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COVID vaccine volunteer dies during trial in Brazil

The brazilian regulator said that the trial is bound to coninue regardless of the death of a volunteer involved in the vaccine trails.

22 Oct 2020 2:28 PM

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a "Make America Great Again" rally on October 15, 2020, at Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville, North Carolina. (AFP)

China, Russia and India spewing stuff into air: Trump

Trump said the US under his administration has achieved energy independence while protecting its pristine environment

16 Oct 2020 1:41 PM

US President Donald Trump greets supporters after speaking about law and order from the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2020. (AFP)

Claiming COVID-19 immunity, Trump hits the election trail again

Twitter on Sunday hid a tweet from Trump in which he claimed he was immune, saying the post violated its rules about misinformation

12 Oct 2020 12:55 PM

US President Donald Trump takes his mask off before speaking from the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC during a rally on October 10, 2020. - Trump spoke publicly for the first time since testing positive for Covid-19, as he prepares a rapid return to the campaign trail just three weeks before the election. (AFP)

'Feeling great': Trump seeks campaign comeback from Covid-19

Biden has slammed as 'reckless' Trump's determination to rally huge crowds during the pandemic

11 Oct 2020 11:22 AM

US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, following campaign events in New Jersey. (AFP)

Trump to resume campaigning; second debate cancelled

Trump will address a crowd of supporters on Saturday from a White House balcony on a 'law and order' theme, an administration official said

10 Oct 2020 9:30 AM

Governor Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Michigan. (AP)

13 charged in plot to kidnap US Democratic governor and start civil war

Whitmer pointed to Trump's refusal at the recent debate with Biden to condemn 'hate groups' like the two Michigan militias that targeted her

09 Oct 2020 12:40 PM

Other studies outside Chile have also indicated that the coronavirus can evolve as it adapts to its human hosts. (AFP)

Chile scientists study potential coronavirus mutation in remote Patagonia

The far-flung region near the tip of South American continent has seen an unusually contagious second wave of infections in recent weeks

09 Oct 2020 9:49 AM

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport, in Jacksonville, Florida. - President Donald Trump should be able to resume "public engagements" from October 10, 2020, the White House physician announced on October 8, saying the US leader has responded "extremely well" to Covid-19 treatment. (AFP)

Trump hopes to campaign Saturday as Pelosi questions his fitness for office

With just 26 days until the election, Pelosi took the extraordinary step of proposing a commission to probe Trump's fitness for the job

09 Oct 2020 9:27 AM

former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin posted bail on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, and was released from prison, according to court documents. Chauvin posted a $1 million bond, and the Department of Corrections confirmed he was no longer in custody at the state's facility in Oak Park Heights, where he had been detained pending trial. (AP)

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, charged in George Floyd's death, freed on $1M bond

Minnesota’s governor to activated the National Guard to help keep the peace in the event of protests

08 Oct 2020 3:22 PM

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf speaks during an event at DHS headquarters in Washington. The Department of Homeland Security has rolled out a series of of immigration measures in recent days. The agency is helping to revive an issue that was at the heart of Trump’s successful 2016 campaign, but largely on the back burner in the current one. (AP)

Trump administration turns to immigration as election nears

Trump's get-tough approach and promise to build a border wall were cornerstones of his 2016 campaign

08 Oct 2020 12:34 PM

A fly rests on the head of US Vice President Mike Pence as he takes notes during the vice presidential debate against US Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California Kamala Harris in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (AFP)

Fly creates buzz at US vice presidential debate - and online

Pence received an unwelcome visitor when a large fly perched on his white hair for two minutes, triggering an avalanche of online commentary

08 Oct 2020 11:01 AM

President Donald Trump removes his mask as he stands on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP)

Getting coronavirus a blessing in disguise: Trump

The US President on Wednesday told the countrymen that he will get them same medicine that cured him for free

08 Oct 2020 9:24 AM

US Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California, Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during the vice presidential debate in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (AFP)

Kamala Harris describes Trump administration's handling of as 'greatest failure'

President Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19, is facing criticism over his handling of the health crisis and downplaying the threat

08 Oct 2020 9:01 AM

Boats sit closer to the shore after they were secured by fishermen preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Delta in Puerto Juarez, Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Tuesday on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf coast this week. (AP)

Category 3 Hurricane Delta roars toward Mexico's Cancun

Thousands of Quintana Roo residents and tourists waited for the storm hunkered down in dozens of government shelters

07 Oct 2020 2:06 PM

US President Donald Trump takes off his facemask as he arrives at the White House upon his return from Walter Reed Medical Center. (AFP)

Coronavirus aid hopes evaporate as Trump halts talks with Democrats

Just days earlier, Trump had urged fast action on a fifth major virus aid bill to augment more than $3 trillion approved earlier this year

07 Oct 2020 1:56 PM

According to the Department of Homeland Security, the H-1B programme was intended to allow employers to fill gaps in their workforce and remain competitive in the global economy. (AFP File)

Trump admin imposes new curbs on H-1B visas to protect US workers ahead of presidential election

Already a large number of Indians have lost their jobs and are headed back home during the pandemic that has severely hit the US economy

07 Oct 2020 10:26 AM

President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP)

Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask

Trump left Walter Reed, where his doctor said earlier Monday that the president would not be fully 'out of the woods' for another week

06 Oct 2020 9:11 AM

Vice President Mike Pence greets the crowd before he speaks during a Faith and Freedom Coalition policy conference. (AP)

Trump's defender: Pence's campaign role grows at key moment

With Trump hospitalized with COVID-19, his ever-loyal No. 2 will play an increasingly prominent role in the weeks ahead

05 Oct 2020 12:57 PM

The Glass Fire begins it's descent into the valley after ravaging the hills as night falls on Napa Valley, California on September 27, 2020. - The Glass fire grew to 2,500 Acres on the evening of September 27. A heat wave and dry winds create critical weather conditions and mandatory evacuations are in order. (AFP)

Record California wildfires burn over 4 million acres

The most-populous US state suffered five of its six largest wildfires in history this year

05 Oct 2020 12:18 PM

US President Trump waves from the back of a car in a motorcade outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4, 2020. (AFP)

COVID-hit Trump briefly leaves hospital to drive by supporters

The US president was moved to the military hospital on Friday, which his doctors and White House said was taken out of abundance of caution

05 Oct 2020 9:46 AM

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