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Trump’s US has expelled 8,800 migrant children

Trump’s US has expelled 8,800 migrant children

REUTERS 2020-09-12 12:36:46

President Donald Trump’s administration has expelled about 8,800 unaccompanied migrant children intercepted at the US-Mexico border since March 20 under rules seeking to limit the spread of the...

Brazilian state eyes buying 50 million doses of Russian vaccine

Brazilian state eyes buying 50 million doses of Russian vaccine

-- 2020-09-11 18:33:02

The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase III clinical trials of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil, official...

Russian state hackers reportedly suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm

Russian state hackers reportedly suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm

Reuters 2020-09-10 13:44:33

Microsoft Corp recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s main election campaign advisory firms that it had been targeted by suspected Russian state-backed hacker...

US job openings increase in July

US job openings increase in July

-- 2020-09-09 23:29:37

US job openings increased further in July and more workers quit their jobs in the retail as well as professional and business services industries likely because of fears of exposure to COVID-19 and pr...

United States formally announces troop reduction in Iraq

United States formally announces troop reduction in Iraq

-- 2020-09-09 18:50:26

The United States military on Wednesday announced that it would be reducing its presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month, formalising a move that had been long expected. According to Re...

Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

-- 2020-09-09 18:29:11

US President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East for peace, reports AP. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the...

Trump ready to help China, India to resolve border dispute

Trump ready to help China, India to resolve border dispute

-- 2020-09-05 19:25:31

The United States is ready to help resolve the dispute between India and China over the mountain border running through the western Himalayas, President Donald Trump said on Friday. Trump, asked abou...

Brazil reports 51,194 coronavirus cases in 24 hrs, 907 deaths

Brazil reports 51,194 coronavirus cases in 24 hrs, 907 deaths

Reuters 2020-09-05 17:09:17

Brazil recorded 51,194 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as well as 907 deaths from the disease, the Health Ministry said on Friday. Brazil has registered near...

1.9m more people may die in 2020, forecasts Coronavirus model

1.9m more people may die in 2020, forecasts Coronavirus model

Al Jazeera 2020-09-05 12:26:56

A widely cited model from the University of Washington predicts worsening outbreaks as winter returns to many parts of the world, with daily deaths expected to reach as high as 30,000 deaths during De...

White House asks US agencies to detail all China-related funding

White House asks US agencies to detail all China-related funding

-- 2020-09-04 16:41:01

The White House has asked US government agencies for extensive details of any funding that seeks to counter China’s global influence and business practices, or supports Beijing, amid growing ten...

Brazil's Bolsonaro says Covid-19 vaccinations will not be mandatory

Brazil's Bolsonaro says Covid-19 vaccinations will not be mandatory

Reuters 2020-09-04 13:41:14

Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, reiterated on Thursday that Covid-19 vaccinations will not be obligatory w...

'Covid-19 vaccine could come in late October'

'Covid-19 vaccine could come in late October'

Reuters 2020-09-04 09:41:55

US public health officials and Pfizer said a Covid-19 vaccine could be ready for distribution as soon as late October, just ahead of the November election in which the coronavirus pandemic is likely t...

Hotel Rwanda' hero's family calls for an international trial

Hotel Rwanda' hero's family calls for an international trial

-- 2020-09-02 17:28:55

The family of Paul Rusesabagina - hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide - has demanded that authorities in Kigali charge him in an international court after his sudden detent...

US says will not join global effort to find Covid-19 vaccine

US says will not join global effort to find Covid-19 vaccine

AP 2020-09-02 12:33:11

The Trump administration said on Tuesday (local time) that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a Covid-19 vaccine because it does not want to be constra...

US House panel suspects thousands of small loans to be fraudulent

US House panel suspects thousands of small loans to be fraudulent

Reuters 2020-09-02 10:04:58

Tens of thousands of loans worth billions of dollars may have been subject to fraud, waste and abuse in the $659 billion taxpayer-funded programme aimed at helping small US businesses survive the coro...

Democrats oppose Trump's visit to Wisconsin

Democrats oppose Trump's visit to Wisconsin

Reuters 2020-08-31 09:50:38

Democrats said Donald Trump should not visit the Wisconsin city where protests erupted last week after a Black man was shot in the back by a white police officer, while the Republican president said &...

US Covid-19 cases approach 0.6m as Midwest, schools face outbreaks

US Covid-19 cases approach 0.6m as Midwest, schools face outbreaks

-- 2020-08-30 22:14:16

US  cases of the novel coronavirus were approaching six million on Sunday as many Midwest states reported increasing infections, according to a Reuters tally, reports Reuters. Iowa, North Dakota...

Brazil's Pantanal, world's largest wetland, burns from above and below

Brazil's Pantanal, world's largest wetland, burns from above and below

-- 2020-08-30 17:22:32

The world’s largest wetland is ablaze, but the fire is often invisible. In Brazil’s Pantanal, the vegetation compacted under the marshy flood water during the wet season dries out as pond...

One shot dead in Portland

One shot dead in Portland

-- 2020-08-30 16:38:24

One person was shot dead in Portland late on Saturday as protesters from rival groups clashed in the northwest U.S. city, which has seen frequent demonstrations for months that have at times turned vi...

Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million

Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million

Reuters 2020-08-30 11:29:15

Global coronavirus cases surged past 25 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, as India marked a worldwide record for daily new cases in the Covid-19 pandemic. The data showed steady global...

Trump accepts nomination for reelection

Trump accepts nomination for reelection

-- 2020-08-28 12:16:47

US President Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party's nomination for reelection in a speech from the White House South Lawn on Thursday night. "My fellow Americans, tonight, with a heart full of...

UN chief calls for greater attention to Rohingya crisis

UN chief calls for greater attention to Rohingya crisis

-- 2020-08-26 17:10:22

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater attention to the Rohingya refugee crisis and addressing its root causes. He said conditions for the safe, voluntary, dignified and...

Trump, fellow Republicans paint dire portrait of a US under Biden

Trump, fellow Republicans paint dire portrait of a US under Biden

REUTERS 2020-08-25 11:05:00

President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans opened their national convention on Monday by painting a dire portrait of America if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House in November, arguing he w...

Five dies in California wildfires

Five dies in California wildfires

-- 2020-08-21 14:42:45

At least five people were killed and over 30 civilians and firefighters have reportedly been injured in dozens of wildfires raging throughout Northern California. The death of a resident in Solano Co...

Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon arrested

Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon arrested

-- 2020-08-21 12:42:42

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been arrested and pleaded not guilty after he was charged with defrauding donors in a scheme to help build the president’s signature wall along the US-Mexic...

Vowing to turn page on Trump era, Biden promises 'light' over 'darkness'

Vowing to turn page on Trump era, Biden promises 'light' over 'darkness'

REUTERS 2020-08-21 10:48:50

Joe Biden vowed to heal a country battered by a deadly pandemic and an economic catastrophe by uniting all Americans, while warning that President Donald Trump would go on stoking hatred and fear if e...

Kamala Harris accepts historic vice presidential nod

Kamala Harris accepts historic vice presidential nod

-- 2020-08-20 13:25:04

US Senator Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, imploring the country to elect Joe Biden in November and accusing President Donald Trump of failed leadersh...

Democrats nominate Joe Biden for president, vowing to end Trump 'chaos'

Democrats nominate Joe Biden for president, vowing to end Trump 'chaos'

-- 2020-08-19 11:53:46

Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, vowing his election would repair a pandemic-battered America and put an end to the chaos that has defined Republican President Donald T...

How the coronavirus changed US political conventions, perhaps forever

How the coronavirus changed US political conventions, perhaps forever

REUTERS 2020-08-18 14:53:54

The US political convention, a presidential campaign ritual dating to the 1830s, is being reinvented on the fly after being short-circuited by the coronavirus pandemic - much like the campaign itself....

Trump considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden

Trump considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden

-- 2020-08-16 16:26:02

US President Donald Trump is considering a pardon for Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency contractor - now living in Russia - whose spectacular leaks shook the US intelligence commu...