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Donald Trump's younger brother dies at 71

Donald Trump's younger brother dies at 71

-- 2020-08-16 10:19:05

US President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, died on Saturday night at the age of 71, according to the White House. "It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, pe...

US seizes four Iranian fuel shipments headed to Venezuela

US seizes four Iranian fuel shipments headed to Venezuela

-- 2020-08-15 21:46:07

The United States said on Friday it had confiscated four Iranian fuel shipments that were bound for Venezuela, disrupting a key supply line for both Tehran and Caracas as they defied US sanctions. US...

Latin America’s coronavirus cases exceed 6 million

Latin America’s coronavirus cases exceed 6 million

-- 2020-08-15 11:04:40

Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceeded 6 million on Friday and continued to accelerate, according to a Reuters tally, as most of its natio...

Brazil's Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a 'lie'

Brazil's Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a 'lie'

Reuters 2020-08-13 11:45:26

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie,” despite data produced by his own government showing that tho...

Why Kamala Harris may prove a target for Trump

Why Kamala Harris may prove a target for Trump

-- 2020-08-12 22:49:56

Joe Biden’s selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate provides a brand-new target for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that has struggled to find an effective lin...

Democrat Biden chooses Kamala Harris as his running mate

Democrat Biden chooses Kamala Harris as his running mate

Reuters 2020-08-12 13:23:16

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday picked Senator Kamala Harris as his choice for vice president, making her the first Black woman on a major-party US presidential ticket and givin...

'China targeting US election infrastructure with cyberattacks'

'China targeting US election infrastructure with cyberattacks'

Reuters 2020-08-10 12:54:07

Chinese government-linked hackers have been targeting US election infrastructure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday, ind...

Mexico’s coronavirus death tally exceeds 52,000, cases above 475,900

Mexico’s coronavirus death tally exceeds 52,000, cases above 475,900

-- 2020-08-09 12:43:20

Mexico’s health ministry on Saturday reported 6,495 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 695 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 475,902 cases and 52,006 deaths. Off...

Latin America now has world's highest coronavirus death toll

Latin America now has world's highest coronavirus death toll

Reuters 2020-08-05 11:57:45

Latin America surpassed Europe on Tuesday to become the region with the highest coronavirus death toll worldwide, according to a Reuters tally. The region has now recorded more than 206,000 deaths, a...

Tropical Storm Isaias lashes US East Coast, killing at least four

Tropical Storm Isaias lashes US East Coast, killing at least four

-- 2020-08-05 10:07:19

Deadly Tropical Storm Isaias knocked out power to millions on the US east coast after making landfall in North Carolina as a hurricane. Two people died when a tornado struck a mobile home park. At le...

Latin America exceeds 5 million Covid-19 cases, tally shows

Latin America exceeds 5 million Covid-19 cases, tally shows

Reuters 2020-08-04 10:31:04

Latin America broke through 5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday, a Reuters tally showed, underscoring that the region is the area of the world hardest hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic...

Latin America sees Covid records tumble as cases near 5 million

Latin America sees Covid records tumble as cases near 5 million

Reuters 2020-08-03 10:03:47

Argentina broke past 200,000 Covid-19 cases on Sunday and Colombia set a daily record as grim milestones topple in Latin America, pushing the world’s worst affected region towards a combined 5 m...

US election will be Nov. 3 as planned: Trump advisers

US election will be Nov. 3 as planned: Trump advisers

Reuters 2020-08-03 09:56:21

The White House and Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican president’s musings on delaying the 2020 vote, saying there will be an election on Nov. 3. White H...

Honduras extends coronavirus curfew for another week

Honduras extends coronavirus curfew for another week

Reuters 2020-08-03 09:10:21

Honduras will extend its coronavirus curfew for another week through to August 9 in an effort to curb the coronavirus pandemic, the security ministry said on Sunday. Honduras first imposed a curfew,...

Seven Marines, one sailor presumed dead

Seven Marines, one sailor presumed dead

-- 2020-08-02 21:34:39

Seven US Marines and a Navy sailor missing since a training accident off the Southern California coast were presumed dead on Sunday after the military concluded an extensive 40-hour search, reports Re...

US records over 25,000 coronavirus deaths in July

US records over 25,000 coronavirus deaths in July

Reuters 2020-08-02 18:27:20

US coronavirus deaths rose by over 25,000 in July and cases doubled in 19 states during the month, according to a Reuters tally, dealing a crushing blow to hopes of quickly reopening the economy. The...

Latin America coronavirus death toll surges past 200,000

Latin America coronavirus death toll surges past 200,000

REUTERS 2020-08-02 11:30:58

The death toll in Latin America from the novel coronavirus passed 200,000 on Saturday night, a Reuters tally showed, underlining the region’s status as one of the global epicentres of the pandem...

Florida teen accused of masterminding Twitter hack

Florida teen accused of masterminding Twitter hack

-- 2020-08-01 19:36:49

A 17-year-old Florida boy masterminded the hacking of celebrity accounts on Twitter Inc, including those of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, officials s...

US imposes sanctions on Chinese company over abuse of Uighurs

US imposes sanctions on Chinese company over abuse of Uighurs

-- 2020-08-01 17:05:15

The United States intensified its economic pressure on China’s Xinjiang province on Friday, imposing sanctions on a powerful Chinese company and two officials for what it said were human rights...

Mexico’s coronavirus death toll becomes world’s third highest

Mexico’s coronavirus death toll becomes world’s third highest

-- 2020-08-01 12:18:06

Mexico has become the country with the third highest death toll with coronavirus, with only the US and Brazil recording greater numbers. It has now suffered at least 46,688 deaths during the pandemic...

US records over 25,000 Covid-19 deaths in July

US records over 25,000 Covid-19 deaths in July

-- 2020-08-01 11:13:04

US coronavirus deaths rose by over 25,000 in July and cases doubled in 19 states during the month, according to a Reuters tally, dealing a crushing blow to hopes of quickly reopening the economy. The...

Trump says will ban TikTok amid pressure on Chinese owner to sell

Trump says will ban TikTok amid pressure on Chinese owner to sell

Reuters 2020-08-01 09:22:53

President Donald Trump said on Friday he would sign an executive order as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok in the United States, ratcheting up the pressure on the popular short-video app’s Chinese...

Trump raises possibility of delaying the election

Trump raises possibility of delaying the election

-- 2020-07-30 20:57:37

US President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the possibility of delaying the nation's Nov 3 presidential election despite its date being enshrined in the US Constitution, drawing immediate objections...

US coronavirus deaths top 150,000

US coronavirus deaths top 150,000

-- 2020-07-30 11:00:47

California, Florida and Texas, the three largest US states, all set one-day records for fatalities from COVID-19 on Wednesday, a Reuters tally showed, and the Miami-area school district said students...

Republicans, Democrats face difficult talks on Covid-19 relief as deadline looms

Republicans, Democrats face difficult talks on Covid-19 relief as deadline looms

-- 2020-07-28 17:08:28

US Republicans and Democrats faced difficult talks on Tuesday on how best to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, after Republicans unveiled a relief proposal four days before millions of Americans...

Florida records 9,300 new virus cases, blows past New York

Florida records 9,300 new virus cases, blows past New York

Reuters 2020-07-27 13:10:29

Florida on Sunday became the second state after California to overtake New York, the worst-hit state at the start of the US novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a Reuters tally. Total Covid-19 ca...

Seattle Black Lives Matter clashes: 45 arrests, 21 police injured

Seattle Black Lives Matter clashes: 45 arrests, 21 police injured

-- 2020-07-26 18:31:53

Dozens were arrested and many police injured in clashes around Seattle’s biggest Black Lives Matter protest in weeks on Saturday, police said, with a renewed energy sparked by violent clashes be...

US records 1,000 Covid-19 deaths for fourth straight day

US records 1,000 Covid-19 deaths for fourth straight day

-- 2020-07-26 13:25:38

The United States recorded more than 1,000 deaths from coronavirus (Covid-19) for the fourth straight day on Friday but a top White House advisor on the pandemic said she saw signs that the worst coul...

New foreign students can't enter US if courses online

New foreign students can't enter US if courses online

AP 2020-07-25 17:09:09

The US federal immigration officials on Friday announced that new foreign students will be barred from entering the United States if they plan to take their classes entirely online this fall. US Immi...

WHO chief denounces Pompeo comments as ‘untrue’, ‘unacceptable’

WHO chief denounces Pompeo comments as ‘untrue’, ‘unacceptable’

-- 2020-07-24 17:16:20

The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday that reported comments by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning his independence were untrue and would not distract the organisation...