WASHINGTON: The Democratic-led US House of Representatives voted on yesterday to provide the cash-strapped Postal Service with US$25 billion and block policy changes that have stirred concerns about mail-in balloting ahead of the Nov. 3 election. The 257-150 vote sent the legislation dubbed the “Delivering for America Act” on to […]
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It was a consequence of Trump’s unwillingness to share the limelight, but also a necessary attempt to shift the November campaign from a referendum on his job performance to a choice between himself and Joe Biden. President Donald Trump spent the week of the Democratic National Convention forsaking what has […]
Since thousands of lightning strikes began on August 15, California responded to 585 wildfires that have burned nearly a million acres, or 1,562 square miles (4,046 square kilometers), according to CalFire. Firefighters in California were racing to slow the spread of wildfires that burned nearly one million acres in a […]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi recalled lawmakers to Washington for the debate over objections from Republicans. President Donald Trump often rails against mail-in ballots, including in a Saturday tweet, and has said he wants to block extra funds for the Postal Service. The House is meeting for a rare Saturday session over […]
BEIJING: China has approved human testing for a potential coronavirus vaccine cultivated within insect cells, local government in the southwestern city of Chengdu said today. China is in a global race to develop cost-effective vaccines to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. Using insect cells to grow proteins for the coronavirus vaccine […]
MUMBAI: Indian authorities have imposed tough anti-coronavirus restrictions on gatherings and the size of Ganesha elephant god idols for one of the biggest religious festivals of the year that started today. The 10 days of prayers and family gatherings for Ganesh Chaturthi started under a pandemic cloud with the country […]
As per TOLO News quoting the Kabul Police statement, the first blast happened in the Sarak-e-Naw area in Kabul’s PD5 (police district 5). One security personnel died while four others, including a civilian, sustained injuries following three Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosions in Kabul on Saturday. As per TOLO News […]
BERLIN: As outspoken Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny arrives in Germany for medical treatment, a small Berlin-based NGO has been leading the charge to bring him from Siberia where he was lying in a coma after a suspected poisoning. The Cinema for Peace foundation arranged for a medical plane that […]
MUMBAI: India reported a record daily jump of coronavirus infections today, bringing the total near 3 million and piling pressure on authorities to curb huge gatherings as a major religious festival began. The 69,878 new infections — the fourth straight day above 60,000 — take India’s total cases to 2.98 […]
Prominent Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, who has been in a coma since Thursday, arrived in Germany for medical treatment after his suspected poisoning, according to his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh’s tweet. After two days, Russian authorities allowed his transportation abroad after Navalny’s family, activists and international leaders appealed directly to […]