronavirus Cases Top 25 Million Globally As India Emerges As A New Epicenter

4:38pm August 30, 2020

by Wynne Davis

The grim milestone was crossed on Sunday, one day after India recorded more than 78,000 cases of the virus.