Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that with more testing in countries like India and China, there would be more coronavirus cases. Trump made the remarks while addressing a crowd at the Puritan Medical Products plant in Maine on Friday. In his opening remarks, he touted the number of coronavirus tests conducted in the […]
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WHO recommends wider use of face masks to curb COVID-19
Geneva : The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday updated its guidance on the use of masks for control of COVID-19, advising all people aged 60 years or over, or those with underlying conditions, to wear a medical mask in situations where physical distancing is not possible. The new guidance advises medical masks for all people […]
Mallya extradition could be delayed; he may seek political asylum, say agencies
New Delhi/London: With a pending legal issue remaining unresolved, Indian fugitive businessman and founder of the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya, may escape his extradition to India for some more time. He remains out on bail in England. Sources in London said Mallya was likely to use all his heft to thwart the extradition process. […]
George Floyd tested COVID-19 positive before death: Autopsy
Washington: African-American man George Floyd, whose death in police custody has triggered nationwide protests in the US, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus on April 3 before he died on May 25, according to a full autopsy report. However, the 20-page report by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office released on Wednesday, noted that the […]
Snapchat says won’t promote Trump account on its platform
San Francisco: Photo-messaging app Snapchat has decided not to promote US President Donald Trump’s account on its Discover page of curated content, Axios reported on Wednesday. What makes the Snapchat decision significant is that Trump posted or tweeted controversial content on Twitter and Facebook and not Snapchat. “We are not currently promoting the President’s content […]
US to suspend Chinese airlines’ entry from June 16
New York: Retaliating to the bar on US-based airlines from entering China, the Trump administration has said it will suspend all operations of all passenger flights of China-based airlines to and from the US starting June 16. The order can be put to effect even before the due date if US President Donald Trump so […]
US censures China for not resolving conflict in Ladakh as per international law
Washington: The US censured China for resorting to aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India and not resolving the conflict as per the international law. While expressing concern about the Chinese aggression against India in the Union Territory of Ladakh, Eliot Engel, Chairman of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said […]
Trump vows to mobilize military to quell US protests
Washington: US President Donald Trump has vowed to deploy “thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers” to stop the unrest in the capital and other cities if local administrations refuse to take the action against demonstrators who were protesting over the death of African-American man, George Floyd. Speaking to the media on Monday at the White […]
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, family test COVID-19 positive
Yerevan: Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced via Facebook on Monday that he and his family have tested positive for COVID-19. “I didn’t have any symptoms, I decided to take a test as I was planning to visit the frontline,” the BBC quoted Pashinyan as saying during a Facebook live video. “I will work from here […]
Australia PM makes ‘samosas’, wishes to share with Modi
Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday showed off a new skill of making vegetarian ‘samosas’ with mango chutney “from scratch”, and said that he “would have liked to share them” with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister said: “Sunday ScoMosas with mango chutney, all made from scratch – including […]