SACRAMENTO, California: New coronavirus cases soared in California over the July Fourth weekend, stressing some hospital systems and leading to the temporary closure of the state capitol building in Sacramento for deep cleaning, officials said on Monday (Jul 6). The number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 has increased by 50 […]
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UNITED NATIONS: China on Monday (Jul 6) joined a global arms trade treaty spurned by the United States, taking a swipe at US President Donald Trump’s administration by accusing it of bullying, unilateralism and undermining efforts to combat global challenges. China’s UN ambassador, Zhang Jun, said he had deposited China’s […]
WASHINGTON, DC: The United States said on Monday (Jul 6) it would not allow foreign students to remain in the country if all of their classes are moved online in the fall because of the coronavirus crisis. “Non-immigrant F-1 and M-1 students attending schools operating entirely online may not take […]
NEW YORK: A white woman who called police and falsely accused an African-American man of threatening her life after he asked her to leash her dog in New York’s Central Park is being criminally charged over the incident, Manhattan’s district attorney said on Monday (Jul 6). Amy Cooper, 41, whose […]
Pandemic viruses are arising with alarming regularity, and are likely to continue to do so, says an observer. BATH, England: The world has been worried about pandemic diseases for many years. Before COVID-19, attention was focused on influenza viruses as the most likely cause. A recent paper reminds us that […]
Ferrari are planning to speed up the introduction of upgrades to their under-performing Formula One car after a difficult season-opening race in Austria last Sunday. REUTERS: Ferrari are planning to speed up the introduction of upgrades to their under-performing Formula One car after a difficult season-opening race in Austria last […]
A vast underclass of increasingly indebted, socially immobile Americans are revolting against a system that has failed it, says Nouriel Roubini. NEW YORK: The mass protests following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer are about systemic racism and police violence in the United States, but also […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) is reviewing a report urging it to update guidance on the novel coronavirus after more than 200 scientists, in a letter to the health agency, outlined evidence the virus can spread in tiny airborne particles. The WHO says SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, […]
NEW YORK: US health official Anthony Fauci said on Monday (Jul 6) that the current state of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States “is really not good” and a “serious situation that we have to address immediately.” The United States is still “knee-deep” in the first wave of the […]
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey: Johnson & Johnson said on Monday (Jul 6) it was slashing the price of its version of tuberculosis drug bedaquiline to US$340 from US$400, for a six-month treatment, in low- and middle-income countries, to scale up its use during the COVID-19 pandemic. J&J’s bedaquiline, marketed under […]