Year: 2020

South Korean authorities were combing through mobile phone data, credit card statements and CCTV footage on Tuesday to identify people who visited nightclubs at the centre of one of the capital’s biggest novel coronavirus clusters, […]

Cuomo Says Some Areas Outside New York City Ready to Reopen This Week

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that several regions of the state outside New York City could start reopening their economies this weekend after meeting criteria related to hospitalizations and testing for the […]

Gatherings Blamed for Spike in COVID-19 Cases in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Health Ministry’s spokesman has attributed the increase of COVID-19 cases among children and women to social gatherings. A total of 22 percent of Monday’s recorded cases were women and 7 percent were children, Arab […]

Supreme Court to Hear Trump Bid to Keep His Finances Secret

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday hears arguments in a major showdown over presidential powers arising from President Donald Trump’s attempts to prevent Democratic-led congressional committees and a New York City prosecutor from getting his […]

Coronavirus Pandemic Complicates California Election

Democrats will try to hold on to a hotly contested congressional seat in California on Tuesday in a special election that could provide clues about which party Americans believe can better handle the coronavirus epidemic […]

Top U.S. Health Authorities to Testify in Senate on Coronavirus

Top U.S. health authorities will testify on Tuesday to a Senate committee looking into plans for reopening the nation’s businesses, schools and other sectors of the economy closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, as experts […]

Mnuchin: U.S. Has No Need to Buy Back Debt, Will Take Advantage of Low Interest Rates

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday he sees no need for the country to buy back debt and that he plans to borrow money long-term to lock in low interest rates, as the coronavirus […]

U.S. Auto Industry Workers Return to Jobs Amid Second Wave Concerns

Factory workers began returning to assembly lines in Michigan on Monday, paving the way to reopen the U.S. auto sector but stoking fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections as strict lockdowns are eased […]

Pelosi Reportedly Drafting $750B Legislation to Aid State, Local Governments

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly drafting a bill that would help states and local governments that have seen their economy contract amid the coronavirus pandemic, but any new legislation is set to face resistance from Republicans who’ve said […]

Former President Obama Was in on Plot to ‘Frame’ Flynn, Attorney Says

Former National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn’s head attorney accused top officials of plotting to frame her client, insisting that former President Barack Obama himself was in on it, Fox News informed. Flynn had first pleaded guilty […]

South Korea Scrambles to Contain Seoul Nightclub Coronavirus Outbreak

South Korean officials scrambled on Monday to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, searching for thousands of people who may have been infected in a cluster of cases linked to nightclubs and bars in the densely […]

White House Considers More Coronavirus Aid

The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation, officials said on Sunday, while predicting further U.S. jobs losses in […]

No Plans to Separate Trump, Pence Despite White House Coronavirus Cases

The Trump administration has no plans to keep President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence apart, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday, as concerns rise about the spread of the coronavirus […]

Iranian Warship Hit by Missile in Training Accident, 19 Dead

One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iran’s navy said on Monday, Reuters reported. The incident took place during training in the Gulf […]

Saudi Arabia Triples VAT to Support Coronavirus-Hit Economy

Saudi Arabia is tripling its value added tax (VAT) as part of austerity measures to support its coronavirus-hit economy, BBC reported. The government in Riyadh also said it will suspend its cost of living allowance […]

Georgia AG Wants Federal Probe in Handling of Arbery Case

Georgia’s attorney general on Sunday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities say died at the hands of two white men […]

Trump Turns to 2020 and Stokes Fears About Voter Fraud

As President Donald Trump has tried to move past the pandemic, it edged even closer into his inner circle of advisers Saturday with news that top members of the coronavirus task force will self-quarantine, in […]

British PM Johnson to Set out Five-Tier Coronavirus Warning System

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out a five-tier warning system for the coronavirus in England on Sunday when he outlines the government’s plans to begin slowly easing lockdown measures, British media reported. Johnson […]

Key U.S. Coronavirus Officials in Self-Quarantine After COVID-19 Exposure

Three senior officials guiding the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic were in self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for the disease, their agencies and spokesmen said, Reuters […]

Tesla Sues California County in Virus Factory Closure Fight

Tesla sued local authorities in California on Saturday as the electric carmaker pushed to re-open its factory there and Chief Executive Elon Musk threatened to move Tesla’s headquarters and future programs from the state to […]

Saudi Arabia Raises Oil Prices As Demand Recovers

Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco raised the price for all its crude oil grades to all regions for June in a move that analysts see as the start of demand recovery—and this move sent oil […]

Pelosi Snaps at Reporter who Mentions Trump

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took a swipe at President Donald Trump in a new interview as she and fellow Democrats are plowing forward with another massive coronavirus relief package — that would need his signature, Fox News informed. The House is set to […]

U.S., Saudi Arabia Reaffirm Defense Ties

President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman spoke by phone on Friday and “reaffirmed the strong United States-Saudi defense partnership,” the White House said, amid tensions over Saudi’s oil output, Reuters reported. The two […]

Actions made to combat the delta version should still be successful in combating the newly discovered omicron variation, according to World Health Organization officials.

U.S. Lawmakers Urge Support for Taiwan at WHO

The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization, citing the need for the broadest effort possible to […]

U.S. Watchdog Agency Says Coronavirus Whistleblower Should Be Reinstated

A U.S. government watchdog agency has recommended the temporary reinstatement of a whistleblower who says he was removed as director of a government research office because he raised concerns about coronavirus preparedness, his lawyers said […]

Coronavirus Inflicts Huge U.S. Job Losses

The U.S. government reported more catastrophic economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis on Friday as the pandemic pierced the very walls of the White House and California gave the green light for its factories to […]

Iran-Linked Hackers Target Coronavirus Drugmaker Gilead

Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences in recent weeks, according to publicly-available web archives reviewed by Reuters and three cybersecurity researchers, as the company races to deploy a treatment […]

Head of Russian Human Spaceflight Program Dies from COVID-19 30 Days after Sending NASA Astronauts to ISS

The chief designer and engineer of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation Yevgeny Mikrin has passed away at 65 after testing positive for the new coronavirus. The passing of Mikrin was first reported by Russia’s […]

Experts Worry About CDC Being Sidelined in Coronavirus Response

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has repeatedly found its suggestions for fighting the coronavirus outbreak taking a backseat to other concerns within the Trump administration. That leaves public health experts outside government fearing […]

China Claims Taiwan Will Fail in Bid to Attend Key WHO Meeting

Taiwan will fail in its bid to take part in a key meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) as its efforts are not based on concern for the health of Taiwan’s people but are […]