SEOUL: South Korea and the United States are trying to agree on the scale, scope and timing of annual military exercises with the novel coronavirus threatening to disrupt the travel of US troops, South Korean officials said on Tuesday (Jul 21). South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and US Defence […]
Healthcare
LOS ANGELES: The COVID-19 pandemic raged in Florida on Monday (Jul 21) as the state reported more than 10,000 new infections for a sixth day in a row, but California saw improvement, with cases and hospitalisations beginning to stabilise after a surge. Florida has become the epicentre of the latest […]
CHICAGO: Early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released on Monday (Jul 20), including a closely watched candidate from Oxford University, increased confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to recognise and fight the novel coronavirus without serious side effects. Whether any of these efforts will […]
WASHINGTON: A US couple who became Internet infamous for drawing an assault rifle and a handgun on protesters outside their Missouri mansion were charged on Monday (Jul 20) with a felony. In a viral video, Mark McCloskey and his wife Patricia McCloskey, both lawyers, stand barefoot in their garden in […]
SYDNEY: The owner of Australia’s biggest theme park announced on Tuesday (Jul 21) it was facing charges over the deaths of four people on a popular water ride in 2016. Two women and two men died when rafts collided on the Thunder River Rapids ride at the Dreamworld tourist attraction […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump promised on Monday (Jul 20) to resume televised coronavirus briefings and spoke out in favour of mask-wearing – a marked change of tune as polls show him headed for election disaster. With only just over 100 days until the election against Democrat Joe Biden, Trump […]
NEW YORK: This spring, as countries around the world told people to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, doctors in neonatal intensive care units were noticing something strange: Premature births were falling, in some cases drastically. It started with doctors in Ireland and Denmark. Each team, unaware […]
BOGOTA: Colombia’s confirmed cases of coronavirus topped 200,000 on Monday, the health ministry said, while deaths from the disease reached 6,929 as the Andean country continues a months-long lockdown meant to stem infections. Colombia now has a total of 204,005 cases, still well behind other Latin American countries like Brazil, […]
RIYADH: This year’s Haj, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only about 1,000 Muslim pilgrims as Saudi Arabia battles a coronavirus surge, will begin on Jul 29, authorities said on Monday (Jul 20). About 2.5 million people from all over the world usually participate in the ritual that […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump expressed a willingness on Tuesday (Jul 21) to work with China or other countries to bring a successful coronavirus vaccine to the United States, despite rising tensions between Beijing and Washington. “We’re willing to work with anybody that is going to get us a good […]