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Confluence Health names new Chief Medical Officer
WENATCHEE — Confluence Health has selected a new chief medical officer, according to an announcement from Confluen…
Asia Today: India passes 300,000 cases with single-day high
NEW DELHI (AP) — India reported more than 11,000 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, another single-day high for the country, as it passed the grim milestone of 300,000 cases.
Thailand eases more coronavirus restrictions, ends curfew
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand announced Friday it is easing some restrictions that were imposed to fight the spread of the coronavirus, including allowing some schools to reopen and scrapping a curfew.
Pence hits Pennsylvania to talk comeback at challenging time
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s time to spread the good news. That’s the difficult job Vice President Mike Pence undertook Friday as the Trump administration works to make voters feel better about the direction of the count…
France has millions of unsold face masks after virus crisis
PARIS (AP) — The French praised the altruism of their prized textile and luxury goods companies when production facilities got diverted from churning out the latest fashions to making cloth masks designed to protec…
Australian leader expects foreign students to return in July
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — International students are expected to begin returning to Australia next month despite Chinese warnings of pandemic-related racism, the Australian prime minister said on Friday.
Face masks with windows mean more than smiles to deaf people
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Michael Conley felt especially isolated these past few months: A deaf man, he was prevented from reading lips by the masks people wore to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Homelessness deepens in Los Angeles County, jumps 13%
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of homeless people counted across Los Angeles County jumped 12.7% over the past year to more than 66,400 and authorities fear that figure will spike again once the full impact of the c…
Twitter removes China-linked accounts spreading false news
LONDON (AP) — Twitter has removed a vast network of accounts that it says is linked to the Chinese government and was pushing false information favorable to the country's communist rulers. Beijing denied involvemen…
Zoom caught in China censorship crossfire as meetings foiled
HONG KONG (AP) — Video app company Zoom says that it blocked several meetings and suspended the accounts of three activists at the request of the Chinese government.
US stocks bounce higher, but still end the week with a loss
Wall Street managed to end a bumpy day broadly higher Friday but still finished with its worst week in nearly three months.
Ducey touts hospitals amid focus on rise in virus cases
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey dismissed mounting concerns Thursday about the state's alarming rise in coronavirus cases, and focused on hospitals' capacity to care for patients rather than slowing the spre…
UK delays post-Brexit border checks as virus slams economy
LONDON (AP) — The British government said Friday it will delay bringing in full border checks on goods coming from the European Union to relieve pressure on businesses hammered by the coronavirus pandemic. But the …
US economist: Europe must 'completely suppress' virus
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — There can be no real economic recovery in Europe unless governments “completely suppress” the coronavirus, a prominent U.S. economist said on Friday.
UK regulators investigate Facebook's purchase of Giphy
LONDON (AP) — British regulators have opened an investigation into Facebook's recent purchase of Giphy over concerns that it will stifle competition.
Aid groups 'alarmed' by little US coronavirus assistance
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More than two dozen international aid groups have told the U.S. government they are “increasingly alarmed” that “little to no U.S. humanitarian assistance has reached those on the front lines” o…