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Ousted U.S. whistleblower says Trump health official played down coronavirus threat
WASHINGTON: The ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for developing drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic filed a whistleblower’s complaint on Tuesday accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of retaliating when he raised concerns. Rick Bright says in the complaint
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US summons Chinese ambassador over coronavirus conspiracy theory
In a news report today by CNN, US Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell summoned China’s ambassador in Washington to the State Department Friday morning, hours after a prominent Chinese official suggested that the US military may have been responsible
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Khamenei loyalists may tighten grip at Iranian elections
DUBAI: Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran in a parliamentary election stacked in their favour, as the leadership closes ranks with Washington. Big gains by security hawks would confirm the political demise of the country’s pragmatist politicians, weakened
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