WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s physician said yesterday that Trump had completed his course of therapy for the coronavirus, had remained stable since returning to the White House and could return to public engagements tomorrow. Dr Sean Conley said in a memo released by the White House that Trump had responded […]
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WASHINGTON: Americans are rushing to cast ballots ahead of the November 3 election at an unprecedented pace, early voting numbers show, indicating a possible record turnout for the showdown between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. With less than four weeks to go before Election Day, more than […]
CHICAGO: Final data from Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir showed the treatment cut Covid-19 recovery time by five days compared with patients who got a placebo, one day faster than indicated in preliminary data, the company and researchers said yesterday. In patients who were on oxygen when they first […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases yesterday, with the total rising by 338,779 in 24 hours led by a surge of infections in Europe. Europe reported 96,996 new cases, the highest total for the region ever recorded by the WHO. Global deaths […]
SALT LAKE CITY: President Donald Trump’s battle with Covid-19, his age and the age of his Democratic challenger Joe Biden figure prominently in yesterday’s debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Pence, 61, and Harris, 55, were due to take the University of Utah […]
NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian politician Ram Vilas Paswan, a federal minister and an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition, died yesterday after weeks in hospital, his son Chirag Paswan said in a Tweet. He was 74. Paswan, India’s Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, was admitted […]
PARIS: With Europe topping six million coronavirus cases, Scotland and Brussels became the latest to introduce curbs on alcohol consumption yesterday, while experts detailed the hugely divergent consequences of the pandemic for the world’s richest and poorest. A two-week pub closure in central Scotland, including Glasgow and Edinburgh, was designed […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s upcoming general election has the rare distinction of providing a choice of two female candidates as the country’s next leader in a poll that could be decided by the female vote. Yet there is growing criticism that neither incumbent Jacinda Ardern nor challenger Judith Collins have policies […]
WASHINGTON: The US government said in a court filing on Thursday it was appealing a judge’s ruling that prevented it from prohibiting new downloads of the Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok. The Justice Department said it appealed the order to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. WASHINGTON: […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, who is still being treated for Covid-19, said today he will refuse to take part in the presidential debate next week after it was switched to a virtual format. “I’m not going to do a virtual debate,” he told Fox Business News, saying this was […]