US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine’s 2020 “Person of the Year,” the publication announced Thursday. The Democratic pair were chosen ahead of three other finalists: frontline health care workers and Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and President Donald Trump who […]
US should not wait too long on AstraZeneca vaccine, Oxford’s Hill says
Jenner Institute Director Adrian Hill, who oversees the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine research and development, said a vaccine would not be available in the United States until “the middle of next year” if regulators wait for the end of their vaccine trial. “I would hope that the (Food and Drug Administration) […]
TikTok sale deadline on hold as talks with US continue
A deadline set by the Trump administration for the forced sale of TikTok’s U.S. assets will come and go Friday without a final deal, according to people familiar with the discussions. While the deadline has been extended multiple times, TikTok isn’t expected to receive a new one, said the people, who asked not to […]
Donald Trump says 2020 election was probably least secure ever
The November 3rd presidential elections were probably the least secure American polls ever, US President Donald Trump alleged Sunday, a repeated claim which has found very few takers and has, so far, not been able to stand legal scrutiny. “Our 2020 Election, from poorly rated Dominion to a Country FLOODED […]
Iran accuses Israel, US in assassination of nuclear scientist
Iran accused Israel and the US of being behind the assassination of one of its top nuclear scientists on Friday and vowed revenge, sharply escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf in the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was the head of research and innovation at Iran’s Ministry […]
Angry Donald Trump promises rally in battleground state of Georgia
President Donald Trump has renewed baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states led to his election defeat, and said he’ll go to Georgia to rally supporters ahead of two Senate runoff elections. “This has a long way to go,” Trump said on Thanksgiving evening, despite the […]
US makes last-ditch bid to derail Donald Trump rape accuser case
The US government on Wednesday put forth a last-ditch attempt to derail a defamation lawsuit filed against President Donald Trump by a New York advice columnist who claims he raped her two decades go. The Justice Department is fighting to replace Trump as the defendant in the suit brought by […]
US official defends Donald Trump stepping outdoors without mask
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says President Donald Trump’s “unique” circumstances are why he doesn’t wear a mask even as the government is urging people to do so. Addressing spikes in reported coronavirus cases in some states, Azar said people “have to take ownership” of their own behaviours […]
US has most number of Covid-19 deaths, India is eighth worst-hit country
India currently has the eighth highest number of recorded deaths due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the world, according to a website that monitors the number of cases globally. Worldometer data shows the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom and Italy are the countries that have had more fatalities because of […]
US Rep. Ilhan Omar’s father dies due to coronavirus
Father of Somalia-born US Representative Ilhan Omar died on Monday night of complications from the novel coronavirus, local media reported. “It is with tremendous sadness and pain to say goodbye to my father,” the Minnesota congresswoman tweeted late on Monday. “No words can describe what he meant to me and […]
18-year-old cleans street after protest in US, gets car and scholarship as reward
The protests against the killing of a black man at the hands of a white policeman have been raging across the United States. The protesters have clashed with the police, threw bombs and other things at them and even burned stuff. All this led to garbage lying around in the […]
US has 2 million coronavirus vaccine doses ‘ready to go’: Donald Trump
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the US has already produced two million vaccine doses for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) that are “ready to go” if they “check out for safety”. “We had a meeting on vaccines yesterday. We are doing incredibly well. We can have some very positive […]
US unemployment rate seen near 20% as Covid slams jobs market again in May
The US unemployment rate likely shot up to almost 20% in May, a new post World War Two record, with millions more losing their jobs, exposing the horrific human toll from the Covid-19 crisis. The Labor Department’s closely watched monthly employment report on Friday could bolster economists’ dire predictions that […]
Hackers group targets California University leading Covid-19 research
A group of hackers with a history of targeting healthcare organizations executed a successful ransomware attack this week on the University of California, San Francisco. UCSF confirmed it was the target of an “illegal intrusion” but declined to explain which portion of its IT network may have been compromised. Researchers […]
Trump confronted defense chief Esper over comments on protests
President Donald Trump confronted his Defense secretary, Mark Esper, after the Pentagon chief publicly opposed the idea of deploying the military to contain protests, according to people familiar with the matter. Separately, the president later asked top advisers if they thought Esper could still be effective in his position, two […]