VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on U.S. transactions with China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of messaging app WeChat, in a major escalation of tensions …
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This briefing has ended. Read live coronavirus updates here. Here’s what you need to know: Negotiations to break the stimulus stalemate end with no compromise in sight. Ohio’s governor, who offered a stark virus warning, tests positive — then negative. Nine of the U.S.’s 10 largest school districts will begin …
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Here’s what you need to know: America is testing more. But the results are too slow, a survey finds. Democrats and Republicans have agreed to work toward a deal on a relief package by the end of the week. The number of virus-related deaths worldwide has passed 700,000. Johnson & …
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Here’s what you need to know: Birx urges Americans in hot spots to consider wearing a mask at home if they live with someone who is especially vulnerable. Scientists are worried about political influence over the U.S. coronavirus vaccine project. Will sex in a social pod be OK? Colleges prepare …
Read More »ByteDance and Microsoft offer White House a deal to keep TikTok in the U.S.
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now (Reuters) — China’s ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided …
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Here’s what you need to know: The U.S. reels as July cases more than double the total of any other month. Top U.S. officials work to break an impasse over the federal jobless benefit. Thousands in Berlin protest Germany’s coronavirus measures. Another U.S. lawmaker tests positive for the coronavirus. Florida, …
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Connie Culp, the first patient in the United States to receive a face transplant, died on Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic, which had performed her procedure in 2008. She was 57. She died of complications from an infection that was unrelated to her transplant, a spokeswoman for the hospital said. …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is testifying before a House subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis.CreditCredit…Pool photo by Kevin Dietsch Here’s what you need to know: The deal with Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline is the biggest so far with the U.S. government. As states scramble to put out …
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Here’s what you need to know: The U.S. testing czar admits test results take too long, as some state officials worry about backlogs. Florida now has more reported virus cases than New York. Birx advises several states to close bars as infection rates climb. A Sept. 11 tribute bows to …
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