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 […]
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WASHINGTON: African-American children in the United States have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying from an operation than white kids, according to a study published on Monday (Jul 20) based on tens of thousands of children. Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio focused exclusively on children who were […]
WASHINGTON: The US Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers’ activities and the upcoming presidential contest, top Democrats said in a letter released on Monday (Jul 20). In the letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray dated on Jul 13, House Speaker Nancy […]
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 […]
BRASILIA: Two more Brazilian government ministers said on Monday (Jul 20) they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, underscoring a struggle to limit the world’s second-worst outbreak even among the political elite. Citizenship Minister Onyx Lorenzoni and newly appointed Education Minister Milton Ribeiro both announced their diagnoses and new […]
WASHINGTON: Advisers to President Donald Trump and top congressional Democrats were set to discuss the next steps in responding to the coronavirus crisis on Tuesday (Jul 21), with congressional Republicans saying they were working on a US$1 trillion relief bill. In a meeting on Monday at the White House, Republican […]
BEIJING: China warned Monday (Jul 20) that Britain was heading down “a wrong path” as Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was expected to announce the suspension of an extradition treaty with Hong Kong, raising tensions between the countries. Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, told a regular press briefing that […]
LONDON: Britain will on Monday (Jul 20) suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony, British newspapers reported. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who on Sunday accused China of “gross” human rights […]
LONDON: Britain will on Monday (Jul 20) suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony, British newspapers reported. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who on Sunday accused China of “gross” human rights […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler King Salman bin Abdulaziz has been admitted to King Faisal Specialist hospital in the capital Riyadh for medical checks, the state news agency (SPA) reported early on Monday (Jul 20). It said the king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and the close […]