CHICAGO: The scientific head of the US government programme designed to speed development of Covid-19 vaccines said yesterday he supports stricter rules to grant emergency use of new inoculations against the novel coronavirus. Speaking at a virtual Town Hall with Black physicians and community leaders, Operation Warp Speed scientific lead […]
Day: September 24, 2020
BANGKOK: Wearing white ribbons, publicly hacking off their hair and making Hunger Games salutes — Thailand’s high school students are doing their best to shake up the country’s rigid education system. As university students stage weeks of high-profile campus protests for democracy, their younger brethren are advancing their own rebellion […]
WASHINGTON: Three US states reported record one-day increases in new Covid-19 cases yesterday, according to state data. Montana reported 330 new coronavirus cases and South Dakota recorded 463 new cases, according to the state websites. Utah’s governor said the state set a one-day record with 1,198 new cases yesterday. Covid-19 […]
NEW YORK: Mary Trump, the niece of Donald Trump and author of a recent memoir that painted an unflattering portrait of him, sued the US president on Thursday, accusing him and other family members of defrauding her out of an inheritance worth tens of millions of dollars. The complaint accused […]
Tourism has been one of the sectors worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. With closed borders and restrictions, many tourist attractions have seen a steep downturn in business. To keep afloat, many are turning to technology. Money Mind reports. SINGAPORE: Since late March, Singapore’s borders have been shut to most […]
Climate change is driving the scale and impact of recent wildfires that have raged in California, say scientists. Their analysis finds an “unequivocal and pervasive” role for global heating in boosting the conditions for fire. California now has greater exposure to fire risks than before humans started altering the climate, […]
LONDON: Facebook said on Thursday (Sep 24) it has dismantled three networks of fake accounts which could be used by Russia’s intelligence services to leak hacked documents as part of efforts to disrupt the upcoming US election. The company said the accounts, which it suspended for using fake identities and […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, September 22, 2020. WASHINGTON: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell joined other Republican lawmakers in rallying to the defense of constitutional government today, after President Donald Trump refused to […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday launched a fresh mocking attack on John McCain, the Republican senator who died in 2018, after McCain’s widow threw her support behind Joe Biden in the election. In a particularly aggressive tweet the Republican leader once again criticised John McCain who was one of […]
China will aim to hit peak emissions before 2030 and for carbon neutrality by 2060, President Xi Jinping has announced. Mr Xi outlined the steps when speaking via videolink to the UN General Assembly in New York. The announcement is being seen as a significant step in the fight against […]