Month: October 2020

Read More Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump was flown to a military hospital Friday night where he was given remdesivir following treatment with an experimental drug at the White House. In a day of whipsaw events Friday, the president, who has spent months downplaying the threat of the virus, was…

Read More Interruptions, bickering and a shocking tone may ultimately not matter, pollsters say, as most people have already made up their minds First-time independent voter Benaja Richardson tuned into Tuesday’s now infamous debate between US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden hoping to be presented with a vision of the future and unity…

Read More The former national security adviser on his book, his cheap suit and where he differs from the president who fired him by tweet HR McMaster was national security adviser for a little more than a year. His struggles to work with Donald Trump have been widely reported. After a year, the blowhard mogul…

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Read More The venerable magazine’s timely collection of essays arrives amid new crises. It is the right book for this time of chaos The American Crisis is a 500-page collection of the best of the Atlantic magazine in the age of Trump. With contributions from three dozen marquee names in US journalism, including Ta-Nehisi Coates,…

Read More India has recorded 100,000 fatalities from Covid-19 after battling the lethal outbreak for seven months, becoming the third nation to cross the six-digit figure after the United States and Brazil, according to official tallies. The country’s total death toll sat at 100,842 on Saturday morning, on top of nearly 6.5 million infections, according…

Read MoreDonald Trump is undergoing remdesevir treatment at the Walter Reed military hospital.Donald Trump is undergoing remdesevir treatment at the Walter Reed military hospital.

Read More UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “pretty optimistic” a Brexit deal could be reached as he prepared for talks on Saturday with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to determine the next steps in the fraught negotiations. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “pretty optimistic” a Brexit deal could…

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Read MorePrior to her self-immolation, Irina Slavina wrote on Facebook: ‘I ask you to blame the Russian Federation for my death’.Prior to her self-immolation, Irina Slavina wrote on Facebook: ‘I ask you to blame the Russian Federation for my death’.

Read More MEXICO CITY, Oct 02 (IPS) – The way forward for energy transition and its link to an economic recovery after the depression caused by the covid-19 pandemic is focusing attention in Latin America and Europe, according to the 2nd Madrid Energy Conference (MEC), which concluded this Friday 2. Read the full story, “Energy…

Read More At least seven people who attended event for Trump’s supreme court nominee have confirmed they have coronavirus A crowded Rose Garden ceremony last Saturday at which Donald Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his supreme court nominee has come under scrutiny after at least seven figures in attendance tested positive for coronavirus, including…

Read More More than a hundred people have been forced to evacuate after leaks put a dam at risk of ‘catastrophic failure’ More than 100 people have been told to evacuate homes over fears a leaking dam south of Geelong could burst. Victoria’s State Emergency Service has been working through the night to empty a…

Read MorePresident Donald Trump attended multiple large events in the days before his coronavirus diagnosis.President Donald Trump attended multiple large events in the days before his coronavirus diagnosis.

Read More Trump’s coronavirus stresses Americans already worried about the pandemic, policing, jobs and the election Trump’s coronavirus stresses Americans already worried about the pandemic, policing, jobs and the election

Read More<p>This isn’t the first time the hospital and history have collided</p><p>This isn’t the first time the hospital and history have collided</p>

Read More Platform says abusive tweets about the president, who was diagnosed with Covid-19 this week, could result in suspension Twitter has said that tweets wishing for Donald Trump’s death in the wake of the president’s diagnosis with Covid-19 violate its policies and could result in suspension. As Trump made his way to Walter Reed…

Read More Xi Jinping’s vow to snuff out emissions by 2060 completes a diplomatic pirouette that moves China to the heart of the global green agenda, wrong-foots the US and cuddles up to Europe’s climate advocates in one nimble step. Xi Jinping’s vow to snuff out emissions by 2060 completes a diplomatic pirouette that moves…

Read More Foreign diplomats are scrambling to figure out how the iconoclastic American President will cope with his COVID-19 diagnosis and hospitalization, chasing rumors from the ridiculous — that he might somehow put his daughter in charge — to darker fears that U.S. adversaries like Iran or China might take advantage of this turbulent moment.…

Read More As Washington followed the rapid-fire news Friday of President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and his eventual hospitalization at Walter Reed Medical Center, national security and disinformation analysts watched as American adversaries sought to exploit the unfolding situation to their advantage. Trump’s diagnosis was announced around 1 a.m. Friday morning with a tweet from…

Read More<p>‘I hope that all parties will do the right thing by supporting this,’ says prime minister Justin Trudeau</p><p>‘I hope that all parties will do the right thing by supporting this,’ says prime minister Justin Trudeau</p>

Read More North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday sent a message of sympathy to President Donald Trump and his wife Melania, wishing they would recover from the COVID-19 illness, state media reported. Trump said Friday he and his wife had tested positive for the coronavirus, and leaders across the world have sent messages…

Read More Health body gives green light to second test that gives results in up to 30 minutes; Madrid is Europe’s worst hotspot Scramble under way in Washington to trace spread of Covid among US leadership Joe Biden and his wife test negative for coronavirus US coronavirus updates – live Australia-New Zealand travel bubble to…

Read MoreJoe and Jill Biden tested negative for coronavirus Friday morning, after President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive.Joe and Jill Biden tested negative for coronavirus Friday morning, after President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive.

Read MoreNew charges, filed in Los Angeles, involve two victims and stem from incidents that occurred more than a decade ago.New charges, filed in Los Angeles, involve two victims and stem from incidents that occurred more than a decade ago.

Read More Excessive heat warnings will remain in effect on the coast as the state closes in on a new record of 4m acres burned Smoke from nearly two dozen wildfires burning across California will continue to darken skies across the west this weekend, as residents prepare for more heat, toxic air and conditions that…

Read More Standing apart on the debate stage, President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden looked out at an odd sight — one section of the room dutifully in masks, the other section flagrantly without. The mostly bare-faced contingent was made up of Trump’s VIP guests, who had flouted the rules by removing…

Read MoreA helicopter flies President Trump, who has a fever, from the White House to Walter Reed Medical Center.A helicopter flies President Trump, who has a fever, from the White House to Walter Reed Medical Center.

Read More The coronavirus has been circling the 2020 election for the better part of a year, and now it has struck at its core, with President Donald Trump’s overnight announcement that he’s tested positive for COVID-19. The bombshell brings up a series of questions, both practical and political, about how the final month of…

Read More Before a Marine One helicopter came to fly him to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday evening, President Donald Trump spent the day nursing COVID-19 symptoms in his residence on the third floor of the White House, as reverberations of his diagnosis unsettled West Wing and campaign officials and sparked a…

Read More NAWALPARASI, LumbiniÄ«, Nepal, Oct 02 (IPS) – Vultures get a lot of bad press. Unlike other birds which are praised for their melodious song or bright plumage, vultures have been traditionally reviled for feeding greedily on carcasses, and what many see is as a repulsive look. In many cultures, they are considered an…

Read MoreIf Trump does not share details of his COVID infection, he won’t be the first president who kept medical secrets.If Trump does not share details of his COVID infection, he won’t be the first president who kept medical secrets.

Read More A U.S. military court judge who took over the 9/11 case two weeks ago has quit. That means a 9/11 trial is unlikely to begin by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (Image credit: Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images) A U.S. military court judge who took over the 9/11 case two weeks…

Read MoreSome 15 hours of audio from the grand jury proceedings in the police shooting case are released.Some 15 hours of audio from the grand jury proceedings in the police shooting case are released.

Read More The Kremlin has close relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. Turkey supports Azerbaijan. “The Turkish factor in this war is obvious and looks extremely threatening,” says a Russian political analyst. (Image credit: Aziz Karimov/AP) The Kremlin has close relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. Turkey supports Azerbaijan. “The Turkish factor in this war is obvious…