Appeals for better coordination have become louder amid a resurgence of the epidemic in Europe after a relative lull in the summer months. EU leaders aim to make progress on common testing and vaccination strategies at a video conference on Thursday and step up coordination in fighting the fast-expanding Covid-19 […]
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Trump, who voted in Florida last Saturday, is rallying supporters in Arizona on Wednesday, defending a traditionally Republican state he won in 2016. Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden cast their votes in their hometown of Wilmington, Delaware on Wednesday after a speech on his plans to […]
The cartoon depicted Erdogan in his underwear holding a drink and lifting the skirt of a woman wearing an Islamic dress. Turkish officials on Wednesday railed against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo over its cover-page cartoon mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and accused it of sowing “the seeds of […]
WASHINGTON: More than 70 million Americans have cast ballots in the US presidential election, more than half the total turnout of the 2016 election with one week to go until Election Day, according to a Tuesday (Oct 28) tally from the US Elections Project. The tally, which shows a record-breaking […]
NEW DELHI: The United States and India must work together to confront the threat posed by China to security and freedom, US Secretary Mike Pompeo said toay as he prepared for talks with Indian leaders. Pompeo arrived in New Delhi yesterday along with Defense Secretary Mark Esper for an annual […]
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Islam, today condemned cartoons offending the Prophet Muhammad and any attempts to link Islam with terrorism but did not echo calls by other Muslim states for action against images being displayed in France of the Prophet. A foreign ministry official also said in a statement […]
COLOMBO: China has raised objections to what it called US bullying of Sri Lanka after Washington said the Indian Ocean island must make “difficult but necessary choices” regarding its ties with China. The comments by the Chinese embassy in Colombo came shortly before the arrival today of US Secretary of […]
PESHAWAR: A bomb blast at a religious seminary in the Pakistani city of Peshawar today killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80, police and hospital officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bomb in the northwestern city, near the border with Afghanistan, which […]
WASHINGTON: With just a week to go until the November 3 election, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will criss-cross the country today in an intense day of campaigning that will also see former President Barack Obama back on the stump. Trailing Biden in national opinion polls, Trump will […]
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in New Delhi today, kicking off a four-country Asia tour that he has said will focus on the “threats” posed by China. Joined by Defense Secretary Mark Esper for the two-day visit, Pompeo will hold top-level talks following a spike in […]