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'America can't shield Trump from rape accuser's defamation lawsuit'

-- 2020-10-28 10:32:38

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a US government request to drop Donald Trump as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit by a writer who said the president falsely denied raping her in a Manhattan depa...

Trump's Rust Belt boom wasn't there in fact

Reuters 2020-10-27 18:55:32

The voters of Monroe County, Michigan, may have expected an economic windfall when they flipped from supporting Democrat Barack Obama to help put Donald Trump in the White House in 2016. But it went...

Int'l cooperation only way to tackle pandemic, climate emergency: UN chief

-- 2020-10-27 17:56:35

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that international cooperation is the only way to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. "International cooperation is the...

US Election 2020: Biden leads Trump in battleground states

Reuters 2020-10-27 10:59:28

Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by a solid margin in Wisconsin and maintains a narrower advantage in Pennsylvania with just over a week until Election Day, Re...

Chilean voters reject Pinochet's constitution, showing rebirth

-- 2020-10-26 12:27:54

Chileans poured into the country’s main squares on Sunday night after voters gave a ringing endorsement to a plan to tear up the country’s Pinochet-era constitution in favour of a new char...

10 moments that defined America's 2020 presidential campaign

Reuters 2020-10-26 11:39:49

With Donald Trump running for re-election, the 2020 US presidential election was always expected to be a dramatic and eventful ride. But nobody predicted a global pandemic that would upend every facet...

Treaty banning nuclear weapons to enter into force in 90 days

-- 2020-10-25 16:44:49

The United Nations announced Saturday that 50 countries have ratified a UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons triggering its entry into force in 90 days, a move hailed by anti-nuclear activists but strongl...

Pompeo on a mission to woo South Asians to counter China

Reuters 2020-10-25 11:19:04

US Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo is flying to India next week to strengthen strategic ties with a nation that is locked in a military standoff with China, in Washington’s latest effort to bo...

New Florida resident Trump casts presidential ballot for himself

-- 2020-10-24 22:16:27

US President Donald Trump voted in his new home state of Florida on Saturday, casting his ballot for his re-election at a public library across the street from one of his golf clubs. Trump, wearing a...

Joe Biden pledges free Covid-19 vaccines for all if elected

-- 2020-10-24 12:05:22

US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said that if elected, he will make coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines free for all Americans. "Once we have a safe and effective vaccine, it has to be fr...

Why the Pennsylvania vote count might throw US into political crisis

Reuters 2020-10-23 22:56:54

Here in the birthplace of American democracy, election officials are scrambling to prepare for a presidential vote they fear could plunge the nation into a historic political crisis. Philadelphia&rsq...

US records second-highest single-day rise in COVID-19 infections since pandemic began

Reuters 2020-10-23 20:52:56

The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the United States on Thursday was the second highest on record, coming in just short of a midsummer peak as the spread of the novel coronavirus accelerates...

Russian hackers attack US state, aviation networks

-- 2020-10-23 17:07:09

Hackers allegedly sponsored by Russia have been trying to break into US state and local government computer networks and in two instances were successful, US government agencies said on Thursday in th...

Trump, Biden clash hard over pandemic in final debate

REUTERS 2020-10-23 10:34:04

US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply contrasting views on the still-raging coronavirus pandemic at Thursday’s final presidential debate, seeking to persu...

Obama blasts Trump in campaign trail debut for Biden

REUTERS 2020-10-22 11:56:50

Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday with a blistering attack on Donald Trump with less than two weeks to go before the Republican president’s Election Day f...

US intelligence agencies say Iran, Russia have tried to interfere with 2020 election

Reuters 2020-10-22 10:22:31

US Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential election. Ratcliffe made the announcements at a hast...

The US voters who sat out in 2016 could determine 2020 result

Reuters 2020-10-22 09:47:55

Iowa resident LeAnne Putman-Thomas has watched her country pursue wars, endure recessions and elect its first Black president. Yet the 53-year-old never felt compelled to vote. That changed this mont...

Pompeo to visit India next week for strategic talks

-- 2020-10-21 22:19:05

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper will travel to India next week for a top-level ministerial dialogue. They are also expected to discuss defence and trade issues, rep...

Trump maintains bank account in China, says NY Times

BBC 2020-10-21 20:14:04

US President Donald Trump has a Chinese bank account, which is controlled by Trump International Hotels Management and paid local taxes between 2013 and 2015, the New York Times has reported. It was...

2020 US ELECTION: What you need to know right now

Reuters 2020-10-21 16:56:48

With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, former President Barack Obama makes his debut on the 2020 campaign trail to stump for his former vice president, Democrat Joe Biden. At a campaign r...

Brazil to use China’s Sinovac vaccine against Covid-19

-- 2020-10-21 15:06:57

Brazil plans to use a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine as part of a national immunisation programme, officials have announced. São Paulo Governor João Doria said the federal government...

US to remove Sudan from terrorism blacklist

-- 2020-10-20 18:08:13

US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as soon as Khartoum sets aside the $335 million it has agreed to pay to A...

Argentina virus cases surpass 1 million mark

Reuters 2020-10-20 15:19:15

Argentina has become the fifth country in the world to exceed one million coronavirus cases, its health ministry said on Monday, making it the smallest nation by far to reach the grim milestone after...

Trump-Biden final debate to feature ‘mute button’ to limit interruptions

-- 2020-10-20 11:59:20

The final debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will feature a mute button to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted, organisers said on Monday, looking to avoid th...

Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes off Alaska, triggering tsunami advisory

Reuters 2020-10-20 11:32:35

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck south of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning for the area, the US Geological Survey said. The US Tsunami Warning Cent...

Young US poll workers brace for Election Day as virus panic keep elders home

-- 2020-10-18 17:20:49

After scrambling to replace an aging force of poll workers most at risk from the coronavirus, US election officials face the challenge of running the November 03 voting with untested volunteers tasked...

Trump raises $248m in September, well short of Biden's $383m

AP 2020-10-17 12:23:08

US President Donald Trump was outraised by Democrat Joe Biden in September and is being outgunned financially by his rival with just weeks to go until Election Day. Trump’s campaign, along with...

Global Covid cases surge past 39 million

-- 2020-10-17 10:26:59

The confirmed global coronavirus cases surpassed 39 million as of Saturday, according to the latest tally of Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total caseload reached 39,247,785 while the fatalities...

Trump, Biden squabble over virus response

Reuters 2020-10-16 15:18:28

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday criticised what he called President Donald Trump’s “panicked” response to the coronavirus pandemic, while Trump defended hi...

Melania Trump reveals son Barron also had Covid-19

Reuters 2020-10-15 10:57:43

US President Donald Trump’s 14-year-old son, Barron, tested positive for Covid-19 but exhibited no symptoms after both of his parents contracted the virus, first lady Melania Trump said on Wedne...