Month: May 2020

Saudi Arabia is taking modest steps to improve its human rights record as it tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices that have rankled the United States and the […]

COVID-19 Vaccine Race Heats up Globally

Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19, adding hope that an end to the pandemic may arrive sooner than […]

Michigan’s Governor Whitmer Says She Believes Joe Biden

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in an interview Sunday that she knows Joe Biden and that the sexual assault allegation is not “consistent with” the person she knows, Fox News informed. Whitmer, who is reportedly on […]

Syrian Tycoon Decries ‘Inhumane’ Security Forces in Criticism Towards Assad

Sanctions-hit Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said on Sunday that security forces were arresting employees at his companies “in an inhumane way”, amid pressure on him to step down from his business empire and pay millions […]

Global Coronavirus Cases Surpass 3.5 Million

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday and deaths neared a quarter of a million, according to a Reuters tally, concerning experts who fear substantial underreporting even as the rate of fatalities and new […]

Up to 100,000 Americans Could Die From Coronavirus, Trump Says

President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but said he was confident a vaccine […]

US and China will meet for the first time at a high level since Russia's attack on Ukraine as Biden tries to get Beijing's help with the war.

Trump Administration Pushing to Take Global Supply Chains Away From China

The Trump administration is “turbocharging” an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains from China as it weighs new tariffs to punish Beijing for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, according to officials familiar with […]

Capitol Lacks Tests for Returning Senators While White House Tests Many in Trump’s Circle

Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the tight-lipped doctor who attends to Congress, sent up on Thursday what some have construed as a warning: His office, he told senior Republican officials on a private conference call, cannot […]

Protesters Gather to Demand the Opening of California Beaches

Some 3,000 people held a raucus May Day demonstration at Huntington Beach Friday, protesting the closure of California beaches and the state’s stay-at-home mandate, New York Post reports. The protesters — many wearing no masks […]

White House Blocks Fauci from Testifying Next Week

The White House is blocking Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the administration’s coronavirus task force, from testifying before the Democratic-led House next week, according to a spokesman from a key House committee, CNN […]

U.S. Wants Mexico to Keep Its Defense and Health-Care Factories Open

For years, the United States outfitted its armed forces and hospitals with products made partially in Mexican factories, trusting that the world’s busiest cross-border supply chain could withstand any crisis, The Washington Post writes. Then […]

New York Quietly Conducting Coronavirus Tests at Grocery Stores

Tests for the deadly bug — a key tool for pinpointing infection hotspots as officials look to ease lockdowns — are now being administered at an undisclosed number of supermarkets statewide as officials look to […]

California Governor says Coronavirus Easing ‘Days away’ as Protesters Flock Beach

California is days away from announcing a meaningful loosening of its coronavirus-related restrictions, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Friday, as protesters sneaked on to closed beaches and crowded the lawn outside the state Capitol in […]

District Court Rejects Nurse Association Plea for Coronavirus Protection

A U.S. District Court on Friday dismissed a nurse association’s plea against New York state and two hospitals to provide safety equipment and adopt measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 among its members, asking […]

Media, Dems Accused of Double Standards Regarding Biden, Kavanaugh

Democrats and the news media are being accused of a double standard in how they’ve addressed allegations of sexual assault against former Vice President Joe Biden and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, The Hill reported. Both Biden and […]

Trump Touts New FDA Approved Antiviral Drug, Because It’s ‘The Hot Thing’

President Donald Trump is endorsing an antiviral drug that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized for emergency use in the treatment of the novel coronavirus, describing it as the “hot thing” in the […]

McConnell Plans Busy Week ahead for Senate

The office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is setting up a busy schedule for the Senate next week, focusing on how to combat the coronavirus pandemic and confirming several of President Donald Trump’s stalled nominees, The […]

GOP Accuses Biden of ‘Hiding Documents’ after Denial on Tara Reade Claims

Republicans accused Joe Biden of “hiding documents” on Friday after the former vice president rejected the sexual assault allegation against him by former Senate staffer Tara Reade but would not approve the release of Senate files under […]

Klobuchar Launches Effort to Help Fellow Democrats Running in Senate and House Races

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who is no longer running for president, says she still wants to “win big” in 2020, Fox News informed. Nearly two months after she ended her White House bid and amid speculation she’s […]

Tesla Falls After Musk Says Stock Too High in Bizarre Tweet Storm

Tesla shares plunged after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said the electric-car maker’s stock is too high in a stream of tweets reminiscent of the posts that securities regulators sued over in 2018, Bloomberg reported. […]

Texas, Ohio Reopen Their Economies

Texas and Ohio pushed ahead on Friday with a phased relaxation of restrictions that U.S. states put in place weeks ago to curb the coronavirus pandemic, as Georgia took another step toward a full restart […]

California Closes Beaches Where Crowds Defied Coronavirus Guidelines

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday said he had ordered beaches in Orange County in the southern part of the state to close, after crowds defied public health guidelines to throng the popular shoreline last […]

Virus Aid Weighs on EU Market Competition

Germany accounts for more than half of the emergency coronavirus state aid approved by the EU executive, prompting concerns that countries with the deepest pockets might be getting an unfair advantage in the bloc’s single […]

Saudi Arabia to Carry out Community Testing to Curb COVID-19

The Saudi Ministry of Health has taken another step in its fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by introducing community testing surveys, Arab News reported. “If need be, this will be conducted in an organized […]

Dozens of U.S. States Easing Coronavirus Restrictions

The White House let its 2-week-old economic reopening guidelines expire on Thursday as dozens of U.S. states forged ahead with their own strategies for easing restrictions on restaurants, retail and other businesses shuttered by the […]

Trump Threatens New Tariffs on China

President Donald Trump claims his hard-fought trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the coronavirus pandemic, threatening new tariffs on Beijing, as his administration crafts retaliatory measures over the outbreak, Reuters reports. […]

Virus Worries Loom as Workers Demand Rights on May Day

Millions of workers around the world are marking international labor day trapped between hunger and fear, as more countries and states reopen for business even though the pandemic is far from vanquished, The Associated Press […]