As the United States’ coronavirus death toll edged closer to 200,000, US president Donald Trump claimed falsely at a rally in Ohio that the country’s fatality rate was “among the
Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, made an urgent plea on Sunday to the conscience of Senate Republicans, asking them to defy Donald Trump and refuse to ram through his
A US judge has blocked the Trump administration from requiring Apple and Google to remove Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat for downloads by late on Sunday. US magistrate judge Laurel Beeler
The Associated Press has news of a crucial Senate race in Arizona: If he wins a Senate seat in Arizona, the former astronaut Mark Kelly could take office as early
Donald Trump has questioned plans by the Chinese tech firm ByteDance to keep a majority stake in TikTok’s US operations as part of a “trusted technology deal” with Oracle. “Conceptually
The United States has described the World Trade Organization as “completely inadequate” after it criticised the Trump administration’s tariffs on China. The WTO said on Tuesday that the US breached
The revelation that Donald Trump deliberately downplayed the coronavirus pandemic forced key aides on to desperate defence on Sunday, barely 50 days from the presidential election. Ronna McDaniel, chair of
Public trust in vaccine safety is slowly growing in Europe even as it dips in parts of Asia and Africa, AFP reports, with researchers calling for more investment in health
Challenged last month on the government’s failure to contain the coronavirus in the United States, Mike Pence, the vice-president, said: “We think there is a miracle around the corner.” Pence
The World Health Organization has urged governments to engage with people demonstrating against Covid-19 restrictions and listen to their concerns, but stressed protesters needed to understand the virus was dangerous.
