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World Leaders Pledge $8 Billion To Fight COVID-19; U.S. Skips Meeting

NPR | By Bill Chappell
Published May 5, 2020 at 9:32 AM MDT

"Today the world showed extraordinary unity for the common good," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. The U.S. was conspicuously absent from the event.

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