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Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden gestures with his fist towards his head as he says he has not been tested for coronavirus because he has had no symptoms as my mother would say, knock on wood while answering questions from reporters during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 30, 2020.

05:49 GMT 10 July 2020 / updated: 06:46 GMT US

Joe Biden Has Been 'Brainwashed by Democrats’ Radical Left', Trump Says

President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Kanye West pose for a picture in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016

US President Donald Trump Expects Presidential Hopeful Kanye West to Support Him

European Union and British flags flutter in front of a chancellery ahead of a visit of British Prime Minister Theresa May in Berlin, Germany, April 9, 2019

Post-Brexit Talks: Barnier Reportedly Ready to Ease Hardline Stance if UK Shows Push for Consensus

Aerial view of Urumqi, Xinjiang Province, PR China

China to Take Countersteps in Response to US Sanctions on Xinjiang

A view shows Tehran's skyline at night with the Milad tower, the sixth tallest tower in the world, Iran May 3, 2016

Iran Refutes Claims of Explosion in Western Tehran Province

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