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China slams US decision to cancel 1,000 student visas 10 Sep 2020 - 02:18 pm

ANKARA: China on Thursday slammed the US decision to revoke visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and scholars deemed to be a...

Trump admitted playing down coronavirus danger 10 Sep 2020 - 02:13 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump admits he tried to minimize the seriousness of the threat from Covid-19 at the outset of the pandemic in...

US election: Two candidates, two polar opposite campaigns 10 Sep 2020 - 11:08 am

Washington: The cat-and-mouse campaigning by Donald Trump and Joe Biden has led the president and his Democratic challenger to the same locations, sometimes...

Oregon fires destroy five towns, governor says many deaths feared 10 Sep 2020 - 12:14 am

Unprecedented wildfires in Oregon have all but destroyed five small towns and a record number of deaths is feared, Governor Kate Brown said...

Brazil trials of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine show promising results - governor 09 Sep 2020 - 11:54 pm

SAO PAULO - The governor of Brazil's São Paulo state said on Wednesday that Phase 3 clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine...

Ominous orange sky gives San Francisco apocalytic tint 09 Sep 2020 - 11:46 pm

San Francisco - People in San Francisco and elsewhere in California woke Wednesday to a deep orange sky that triggered apocalyptic visions in...

Brazil lab DASA to do tests for COVID-19 vaccine being developed by COVAXX 09 Sep 2020 - 11:01 pm

BRASILIA - Brazilian lab and hospital group DASA S.A. said on Wednesday it has agreed to conduct clinical Phase 2 and 3 trials...

NIH Chief says no way to know when safe vaccine will be ready 09 Sep 2020 - 09:38 pm

Contradicting President Donald Trump, the head of the National Institutes of Health said there’s no way to tell if a safe vaccine will...

Trump and Republicans raised $210 mln in August, far short of Biden 09 Sep 2020 - 09:23 pm

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee announced on Wednesday that they raised a combined $210 million...

New York City restaurants can resume indoor dining on Sept. 30 -governor 09 Sep 2020 - 09:05 pm

NEW YORK - New York City got the governor's green light to partly resume indoor dining in three weeks, offering a lifeline to...

Trump says he minimized coronavirus, didn't want to create panic -Woodward book 09 Sep 2020 - 08:42 pm

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump acknowledged in February he knew how deadly and contagious the novel coronavirus was but did not convey that...

IMF chief warns global economic crisis 'far from over' 09 Sep 2020 - 07:57 pm

Washington - The global economy is showing signs of bouncing back from the severe downturn caused by the global coronavirus pandemic, but a...

Toxic hand sanitizers banned in US are sold freely in Mexico 09 Sep 2020 - 07:28 pm

Deadly hand sanitizers that were banned in the U.S. are still circulating widely in Mexico, raising concerns among health experts that scores of...

Explosive wildfires across California stoked by fierce winds 09 Sep 2020 - 03:53 pm

SHAVER LAKE, Calif.: Wildfires raged unchecked throughout California Wednesday, and gusty winds could drive flames into new ferocity, authorities warned. Diablo winds in...

Fauci says Astrazeneca vaccine pause unfortunate, not uncommon 09 Sep 2020 - 03:08 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday that AstraZeneca's decision to pause global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine was...

Raging wildfires destroy Washington town, roar through California, Oregon 08 Sep 2020 - 09:49 pm

SACRAMENTO, Calif - Uncontrolled wildfires raged across the U.S. West on Tuesday, incinerating the Washington town of Malden and threatening communities in Oregon...