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The Supreme Court made history on Monday, hearing arguments by telephone and allowing the world to listen in live, both for the first time.

Since that first case in January, the US has overtaken all other countries to have by far the highest caseload -- about 1.2 million -- as well as the most deaths, around 69,000.

According to The Wall Street Journal, this is five times of what the United States borrowed at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis.

British PM Johnson, who recovered from a life-threatening battle with Covid-19, said search for a vaccine was "the most urgent shared endeavour of our lifetime"

The government hopes easing the coronavirus lockdown, the longest in the world, will reboot a crippled economy.

Bush said he saw the nation "embrace unavoidable new duties" after the 9/11 terror attacks, and that "spirit is alive and well in America."

Another boat, carrying hundreds of Rohingya who were starving and emaciated after weeks at sea, landed in Bangladesh in mid-April.

There were also questions about her absence since December last year when the virus began spreading in Wuhan and then the rest of China and the world.

The death toll due to the viral infection jumped to 417 with 32 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of National Health Services said.

The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) had sued hospitals in the city saying the hospitals were ignoring requirements to stop the spread of COVID-19 among its members.

Bolsonaro's off-the-cuff comment has been sparking anger, with governors and healthcare professionals all weighing in to express their outrage at his lack of empathy.

People waved American flags from their car windows and carried signs reading 'Open Cali now.'

A California woman named Tara Reade, who worked as a staff assistant in Biden's US Senate office from December 1992 to August 1993, has accused him of pinning her against a wall in 1993, reaching under her skirt and pushing his fingers inside her.

The president's comments, the latest in a string of remarks about Flynn, go beyond prior suggestions by Trump that the retired general could be in line for a presidential pardon.

Germany's success in flattening the curve of Covid-19 infections has sparked calls for its lockdown to end, particularly from businesses that have been forced to close.

Johnson promised to set out next week a "menu of options" on how the lockdown could be relaxed, but said the exact dates of any change would be driven by scientific advice and data.