WASHINGTON: The United States registered its 200,000th death from the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday (Sep 22), the latest grim milestone for the country just weeks before voters decide if President Donald Trump will stay in office. According to a rolling tally by Johns Hopkins University, 200,182 Americans have died and […]
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WASHINGTON: Chinese President Xi Jinping announced plans to boost his country’s Paris climate accord target yesterday and called for a green revolution, just minutes after US President Donald Trump blasted China for “rampant pollution.” Addressing the UN General Assembly, Xi said China would achieve a peak in carbon dioxide emissions […]
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the British people yesterday to work from home where possible and ordered restaurants and bars to close early to tackle a fast-spreading second wave of Covid-19, with new restrictions lasting probably six months. After scientific warnings that deaths could soar without urgent action, Johnson […]
NEW YORK: TikTok has proposed a global coalition of social media firms for early identification and removal of harmful content, the company said on Tuesday, as networking apps face a barrage of criticism over issues ranging from misinformation to data privacy. The company, owned by China’s ByteDance and at the […]
NEW YORK: Facebook said on Tuesday (Sep 22) it had removed a network of inauthentic Chinese accounts that were interfering in Asian and American politics, including some that posted material supporting and opposing US President Donald Trump. The social networking company said it suspended 155 accounts on its main platform […]
LONDON: Canada’s Bianca Andreescu has pulled out of the French Open and will take the rest of the season off to focus on her recuperation, the world number seven said on Tuesday (Sep 22). Andreescu, who did not defend her 2019 US Open crown in New York this year, has […]
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested today that coronavirus infections were higher in Britain than in Italy or Germany because it was a “freedom-loving country”. He was responding to criticism that the UK’s contact tracing and testing programme is not working well enough in the face of a surge in […]
OTTAWA: Covid-19 infections have surged in Canada and if people do not take stringent precautions, they could balloon to exceed levels seen during the first wave of the pandemic, health officials warned on Monday. “Canada is at a crossroads and individual action to reduce contact rates will decide our path,” […]
LONDON: West Ham United manager David Moyes and players Issa Diop and Josh Cullen have returned positive tests for COVID-19, the Premier League club said on Tuesday (Sep 22). The club’s medical staff were informed of the test results as the team were preparing for Tuesday’s League Cup third round […]
WASHINGTON: US Senate Republicans today have their first formal gathering since liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death gave them a chance to cement a 6-3 conservative majority at the court ahead of the November election. President Donald Trump has urged a quick Senate vote on a Supreme Court […]