How China manages its new economic role, in the context of a growing East Asian trade architecture, will be key to reversing the losses of the trade war, say observers. WALTHAM, Massachusetts: The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on China, including sending additional troops and two aircraft carriers to […]
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WASHINGTON: A somber President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday (Jul 21) that the coronavirus crisis in the United States is likely to “get worse before it gets better.” “Some areas of our country are doing very well,” Trump said at his first formal White House virus briefing since the end […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday (Jul 20) said he would send law enforcement to more US cities, as a federal crackdown on anti-racism protests in Oregon with unmarked cars and unidentified forces angered people across the country. Trump, a Republican, cited New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore and Oakland, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]