BEIJING: China reported 21 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday (Oct 10), up from 15 a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Sunday. All the new cases were imported infections involving travellers from overseas, the National Health Commission said in a statement. The number […]
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MEXICO CITY: The Mexican government has formally asked Pope Francis for the temporary return of several ancient indigenous manuscripts held in the Vatican library ahead of next year’s 500-year anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The request to allow the texts to be exhibited in Mexico was made in […]
DENVER: A man was fatally shot on Saturday (Oct 10) during duelling protests by left-wing and right-wing groups in downtown Denver, and police arrested a suspect they said was working as a private security guard. An NBC News affiliate, KUSA-TV, said on its website that the man arrested for the […]
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Donald Trump discussed on the phone the issue of two Canadian citizens detained in China since late 2018 and to whom China granted rare consular access on Friday (Oct 9) and Saturday, the Canadian government said. Dominic Barton, Canada’s Ambassador […]
ERIE: Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday “the only way” he could lose to President Donald Trump was through “chicanery,” before clarifying that he will accept the election result. Biden encouraged potential voters at a campaign stop in the must-win battleground of Pennsylvania, telling them “make sure to […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s doctor said on Saturday (Oct 10) the president is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus. In a memo, Dr Sean Conley says Trump meets the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for safely discontinuing isolation and that by “currently recognised standards” he is […]
SEOUL: North Korea unveiled previously unseen intercontinental ballistic missiles at an unprecedented predawn military parade yesterday that showcased the country’s long-range weapons for the first time in two years. Analysts said the missile, which was shown on a transporter vehicle with 11 axles, would be one of the largest road-mobile […]
ERIE, Pennsylvania: With the backdrop of a union facility in a key battleground county of Pennsylvania, Joe Biden on Saturday (Oct 10) blistered President Donald Trump as only pretending to care about the working-class voters who helped flip the Rust Belt to the Republican column four years ago. “Anyone who […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will today hold his first public event since being diagnosed with Covid-19 more than a week ago, aiming to show he has beaten the virus and is ready to resume campaigning, although questions remain about his health. Trump is expected to make remarks from a […]
STOCKHOLM: Teen climate-change fighter Greta Thunberg today showed support for Democrat Joe Biden, urging voters concerned about the environment to make their voices heard in the US presidential election. The Swedish 17-year-old said in a tweet that she never engages in party politics, but that “the upcoming US elections is […]