FOX BIZ NEWS: Coronavirus is a case of mass murder, perpetrated by China: Gordon Chang

Coronavirus is a case of mass murder, perpetrated by China: Gordon Chang



Gordon Chang responds to Sen. Dianne Feinstein's comments about China pulling millions out of poverty and claiming it was growing into a respectable nation, calling her statements 'indefensible.' He later addresses the China fishing fleet off the Galapagos Islands and the status of U.S.-China relations.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Why labs are taking so long to process coronavirus tests

Why labs are taking so long to process coronavirus tests



American Pharmacists Association president Michael Hogue explains why it would help if pharmacists could administer COVID-19 tests.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Facebook to show licensed music videos on platform

Facebook to show licensed music videos on platform



Facebook has partnered with some of the biggest names in music to publish licensed music videos.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Overstock.com booming due to online shopping during coronavirus, CEO says

Overstock.com booming due to online shopping during coronavirus, CEO says



Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson explains why his company flourished during the coronavirus pandemic, saying new customers tripled on his site during the second quarter and more people are buying furnishings online.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Apple hits all-time high on blowout earnings, stock split

Apple hits all-time high on blowout earnings, stock split



FOX Business' Susan Li breaks down the big week for the big tech companies including Apple and Facebook, Tim Cook's economic outlook and Mark Zuckerberg saying there's no end in sight as to when Facebook will bring employees back into the office.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Varney: Tech giants Amazon, Facebook are 'crown jewels of American business'

Varney: Tech giants Amazon, Facebook are 'crown jewels of American business'



U.S. residents should "revel in the fact that it is American capitalism that's made their success possible."

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Dr Fauci is asked if protests spread coronavirus

"You're putting words into my mouth," the US infectious disease chief says in a grilling by Congress.

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Canada’s Key Role in Creating a Once Awaited Vaccine

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Federal Agents Don’t Need Army Fatigues

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Kodak’s chief executive got stock options. The next day, the share price spiked 1,000 percent.

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Court Frees Michigan Teen Who Was Held for Skipping Online Schoolwork

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A Better Year for Trump’s Family Business (Last Year, That Is)

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Trump accuses Democrats of 'holding back' ready-to-be-sent stimulus checks

Trump accuses Democrats of 'holding back' ready-to-be-sent stimulus checks



Lawmakers are in the midst of negotiating another stimulus package.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Dems, GOP far from COVID-19 relief deal as $600 jobless benefit expires

Dems, GOP far from COVID-19 relief deal as $600 jobless benefit expires



White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says Democratic leadership rejected four GOP offers, including a one-week extension of the supplemental $600-per-week federal jobless benefit. 

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Hong Kong leader says key election postponed, blow to pro-democracy camp

Hong Kong leader says key election postponed, blow to pro-democracy camp



Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday postponed a Sept. 6 election for seats in the city legislature for a year because of a spike in novel coronavirus cases, dealing a blow to the pro-democracy opposition hoping to make gains in the vote.

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Week in pictures: 25 July-31 July 2020

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

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Why a new generation of Thais are protesting against the government

A new political divide in Thailand has emerged between the country's youth and its older generation.

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India coronavirus: Gold rush as pandemic roils country's economy

As Covid-19 worsens the economic slump, Indians are returning to a trusted asset: gold.

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Phyllis Omido: The woman who won $12m fighting lead battery poisoners

Kenyan activist Phyllis Omido has been ignored, harassed and arrested, but she never gave up.

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The Less Impossible Israeli-Palestinian Peace

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Coronavirus: Tracking new outbreaks in the sewers

Around 15,000 new cases of the disease have been reported in Spain in the past week.

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US election 2020: The war hero who could be Biden's running mate

Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq war veteran and the first Thai-American woman elected to Congress.

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Belarus: The mother challenging an authoritarian president

Political novice Svetlana Tikhanovskaya rallies protesters in a battle with Alexander Lukashenko.

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Vietnam records first Covid-19 death

The country had spent three months without any new infections before an outbreak in Da Nang city.

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Australia unveils plan to force Google and Facebook to pay for news

Google and Facebook would pay news outlets in the "world-leading" plan, the government says.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Trump administration to recover $200 million from failed Obama-era solar project

Trump administration to recover $200 million from failed Obama-era solar project



The Trump administration announced Thursday that it is to recover $200 million from a Nevada solar project that received a loan guarantee from the Obama administration, but ultimately failed.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Mike Pence involved in campaign bus accident in Pennsylvania

Mike Pence involved in campaign bus accident in Pennsylvania



Vice President Mike Pence was involved in a minor vehicle collision Thursday morning while stumping through western Pennsylvania — shortly followed by a second campaign caravan crash.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: PR CEO who ransacked Target coronavirus face mask rack breaks silence

PR CEO who ransacked Target coronavirus face mask rack breaks silence



"I think mental illness has been really something that has not been addressed as a result of this pandemic," Arizona woman Melissa Rein Lively said.

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Obama eulogy makes thinly veiled digs at Trump

Barack Obama eulogises late congressman John Lewis, with a few jabs at his White House successor.

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Trudeau: 'no preferential treatment' for WE Charity

Canada's PM denies playing a role in picking a charity tied to his family for a federal programme.

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South Africa's apartheid-era statues 'should be put in a theme park'

South African sculptor Pitika Ntuli on what we should do with reminders of colonial and racist history.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Australia to force Facebook, Google to pay media companies for content

Australia to force Facebook, Google to pay media companies for content



U.S. social media and search giants would be required to negotiate with Australian media companies to use their content

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Lee Teng-hui: Taiwan's 'father of democracy' dies

Lee successfully pushed for more democracy, but took a controversially hard line against China.

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Michael Brown: Officer won't be charged for 2014 killing of teenager

The killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson triggered protests across the US in 2014.

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Afghanistan: At least 17 killed in Eid car blast

The explosion came on the eve of a ceasefire declared by the Taliban during the festival of Eid.

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Republicans and White House at Odds Over Kansas Senate Race

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Ellen DeGeneres Apologizes to Staff Members as WarnerMedia Investigates Show

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4 Guards Charged in Inmate’s Beating at Alabama Prison

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Will Herman Cain’s Death Change Republican Views on the Virus and Masks?

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Louie Gohmert’s Coronavirus Case Reveals a Dangerous Reality in Congress

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Trump Floats an Election Delay, and Republicans Shoot It Down

By BY MAGGIE HABERMAN, JONATHAN MARTIN AND REID J. EPSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/30ehQWo

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Covid-19: Why Hong Kong's 'third wave' is a warning

Until recently, the city was seen as a poster child in its handling of the pandemic. What went wrong?

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What exactly is a 'Karen' and where did the meme come from?

To many the Karen meme - and its male equivalent Ken - sums up a specific type of white privilege.

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The 'real' threat to Russia’s former doping mastermind

The ex-mastermind of Russian sports doping, Grigory Rodchenkov, now only appears in disguise. Matt Majendie explains why.

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Bollywood's 'warts and all' biopic on 'human computer'

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan plays Shakuntala Devi who dazzled the world with her skill with numbers.

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The middle-css Pakistani students fighting for a homeland dream

Shahdad Mumtaz died for his beliefs. Could a missing student end up waging war on the Pakistani state?

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4 Hong Kong Activists Arrested for Online Posts Under New Security Law

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Casino Calculation

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Casino Calculation

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Report: N.B.A.’s Academies in China Abused Athletes

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Quotation of the Day: New Resistance in Remote City Confronts Putin

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Donald Trump Jr.: Conservative viewpoints often ‘destroyed’ by social-media algorithms

Donald Trump Jr.: Conservative viewpoints often ‘destroyed’ by social-media algorithms



Author of ‘Liberal Privilege’ Donald Trump Jr. shares his thoughts on getting suspended by Twitter for posting a video about hydroxychloroquine, presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden and election polls ahead of November.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: What is Amazon Employees for Climate Justice?

What is Amazon Employees for Climate Justice?



AECJ has said the corporation's climate pledge is not good enough.

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Yazidi children still haunted by Islamic State, Amnesty International says

Large numbers of Yazidi were killed by the Islamic State when it overran their homeland in 2014.

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What's next after flood of US racial equity donations?

The global outpouring of giving following George Floyd's death inundated charities large and small.

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Justice Ginsburg in the Hospital Again

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Corrections: July 30, 2020

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Ashleigh Barty Will Skip U.S. Open

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The Tanned Man Has a Green Monster

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Ashley Judd Can Sue Harvey Weinstein for Sexual Harassment, Court Rules

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One in Three Children Have Unacceptably High Lead Levels, Study Says

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Lawmakers, United in Their Ire, Lash Out at Big Tech’s Leaders

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As Trump Undercuts Aid Talks, White House Says Extra Jobless Benefits Will Lapse

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Atlanta Mourns John Lewis and Ponders Carrying on With ‘Good Trouble’

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Coronavirus in Pakistan: Doctor's video diary of fight against pandemic

A doctor in one of Pakistan’s busiest hospitals has kept a video diary of the country’s struggle with coronavirus.

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'Bay of Piglets': A 'bizarre' plot to capture a president

How did exiled Venezuelans and former US Special Forces end up joining what looked from the outset like a suicide mission? 

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India and China race to build along a disputed frontier

The rival nuclear powers are trying to out-build each other along their disputed Himalayan border.

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Nile dam row: Egypt fumes as Ethiopia celebrates

Concerns grow as Nile River nations fail to reach a deal on how to share the vital waters.

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The sweet smell of success: How Bulgaria took the lead in lavender

Lavender is used for cosmetics, fragrances and even, with the help of bees, to make honey.

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Should police be first to respond in a mental-health crisis?

Why cities in the US and Canada are eyeing removing police from front-line mental-health response.

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'My Tanzanian family is split over coronavirus'

Sammy Awami writes that his relatives are divided over the Tanzanian leader's policy on Covid-19.

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The Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Has Always Had Game

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177 Questions to Inspire Writing, Discussion, Debate and Reflection

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If Our Masks Could Speak

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Banksy and Rembrandt Boost Sotheby’s Sale to $192.7 Million

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Niels Lauersen, Fallen Fertility Doctor to the Stars, Dies at 84

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‘I Just Don’t Get It’: Republicans Balk at Funding F.B.I. Building in Virus Bill

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Starbucks coronavirus recovery begins as most stores reopen globally

Starbucks coronavirus recovery begins as most stores reopen globally



Shares of Starbucks have surged more than 5 percent in after-hours trading as 97 percent of its company-operated stores around the world have reopened, including 99 percent of stores in China and 96 percent in the United States.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Coronavirus vaccine could mean $15B 'windfall' for Pfizer: Report

Coronavirus vaccine could mean $15B 'windfall' for Pfizer: Report



The U.S. government has already put in an order for 100 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for $1.95 billion, with an option for 500 million more doses.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Dow falls 200 points as coronavirus dents quarterly results and relief bill stalls

Dow falls 200 points as coronavirus dents quarterly results and relief bill stalls



Coronavirus relief negotiations with House Democrats, who passed a larger relief bill months earlier and criticized the GOP plan as insufficient, are ongoing.

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