GENEVA: World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday that he had been identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for Covid-19, but added that he was feeling well and did not have any symptoms. “I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested […]
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AUSTIN: A group of Texas Republicans have lost one of two legal challenges they brought in the hope of halting drive-through voting in Houston and having more than 120,000 votes thrown out. In a brief order issued yesterday, the Texas Supreme Court denied a request by conservative activist Steven Hotze […]
NEW YORK: One of America’s top government scientists, Anthony Fauci, has issued an urgent plea for a change in US policy on the coronavirus, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Trump administration in the final days of a hard-fought election campaign. Fauci, in an interview in the Washington Post yesterday, […]
IZMIR: A 70-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Izmir yesterday, after being buried for 33 hours following a powerful earthquake which struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and Greek islands. Turkish authorities reported more deaths yesterday, bringing the toll to 62, all […]
SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today named finance minister Grant Robertson as deputy prime minister in her new government after Labour Party deputy leader Kelvin Davis ruled himself out from standing. Robertson, who will continue as finance minister, will replace Winston Peters of Labour’s previous coalition partner New […]
WASHINGTON: Coronavirus cases continued their grim climb in the United States yesterday with Midwestern states experiencing record hospitalizations, as increasingly bitter rhetoric kept the virus front and centre of campaigning two days before the presidential election. Nearly 87,000 cases were reported on Saturday, with 909 deaths and record hospitalisations for […]
WASHINGTON: As the US awaits election day tomorrow, misleading claims from President Donald Trump and his opponent Joe Biden are circulating on hot-button issues including the Covid-19 pandemic, the economy and healthcare. AFP examines inaccurate claims from both candidates below. ‘Super predators’ Trump claimed in tweets yesterday that Biden called […]
WASHINGTON: The US Commerce Department said on Sunday (Nov 1) it would “vigorously defend” an executive order that seeks to bar transactions with Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok after a federal judge halted the action. US District Judge Wendy Beetlestone on Friday blocked the Commerce Department order set to take […]
LONDON: Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Sunday there were no guarantees he would be in Formula One next season. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff recognised that was a possibility but told reporters separately that he expected the Briton to stay with a team that has now won a […]
MILAN: Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench to score a brace on his return from coronavirus as Juventus got back to winning ways in Serie A with a 4-1 victory against promoted Spezia on Sunday. The champions ended a run of three consecutive draws to move third in Serie A, […]