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Brazil sees highest COVID-19 death tolls of the pandemic, economists call for ’emergency lockdown’

The nation had an average of 2,235 deaths a day last week – the highest since the beginning of the pandemic. So far, Brazil has had more than 12 million cases and nearly 300,000 people have died, the second largest COVID-19 death toll in the world afte…

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Political updates: COVID relief bill vote tonight, Treasury says $600 checks will go out next week

Lawmakers struck a nearly $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus deal Sunday that includes another round of stimulus checks and badly needed jobless benefits for struggling Americans, ending a long standoff in Washington with one of the biggest rescue bills in…