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Here we look at some of the states where the total number of new cases in the last week has risen from the previous week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. California New cases from June 11-17: 23,100New cases from June 4-10: 20,400 California began the second phase of its reopening from May 8, which sees the resuming of businesses including within retail and manufacturing. Offices, outdoor museums and limited personal services have also been reopened....

“A truly historic day, a very, very important day, especially in a beautiful part of the world,” President Donald Trump announced while seated between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti at the White House. “Serbia and Kosovo have each committed to economic normalization,” he added. “After a violent and tragic history and years of failed negotiations, my administration proposed a new way of bridging the divide....

The increase in claims brought the total up to 202,000 applications for jobless aid in the week, the Associated Press reported. In the previous week, the 188,000 claims marked the lowest since 1969. While first-time applications for unemployment aid generally track the rate of layoffs, the weekly increase in the seven-day period that ended on March 26 did not jeopardize the historic lows in layoffs. In the week that ended on March 19, there were 1,307,000 people collecting unemployment aid....

James Jeffrey, who serves as both the State Department’s special representative for Syria and the presidential envoy to the fight against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) told reporters in Turkey’s southern border province of Hatay that the Turkish forces “mainly use our equipment, we want to make sure the equipment is ready when they need to use it,” according to Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency. “We’re willing to provide—for example, the President [Donald Trump] mentioned this—ammunition,” he said, Reuters reported....

Following “a classified briefing” on the Ukraine crisis, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced the proposed move which would represent a considerable ramping up of measures against top Russian officials as the war enters its sixth day. “The U.S. and allies are coordinating to not only freeze the assets of Putin and his oligarch allies but to seize those assets as well,” tweeted Murphy, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee....

The hosts UAE bare a new look with the inclusions of Vriitya Aravind and Aryan Lakra. However, UAE does have a lot of experience in captain Rohan Mustafa and Ahmed Raza, both of whom will be key in this contest. With the likes of Chirag Suri, Mohammad Usman, and Zahoor Khan also capable of winning matches single-handedly, the UAE should prove to be a handful for their more-fancied opponents....

The first half of the match was quite a competition between both teams; there was barely a chance for either to score baskets. Both teams’ offence is so well-matched that they scored almost equal points in the first two quarters. The first quarter ended at 19-18 in the favour of Steelers and the second quarter at 37-37. Karan (15) of Mumbai Challengers scored a few mind-blowing 3 pointers which helped them draw level with the Steelers, even though they failed to prevent the Punjab team from scoring....

The list of 90 games was displayed in an official post by Ubisoft. The gaming publisher’s extensive collection of games included Assassin’s Creed 2 and the other original games centered around Ezio, Far Cry Blood Dragon, Rainbow Six Vegas, many of the Rabbids games and Rayman Legends. To many, a few of these titles come up in the discussions of Ubisoft’s best games, and even with some like Assassin’s Creed 2 being primarily single-player, the loss of online features will still be noticeable....

Rayman helped kickstart the 3D platforming genre of the mid-’90s, with Rayman 2: The Great Escape thought of by many today as a timeless classic. The franchise went on to receive a handful of spin-offs and sequels, including the critically acclaimed Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends. But the series came to a sudden halt after Legends’ commercial flop, failing to meet Ubisoft’s sales expectations at the time. RELATED: Rayman Creator Michel Ancel: We ‘Need’ to Make Rayman 4...

About 337,000 people in the United States have tested positive for the new coronavirus, more than double the number of cases in any other country. In Michigan, Louisiana and New York—three hot spots accounting for more than half the country’s deaths—the peak in mortality is expected to hit simultaneously in the next five to six days. Dr. Deborah Birx, a top advisor on the task force, didn’t offer projections for the death toll during Saturday’s briefing but referred people to the prediction on Healthdata....

Cases have been on a consistent decline since the January surge, resulting in several states easing up on COVID-19 restrictions and mandates in the last several weeks. President Joe Biden stated on NBC that the lifting of mandates was “probably premature,” but acknowledged that it was a “tough call.” On January 15 of this year, confirmed COVID cases over a 7-day rolling average were at 806,175, the highest America has seen since the start of the pandemic....

Days after the U.S. and Ukrainian armed forces announced this year’s installment of the annual Exercise Sea Breeze to be held from June 28 through July 10, the Russian Defense Ministry convened a briefing last Wednesday led by spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov. The Russian official stated that the maneuvers were expected to comprise some 4,000 military personnel, 40 warships, boats and auxiliary vessels, 30 units of aviation equipment and more than 100 units of cars and armored vehicles....

“I’ve heard that on certain platforms that the number of U.S. donations are approaching 50 percent,” Trudeau said during a Friday press conference. “In terms of the presence of Americans in our protests, I can assure you that our police services are monitoring carefully and watching and coordinating with partner agencies around the world.” h Canada’s anti-vaccine-mandate protesters have received a surge in support from Americans, including politicians like Donald Trump and Senator Ted Cruz, after their funds were frozen by the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe and the federal government....

MORE: Balotelli in photos | Done deals | Hottest WAGs Howard has decided to step away from the U.S. national team set-up for the next year, U.S. Soccer announced on Thursday. After conversations with U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann and his club manager at Everton, Roberto Martinez, Howard has decided to step aside in order to have more time to spend with his family and also to cut down on the grind he has been on with the national team for the past eight years....

A day after Radev secured his second term as president in a runoff election, Radev drew criticism from the country’s main NATO partner on Monday after the questionable comments. In a presidential debate last Thursday with Radev’s opponent Anastas Gerdzhikov, Radev insisted on having pragmatic ties with Russia, and that the European Union should restore its dialogue with Moscow. “The sanctions that were imposed because of Crimea and Ukraine are not yielding results,” Radev said....

Doubts have persisted about the feasibility of staging the Ryder Cup since the outbreak of coronavirus and on Wednesday a decision was finally taken to push it back a year. In a statement, organizers confirmed that the decision “was based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in conjunction with the state of Wisconsin and Sheboygan County, with the health and well-being of all involved as the top priority”....

Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, published an analysis of the latest economic data in a Thursday blog post, a day before the Department of Labor’s release of the much anticipated April jobs report. On Thursday, the government released its latest weekly update on jobless claims, showing that an additional 3.17 million people applied for unemployment benefits in the week ending May 2. This brought the total since the start of the coronavirus pandemic to more than 33 million....

Administration officials told The New York Times the ban will apply to travelers from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The U.S. joined more than a dozen other countries in announcing travel bans from the region this week as details about the new virus variant began to emerge. According to CNN, at least 15 other countries had similarly announced travel bans by midday Friday. In a Friday statement, Biden said he had been briefed about Omicron by Dr....

Corporal Nicholas Garner on Friday was given the prison sentence along with a $4,344 fine for an attempt to evade Japan’s drug laws, a court spokesperson told Stars and Stripes. While 18 states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational use of cannabis, Japan has maintained its strict prohibition on the drug. Garner pleaded guilty last month to two counts of violating Japan’s Cannabis Control and Customs Act after ordering a package from unnamed individuals in Nevada that included a half-gallon of weed-infused liquid and the quarter-pound of cannabis, reports Stars and Stripes....

Amid concerns for national security as the coronavirus disease swept through Washington, affecting defense chiefs, lawmakers and White House officials, including President Donald Trump himself, a senior U.S. intelligence official told Newsweek that the Pentagon’s ability to respond to threats remained robust. “As in any issue of national security situation or threat to the United States, our military forces are prepared and ready to fight any enemy, seen or unseen,” the official said....