Early US voting surpasses 2016, nine days before election
WASHINGTON: Early voting in the 2020 US election has surpassed all the pre-election ballots from four years earlier, an independent vote monitor said Sunday, with nine days still to go…
Trump’s remarks, a snub to Modi regime: Shehryar Afridi
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, Shehryar Khan Afridi Friday said that Narendra Modi's expansionist agenda had been exposed to the world and it could no more keep…
US gives full approval to antiviral remdesivir to treat Covid-19
WASHINGTON: The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to the antiviral drug remdesivir as a treatment for patients hospitalized with Covid-19, after conditional authorization was given…
‘Look at India, it’s filthy’, Trump says at final presidential debate
UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump portrayed India as 'filthy' in the course of a combative but restrained debate Thursday night that gave voters their final chance to size up…
Biden: Anyone responsible for so many Covid deaths ‘should not’ be president
NASHVILLE: Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden said Thursday during his final debate with President Donald Trump that presiding over the nation as 220,000 Americans died from the coronavirus should…
Xi invokes Chinese military might with US in mind
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping issued a sharp warning Friday to potential "invaders" of Beijing's military resolve, speaking on the 70th anniversary of his nation's entry into the Korean War, the…
No knockouts at Biden, Trump debate 12 days before vote
NASHVILLE: President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden traded accusations of graft and clashed on the Covid-19 pandemic Thursday but without landing a knockout blow 12 days before the election…
Trump and Biden to do battle in final debate
NASHVILLE: President Donald Trump squares off against Democratic challenger Joe Biden on Thursday in what promises to be a bruising final debate with less than two weeks left in their…
Biden sets fundraising record with $383 mn in September
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden smashed his own monthly fundraising record by taking in $383 million in September for his presidential campaign, thanks mainly to a flood of donations after his first…
Remdesivir has ‘little or no effect’ on Covid-19 mortality: WHO
GENEVA: The antiviral drug remdesivir, considered one of the most promising Covid-19 treatments, turns out to do little to prevent deaths from the disease, according to a WHO-backed study. Remdesivir,…
Ex-Trump Pentagon boss Mattis mute on 2020 endorsement
SYDNEY: Former US defence secretary Jim Mattis refused to endorse his former boss Donald Trump on Thursday, urging voters to look for leaders who show "competence and compassion". "I will…
Trump blasts Facebook, Twitter for censoring article critical of Biden
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump rebuked Facebook and Twitter Wednesday for blocking links to a New York Post article purporting to expose corrupt dealings by election rival Joe Biden and…
Trump’s teen son caught coronavirus, first lady reveals
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump's teenage son Barron contracted the coronavirus, First Lady Melania Trump revealed Wednesday in a shocking piece of news underlining how much the Republican president is struggling to…
Israel approves first West Bank settler homes since Gulf deals
JERUSALEM: Israel approved 2,166 new homes in settlements across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, official figures sent to AFP showed, ending an eight-month lull in settlement expansion. The approvals…
Governments use pandemic to crack down on online dissent: watchdog
WASHINGTON: Governments around the world are using the pandemic as a justification to expand surveillance and crack down on dissent online, resulting in a 10th consecutive annual decline in internet…
US agency wants 2 months safety data before approving Covid-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON: The US Food and Drug Administration made public its guidance for issuing emergency approval for a Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, making it clear it wants to see follow-up two…
Biden says opposed to debate if Trump still has Covid-19
HAGERSTOWN: Democrat Joe Biden said Tuesday he would be opposed to debating Donald Trump next week as scheduled if the US president is still sick with Covid-19, saying he would…
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Trump ‘looking forward’ to next presidential debate
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants the next debate against his Democratic challenger Joe Biden to go ahead despite his bout of coronavirus. "I am looking forward to…
White House press secretary tests positive for Covid-19
WASHINGTON: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced on Monday she has tested positive for Covid-19, three days after President Donald Trump was hospitalized with the disease. "After testing negative…
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Trump criticized for leaving hospital to greet supporters
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash from the medical community Sunday with a protocol-breaking visit to his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for…
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Trump far from first US president to fall seriously ill
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump's shock announcement that he has coronavirus and his subsequent hospitalization has sent the US reeling. However, the 45th president is hardly the first to suffer from a…
Trump ‘much better’ but WH doctor says ‘not yet out of the woods’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump posted a video Saturday from the hospital where he is battling Covid-19, saying he was improving and would be "back soon" -- but acknowledged that…
Biden, once mocked by Trump, now the only man on campaign trail
GRAND RAPIDS: For months, Donald Trump mocked Joe Biden for his cautious approach to the coronavirus. But with the president in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19, his challenger has…
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Trump hospitalized for Covid treatment, campaign grounded
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was hospitalized Friday and given an experimental Covid-19 treatment, but said he was "well," following bombshell news that the Republican had contracted the virus, knocking him…