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Trump to U.S. schools: Reopen or you may lose federal funds

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made reopening schools a priority to help parents get back to work, and he said Wednesday he supports CDC guidance ...

Thousands protest against Serbian leader despite warnings of virus risk

Initially, the crowd and the police came to blows when the former stormed the parliament. Riot police clash with protesters in Belgrade , Serbia. A Reuters...

Facebook takes down fake accounts linked to Trump advisor Roger Stone

The accounts paid $308,000 for adverts on Facebook and Instagram . Of Stone's personal accounts, Nathaniel Gleicher, head of security policy for Facebook, sa...

Australian leader defends new Melbourne coronavirus lockdown

Restaurants, cafes and bars will be able to provide takeaway service only, gyms and hair salons closed, household gatherings limited to two people and the curre...

Supreme Court deals major blow to Keystone XL project

Almost a month later, following a motion from the Corps seeking relief from that vacatur, the district court amended its April 2020 ruling to apply only to ...

Ivory Coast PM, presidential candidate Amadou Coulibaly dies

Ivory Coast Prime Minister and ruling party's candidate in the October 2020 presidential election Amadou Gon Coulibaly, wearing a protective face mask, delivers...

US coronavirus cases pass 3 million

Jose Vazquez, of the Starr County health authority, said Friday that every hospital in the Valley is full and that patients are being transported to other parts...

White House preps school reopening guidelines as Trump threatens funding

We're very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools". "We are prepared to work with each school, each jurisdiction to help...

Trump Campaign Says It Raised Record-Breaking $131 Million in June

Trump raised $14 million online during a campaign celebrating his birthday last month. More than 2.6 million also signed up to join the campaign, according to a...

Trump officially moves to withdraw United States from World Health Organization

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian defended World Health Organization on Wednesday and said the Trump administration's move was "another de...

'Weaponized' Facebook fails to protect civil rights, audit says

The Auditors believe that Facebook should do everything in its power to prevent its tools and algorithms from driving people toward self-reinforcing echo chambe...

"Indians On Treasure Hunt": P Chidambaram On India-China Troops Pullback

Twenty days after the deadly clash between Indian and Chinese troops at the Ladakh's Galwan valley along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), there is a mino...

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in West Hollywood Now Total 300

The newest case is a symptomatic female in her 40s with unknown exposure and is recovering at home, the health department noted. Testing has now confirmed 13,...

China blackmailing dissenters in United States to return home - Federal Bureau of Investigation chief

Wray also said that almost half of nearly 5,000 active Federal Bureau of Investigation counterintelligence cases now under way are related to China. Wray accu...

India tallies third-highest coronavirus cases but death rate low

The US, Brazil, Spain, Russia, the UK, Italy and Mexico have 8,560.5, 7,419.1, 5,358.7, 4,713.5, 4,204.4, 3,996.1 and 1,955.8 cases per million, respectively, a...

'I disagree' with Fauci on COVID-19 in the US

George D. Yancopoulos, co-founder, president and chief scientific officer of Regeneron . "We're going to continue to be in a lot of trouble", Fauci said , a...

Hundreds of drones light up Seoul sky with virus messages

Stephen Biegun, who led working-level negotiations with the North Koreans and now has broader responsibility as US Deputy Secretary of State, met with South K...

COVID-19 deaths in SA rise to 3,502

With the easing of restrictions, the country has seen rapid rises in confirmed cases and related deaths. Gauteng and the Eastern Cape account for more than 65...

Brazil's Bolsonaro recovering from Covid-19 'due to taking anti-malaria drug'

Meanwhile, the Brazilian President said he was confident that he will swiftly recover from the new coronavirus thanks to treatment with hydroxychloroquine , th...

EU Commission: Severe risks to the economic outlook, tilted to the downside

The average drop in the euro area economy in 2020 is estimated at 8.7% while it is expected to grow by 6.1% in 2021. For example, the Italian economy is expecte...

Trump Pledges To 'Pressure' Governors To Reopen Schools Despite Health Concerns

Asked about Florida, a senior administration official told reporters that "these are state and local decisions at the end of the day, and we are confident that ...

Justin Trudeau turns down White House invitation amid pandemic

A US official said Trudeau had scheduling conflicts with the start of Parliament, as well as issues with Canadian quarantine rules for the coronvavirus pandemic...

Gladstone man fights off snake while driving

He feared it had bitten him so he chose to try and kill it while making his way to hospital. While driving toward the nearest hospital, police said Jimmy wa...

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

The Pan American Health Organization said it wishes Mr Bolsonaro a speedy recovery but warned that his positive Covid-19 test shows the virus not under control ...

Mary Kay Letourneau dead at age 58

The student, Vili Fualaau , was only 12 or 13 when their relationship began and LeTourneau was pregnant with his child in 1997, giving birth while awaiting sen...

India, China Begin Pulling Back Troops from Disputed Border

Each side moved back by two kilometres and a buffer zone has been established to keep them away from each other. "It is going to be a live border for a long t...

Australia's Melbourne Locks Down Again Due to Coronavirus

Bennett said the state had not been sufficiently prepared to shield high-risk vulnerable populations like the residents of the housing towers under hard lockdow...

COVID-19 cases in India cross 7 lakh; deaths go past 20,000

The total number of COVID-19 cases surpassed 700,000-mark in India on Tuesday, reaching 719,665, as the death toll rose to 20,160, said the latest data releas...

Aide to Russian space chief held on treason charges

Safronov could face up to 20 years in prison, if convicted. About 20 journalists, including those who worked with Safronov for years, were detained outside FS...

Moscow hand in USA soldiers’ deaths

However, Mr Brien said that he was not verbally informed about the news but it's unclear whether or not was he provided with a written briefing. "We always ac...

Florida school districts must open schools next month

To Ingram, the order is a dramatic shift from the local control centered reopening guidelines the department released in June. The order states that education...

Today's Forecast: Still hot with isolated chances for showers and storms

MON: Partly sunny, scattered showers and thunderstorms. Winds S/SE 5-10 miles per hour. Tomorrow: Partly to mostly sunny, scattered afternoon storms. Thund...

New US coronavirus cases fall under 50000

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, saw similar scenes when practitioners opted to celebrate Saturday by the water. Restaurants also were targeted for a weekend crackdo...

Tell-all book by Trump niece to be released next week

The revised date came after a NY appellate court cleared the way for the book's publication following a legal challenge. Mary Trump is the daughter of Fred Tr...

Preventing the next pandemic

Ebola, SARS, MERS, HIV, Lyme disease, Rift Valley fever and Lassa fever preceded it. Other factors driving disease emergence include intense and unsustainable...