WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday he blames Donald Trump for “walking away” as Covid-19 ravaged the country, in a televised interview alongside running mate Kamala Harris on the eve of the Republican convention. The president, who is trailing Biden in polls, has been heavily criticized for his […]
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KINMEN (Taiwan): Amid rising tensions with Beijing, the de facto US ambassador in Chinese-claimed Taiwan took part today for the first time in commemorations of a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces joined battle with China on a large scale. China has stepped up military activity around […]
MOSCOW: Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who fell gravely ill on Thursday after what his allies believe was a poisoning, will survive, the founder of the activist group that sent the air ambulance to fly him to Germany, told a newspaper. “Navalny will survive poison attack, but be incapacitated for months […]
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s sister described the US president as cruel and a liar whose lack of principles meant he could not be trusted, according to secretly made recordings published yesterday. It was the latest unflattering insider account to target the president, only instead of a jilted aide or business associate, […]
China, which claims Taiwan as its own, has stepped up military activity around the democratic island, moves denounced by Taiwan’s government as an attempt at intimidation to force them to accept Chinese rule. The de facto US ambassador in Taipei joined for the first time on Sunday a Taiwanese leader, […]
SEOUL: South Korea reported its highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March today, as outbreaks continued to spread from a Seoul church and from political demonstrations its members had attended. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 397 new infections as of midnight Saturday, […]
The satellite, Gaofen-9 05, was sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket. China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on Sunday. The satellite, Gaofen-9 05, was sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket. A multifunctional test […]
The United States is set to elect its 46th president as the nation goes to vote on November 3 with Donald Trump seeking reelection for a second term. Former vice president and Delaware senator Joe Biden has been nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee. In the US presidential elections, there […]
SANTIAGO: Chilean President Sebastian Pinera yesterday highlighted an attack in the country´s Araucania region that resulted in the injury of a 9-year-old girl, saying it was a reason to crack down on violent unrest in Chile´s south. The region, long convulsed by simmering conflict between the indigenous Mapuche and the […]
The WHO has recommended that children below the age of five do not have to wear masks but the rules change for children who fall under a different age group. The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its mask-wearing guidelines for children as the cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid19) […]