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Facebook removes Donald Trump post for violating coronavirus misinformation rules
Facebook on Wednesday took down a post by U.S. President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus.
Mike Pompeo: Donald Trump days away from moving against TikTok
President Donald Trump is days away from announcing strong action against the popular Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok to protect US national security, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday.
Donald Trump Jr’s girlfriend tests positive for coronavirus
The girlfriend of Donald Trump Jnr, the US president’s eldest son, has tested positive for the coronavirus, US media have reported.
Native Americans protesting Donald Trump trip to Mount Rushmore
President Donald Trump's plans to kick off Independence Day with a showy display at Mount Rushmore have angered Native Americans, who view the monument as a desecration of land violently stolen from them and used to pay homage to leaders hostile to Indigenous people.
John Bolton responds to Donald Trump’s attacks with a warning
More than 17 months at the White House as national security adviser, John Bolton says he never came across evidence that President Donald Trump had been personally compromised by a foreign power, financially or otherwise.
Donald Trump seeks restraining order against release of John Bolton’s memoir
The application requested the Court for the District of Columbia to hold a hearing on the issue on Friday, several days before the scheduled publication of “The Room Where It Happened” on Monday.
Twitter-Trump clash intensifies political misinformation battle
President Donald Trump’s threat to shut down social media companies after Twitter labeled two of his tweets misleading sets up a fresh challenge for platforms as they struggle to deal with political misinformation during a toxic election campaign.
White House organizes harassment of Twitter employee over fact-checking of Donald Trump’s tweets
The White House has set its sights on a single Twitter employee after the company attached a fact-checking link to two of the president’s tweets containing lies and misinformation related to voter fraud. The charge was led on Fox News Wednesday morning, with Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway targeting Twitter’s head of site integrity, Yoel Roth, after digging up some tweets that were critical of Trump, Conway, and the administration.
China replies to Donald Trump’s threat to cut off ties, urges cooperation
China and the US are better off cooperating to end the pandemic for the sake of reviving the economy and rebooting industrial production, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday.
Venezuela charges Americans with terrorism, conspiracy
Venezuela has charged two former US soldiers with terrorism and conspiracy for allegedly taking part in a failed bid to topple President Nicolas Maduro, the attorney general said on Friday.
Chinese schools test students for coronavirus before classes
Chinese tech giant Sina set up a special room in its Beijing office for workers to be tested for the coronavirus. A school took swab samples from students before allowing them into classrooms. A traveller took the test before a trip to another province.
Donald Trump: US will bill China more than $160 billion for coronavirus damage
President Donald Trump has said the US will bill China a substantial amount for damages caused by the coronavirus.
Back to school in China as lockdowns start to ease worldwide
Children in China’s two most important cities went back to school Monday after more than three months at home, as coronavirus restrictions eased and governments around the world began charting a path out of the pandemic lockdown.
US vaccine expert says he was removed for opposing Donald Trump-backed chloroquine
The head of the US agency in charge of developing a vaccine against coronavirus said Wednesday that he was removed from his job for opposing the chloroquine treatment promoted by President Donald Trump.
China’s Wuhan lab denies link with coronavirus
The director of China’s Wuhan lab has rejected claims that it could be the source of the coronavirus outbreak.
France says things ‘happened we don’t know about’ in China coronavirus handling
France’s President Emmanuel Macron said there were grey areas in China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak and that things “happened that we don’t know about”, speaking in an interview with the Financial Times published Thursday.
China rebuffs theory coronavirus originated in lab, not market
China on Thursday denied suspicions reportedly raised by U.S. intelligence sources that the coronavirus might have originated in a medical laboratory rather than a food market in the city of Wuhan.
China: WHO has said no evidence coronavirus was made in a lab
China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said there is no evidence that the coronavirus that has infected more than two million people globally was made in a laboratory.
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General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, the Lagos State branch of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN were the first set of Christians to welcome the re-opening of worship centres that were shot down since March this year as part of measures to arrest the spread of the dreaded coronavirus.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is reportedly waiting to see if Laliga giants Barcelona offer him a contract before pledging his future to Arsenal.
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A vigilante group in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state has arrested three armed robbery suspects in Oloibiri community and recovered firearms and stolen items.
Eddie Howe departs Bournemouth by mutual consent
Eddie Howe has left Bournemouth after eight years in charge at the club.