With a second Covid-19 wave currently battering Europe, the United States battling its third, and Hong Kong facing a fourth, disease specialists say they
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Los Angeles virus restrictions to halt nearly all gatherings
The order affecting the United States’ second-largest city will take effect Monday and last at least three weeks, until December 20, the county’s public
John Kerry, who signed Paris accord for US, is Biden’s climate envoy
Former secretary of state John Kerry helped broker the landmark Paris Agreement and signed it on behalf of the United States, a decision subsequently
Japan, Australia reach ‘landmark’ security agreement
Japan and Australia agreed a breakthrough defence pact on Tuesday facilitating reciprocal visits for training and operations. The Reciprocal Access Agreement strengthens defence ties
China warns of action after Pompeo says Taiwan not part of China
China calls Taiwan the most sensitive and important issue in its ties with the United States, and has been angered by the Trump administration’s
Trump not conceding is an embarrassment: Joe Biden
“I just think it’s an embarrassment quite frankly…. It will not help the president’s legacy…. I know from my discussions with foreign leaders thus
Kamala wears ‘suffragette’ white during 1st speech as VP-elect
Kamala Harris delivered her first speech as US vice president-elect on Saturday night in an all-white suit, paying homage to suffragettes of the 20th
Global coronavirus death toll tops 1.2 million
A total of 1,200,042 deaths had been recorded from 46,452,818 cases, with nearly one death in every five in the United States, the world’s
China urges US not to be haven for criminals and their assets
China said on Friday the United States should not become a haven for Chinese criminals’ ill-gotten wealth and it denied that five people arrested
Donald Trump: The wrecking ball who came to ‘fix’ America
Donald Trump rose to power proposing a simple solution to the United States’ deepest problems: himself. Four years later, at the end of a
US allows Jerusalem-born citizens to put Israel on passports
The move came a day after the United States amended science accords signed with Israel to apply to institutions in the occupied West Bank.
Covid vaccine still possible in 2020: Pfizer
Pfizer Chief Executive Albert Bourla said the drug giant could supply some 40 million doses in the United States in 2020 if clinical testing
US offers F-18 fighters to India for Naval requirement
Seeking to develop further closer ties with India, the United States of America (USA) has offered its F-18 naval fighter jets for the Indian
China a ‘No 1 national security threat’ to US: Haley
China is the United States’ “absolute number one” national security threat, said Indian-American Republican politician Nikki Haley on Saturday (local time), adding that US
Belarus protests fueled from abroad: Russian spymaster
Belarus has been rocked by massive demonstrations against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko’s reelection to a sixth term in an Aug. 9 vote that the
Snowden granted permanent residency in Russia
Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted permanent residency in Russia, his lawyer said on Thursday. Snowden, the former US intelligence contractor who
UN arms embargo on Tehran has been lifted: Iran
Tehran, which could now purchase weapons from Russia, China and elsewhere, has hailed the development as a diplomatic victory over its arch enemy the
Putin proposes Russia, US extend New START arms control treaty for 1 year
The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) accord, signed in 2010, limits the numbers of strategic nuclear warheads, missiles and bombers that Russia and
US seizes Iran ‘propaganda’ websites
Four of them, with the domain names “newsstand7.com,” “usjournal.net,” “usjournal.us,” and “twtoday.net,” were “operated by or on behalf” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
26 countries urge Western sanctions lifting to tackle virus
China and 25 other countries have called for the immediate lifting of sanctions by the United States and Western countries to ensure an effective
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah passes away
Kuwait’s ruling Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah has passed away on Tuesday in a hospital in the United States. He was 91 and became
Amy Barrett: Religious conservative US Supreme Court pick
A practising Catholic and the mother of seven children, including two adopted from Haiti and a young son with Down’s Syndrome, Barrett is personally
As rich nations struggle, Africa’s virus response is praised
The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships. But as director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nkengasong has helped to steer
Trump vows ‘1,000 times greater’ response to any Iran attack
“According to press reports, Iran may be planning an assassination, or other attack, against the United States in retaliation for the killing of terrorist
Philippines deports US Marine who killed transgender woman
Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton left Manila’s international airport at 9:14 a.m. local time (0114 GMT) aboard an American military aircraft bound for the
Iran’s friends should have defied US sanctions during pandemic: President Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani bemoaned Iran’s friends on Saturday for not standing up to the United States and breaking crippling sanctions during the coronavirus
Five things to know about Japan’s World War II surrender
World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal
Brazil surpasses 120,000 Covid deaths
Brazil is just the second country to surpass a death toll of 120,000 in the pandemic, after the United States, where the number killed
Will be a president who will stand with allies and friends: Joe Biden
“I take very personally the profound responsibility of serving as Commander in Chief. I will be a president who will stand with our allies
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing
The August 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world’s first ever nuclear