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Wednesday, 20 May 2020

The spread of COVID-19 and the unprecedented the virus has placed on the U.S. health care system highlights America’s strategic dependence on foreign-based pharmaceutical supply manufacturers, particularly in China. 

On This Day in American History
On May 20, 1873, a patent for denim work pants reinforced with rivets is issued to businessman Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis. The pants have become what is perhaps the world’s most popular trousers: blue jeans. Davis invented the “waist overalls,” but lacked the funding to start a business, so he reached out to Strauss who’d become wealthy running a dry goods store in a booming California. By the 1880s, the demand for the work pants was so high that Strauss opened a factory to mass produce the product. The iconic 501 brand, known as XX until 1890, soon became a bestseller, and by 1920 “Levis” were the most popular work pants in the U.S.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen vowed Wednesday to bolster the country’s defensive capabilities following a series of bigger-than-normal threats by the island nation’s longtime rival, China.

Hong Kong’s freedom of speech has suffered fresh setbacks after public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong was reprimanded by the government and forced to suspend a satirical show and apologize for allegedly insulting the police.  

VIDEO: Despite a century of advances in design, our aircraft still cannot maneuver as well as birds. To better understand bird flight, mechanical engineers at Stanford University built a robotic pigeon using real feathers, paper and rubber bands, leading to some surprising discoveries.

VIDEO: Concerns over the coronavirus have changed the ways people socialize, shop, and work. The pandemic also robbed many students of big events like high school graduation. VOA brings us this good news story about a physician’s assistant in Vermont who is urging students to donate their graduation gowns to help health workers battling COVID-19.

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