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WASHINGTON -- U.S. city Tulsa, where President Donald Trump held his first campaign rally amid the coronavirus pandemic on June 20, is experiencing an increase in newly reported coronavirus cases, the city's health department said on Wednesday.

There are high numbers being reported this week in Tulsa, the second largest city in U.S. state Oklahoma, with nearly 500 new cases in two days and trends are showing that those numbers would go up, Dr. Bruce Dart, executive director of the Tulsa Health Department, said at a press conference. (US-Trump-Rally)

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LOS ANGELES -- The University of Southern California (USC) has joined an amicus brief strongly supporting the lawsuit recently filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to prevent the U.S. government from enforcing a rule that would imperil international students if their universities switch to online-only courses in the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said USC President Carol Folt on Wednesday.

The highly rated private research university located in Los Angeles, California, also noted that it is actively considering all other legal options. (US-Foreign Students-Rule)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced on Wednesday the establishment of a new clinical trials network that aims to enroll thousands of volunteers in large-scale clinical trials testing a variety of investigational vaccines and monoclonal antibodies intended to protect people from COVID-19.

The COVID-19 Prevention Trials Network was established by merging four existing NIAID-funded clinical trials networks: the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, based in Seattle; the HIV Prevention Trials Network, based in Durham; the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium, based in Atlanta; and the AIDS Clinical Trials Group, based in Los Angeles, according to the NIAID. (US-Coronavirus-Vaccine)

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BRUSSELS -- Energy system integration and a new hydrogen strategy are poised to spearhead the European Union's quest to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050, according to strategies unveiled by the European Commission on Wednesday.

"The EU strategies for energy system integration and hydrogen, adopted today, will pave the way towards a more efficient and interconnected energy sector, driven by the twin goals of a cleaner planet and a stronger economy," said the EU's executive arm in a press release. (EU-Energy) Enditem

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