Scientists assembled by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the covid-19 pandemic have announced their early findings. They concluded that the first known cases traced to a seafood market in Wuhan, China in December 2019 likely don’t represent the original source of the outbreak. At the same time, they considered the possibility of a lab accident causing the pandemic “extremely unlikely,” and speculated that the virus wasn’t circulating locally in people for very long before the first cases were discovered.
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Trump Admin Bans U.S. Investors From Dealing With Over 30 Chinese Companies
In what seems to be his first major foreign policy move since losing the 2020 electoral race to Joe Biden, Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday barring American investors from holding shares in companies with suspected ties to the Chinese military.
N. KOREA DICTATOR KIM JONG-UN REPORTEDLY DEAD … After Botched Heart Surgery
Continue reading N. KOREA DICTATOR KIM JONG-UN REPORTEDLY DEAD … After Botched Heart Surgery
The US is finally catching up on COVID-19 testing—but it’s not nearly enough
The US now has more than 787,900 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by a novel coronavirus first detected in Wuhan, China, in December and now spreading on every continent save for Antarctica. Continue reading The US is finally catching up on COVID-19 testing—but it’s not nearly enough
1st Case Of New Coronavirus Detected In U.S.
The first case of an infection with the new coronavirus has been discovered in the United States. Continue reading 1st Case Of New Coronavirus Detected In U.S.
1,250-mile road linking Europe to China given green light
Continue reading 1,250-mile road linking Europe to China given green light
Trump Reportedly Preparing Tariffs on Everything Imported From China, Including Tech
Donald Trump’s administration is planning to propose by early December tariffs on “all remaining Chinese imports” if an upcoming summit between the president and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping does not work out, Bloomberg reported on Monday, a move that if enacted would virtually guarantee pain for companies like Apple that have so far evaded Trump’s masochistic trade war. Continue reading Trump Reportedly Preparing Tariffs on Everything Imported From China, Including Tech