Day: September 1, 2020

US concerned by China's ongoing attempts to 'intimidate' neighbours: White House

White House public tours to resume September 12 with COVID rules

9:03 pm September 1, 2020

Washington: Public tours of the White House, halted nearly six months ago due to the coronavirus outbreak, are set to resume later this month with new health and safety policies in place. Tours will resume Sept. 12, for two days a week instead of five, and for just a few hours a day, the first lady’s […]

Scores detained as students march against Belarus president

8:58 pm September 1, 2020

Kiev: Authorities in Belarus detained scores of protesters Tuesday as university students took to the streets of the capital of Minsk on the first day of classes to demand that authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko resign after an election the opposition has denounced as rigged. Hundreds of students gathered outside universities across Minsk and marched through the city center to the Education Ministry, continuing […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

EU warns Hungary over selective use of virus border measures

8:53 pm September 1, 2020

Brussels: The European Union warned Hungary that it cannot close its borders to all foreigners and allow only its own citizens back in as the Hungarian government introduced those new measures Tuesday in response to what it said was a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe. Hungarians returning from abroad will now need to quarantine for two weeks […]

Massachusetts voters to decide Markey, Kennedy primary fight

8:49 pm September 1, 2020

Boston: Massachusetts voters are set to decide one of the higher profile battles on this year’s primary ballot — the contest pitting incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey against U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III. The 39-year-old grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, promising a new generation of leadership, is hoping to become the next Kennedy to take a seat in […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

Appeals court to hear arguments in Trump tax return fight

8:40 pm September 1, 2020

New York: A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments Tuesday in President Donald Trump‘s latest attempt to prevent a New York prosecutor from getting his tax returns. Trump’s lawyers appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month after a district court judge rejected their renewed efforts to invalidate a subpoena […]