WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (Jul 23) that he was scrapping next month’s Republican Party nominating convention in Jacksonville, Florida, because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Trump, speaking at a White House press conference, said it was not the right time to do a “big, crowded convention”. “The […]
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WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday (Jul 23) passed a total of more than 4 million coronavirus infections since the first US case was confirmed in January, according to a Reuters tally, reflecting a nationwide escalation of the pandemic. The United States took 98 days to reach its first one […]
WASHINGTON: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has interviewed visa holders in more than 25 US cities suspected of hiding their Chinese military memberships, the Justice Department said on Thursday (Jul 23). It is part of what experts called the biggest known crackdown on the theft of US know-how in […]
PRAGUE: An outbreak of coronavirus in a Czech music club has grown to 98 positive cases, including footballers from several Prague clubs, public health officials said on Thursday. The outbreak was one of several surges of infections in the central European country of 10.7 million people. Public health officials have […]
NEW YORK: Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are potentially infected with COVID-19 before symptoms appear, when they can unknowingly spread the disease. Changes in heart rate, respiratory rate, and other biometrics measured constantly by the devices may […]
The European Union is rising to the occasion in these troubled times, while American exceptionalism has taken a beating, says Yale professor Stephen S Roach. NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: I have been a hardcore Euroskeptic and long been critical of Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) as a dysfunctional currency area. […]
WASHINGTON: US Senate Republican leaders and White House officials tried to hammer out a proposal for a fresh round of coronavirus aid on Thursday (Jul 23), which officials said will not include a payroll tax cut and could reduce an enhanced unemployment benefit. Republicans have been trying for days to […]
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva. GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday (Jul 23) that reported comments by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning his independence were untrue and would not distract the organisation from its […]
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday (Jul 23) said bidders from bordering countries eyeing government contracts would need prior registration and security clearances, a move seen as New Delhi’s latest effort to counter China following a border clash between the two nations. The Indian government’s statement said the decision was taken […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday (Jul 23) that he hopes to avoid an “expensive” US arms race with Russia and China, the White House said. Washington and Moscow are preparing negotiations on a successor to the New START treaty capping their countries’ nuclear […]