NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Friday (Jul 31) he would sign an executive order as soon as Saturday to ban fast-growing social media app TikTok in the United States, as American authorities have raised concerns the service could be a tool for Chinese intelligence. US officials and lawmakers […]
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WASHINGTON: A 17-year-old Florida boy masterminded the hacking of celebrity accounts on Twitter Inc, including those of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, officials said on Friday (Jul 31). A 19-year-old British man and a 22-year-old man in Orlando, Florida were also charged under US […]
Fauci urges caution on China and Russia COVID-19 vaccines WASHINGTON: Anthony Fauci, the United States’ top infectious disease official, raised concerns on Friday (Jul 31) regarding the safety of COVID-19 vaccines under development by China and Russia. Several Chinese companies are at the forefront of the global vaccine race, while […]
GENEVA: The global coronavirus outbreak is the sort of disaster whose effects will last far into the future, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday (Jul 31). “The pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come,” Tedros […]
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump visits Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Innovation Center in Morrrisville, North Carolina WASHINGTON: As scientists and pharmaceutical companies work at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, public health officials and senior US lawmakers are sounding alarms about the Trump administration’s lack of […]
SHANGHAI: China reported 127 new COVID-19 cases on the mainland on Thursday (Jul 30), up from 105 the previous day, the country’s health authority said on Friday. It is the highest daily number of COVID-19 cases in China since Mar 5. Of the new cases, 112 were in the far […]
SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday (Jul 30) reported a record number of new COVID-19 infections and its deadliest day of the pandemic so far following a spike in cases at elderly care homes. Days after authorities expressed hope that a Melbourne lockdown – now in its third week – was bringing […]
NEW YORK: One person in the United States died about every minute from COVID-19 on Wednesday (Jul 29) as the national death toll surpassed 150,000, the highest in the world. The United States recorded 1,456 new deaths on Wednesday, the highest one-day increase since 1,484 on May 27, according to […]
REUTERS: Florida reported a record increase in new COVID-19 deaths for a second successive day on Wednesday (Jul 29), with 217 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department. Florida also reported 9,446 new cases, bringing its total infections to over 451,000, the second highest in […]
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday (Jul 28) said he fears US-China tensions could continue beyond the US presidential election this year, highlighting the “bipartisan consensus on treating China as a threat”. Mr Lee was speaking at a virtual dialogue organised by the Atlantic Council – an American […]