WASHINGTON: The cat-and-mouse campaigning by Donald Trump and Joe Biden has led the president and his Democratic challenger to the same locations, sometimes on the same day, while displaying radically different styles as they court American voters. As the candidates criss-cross the battleground states likely to determine the outcome of […]
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump acknowledged to a journalist early in the coronavirus pandemic that he played down the danger of the health crisis despite having evidence to the contrary, according to a new book. “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump told author Bob Woodward on Mar 19, […]
WASHINGTON: The United States has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China of students and researchers deemed security risks, a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday (Sep 9). The acting head of the US Department of Homeland Security, […]
LESBOS: Greece’s largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos was gutted by a huge fire early today, leaving over 12,000 fleeing asylum seekers homeless, with reports that the blaze was started by migrants revolting against coronavirus isolation rules. Firemen said the notorious Moria camp had been mostly destroyed but […]
KABUL: At least two people were killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan’s vice president Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early today, officials said. Saleh, who is the senior of Afghanistan’s two vice presidents, was not harmed. “This terrorist attack has failed and […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will announce further troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few days, a senior administration official said yesterday. The official told reporters traveling with the president to expect an announcement today on Iraq, and on Afghanistan in the coming days. During a meeting […]
TOKYO: Yoshihide Suga is on course for a landslide victory in the race to become Japan’s next prime minister, an Asahi newspaper tally showed, as debate kicks off later today among the three candidates vying to succeed long-time leader Shinzo Abe. Suga, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, has support to become […]
HANOI: US-China rivalry is set to dominate discussions as the foreign ministers of 10 South-east Asian countries begin an online summit today, with Washington’s top diplomat ready to take aim at Beijing’s “bullying” in the South China Sea. The summit comes just days after China launched ballistic missiles in the […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called today for an alliance of democracies to defend against “aggressive actions” and protect freedom, alluding to Chinese actions in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait as major threats to regional stability. China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own, has ramped up its […]
MUMBAI: India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month today, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed. The health ministry said 1,133 people had died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest since July, taking total mortalities to […]