NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

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Health experts clash over use of certain drugs for COVID-19

11:57 am November 20, 2020

Washington: Health officials around the world are clashing over the use of certain drugs for COVID-19, leading to different treatment options for patients depending on where they live. On Friday, a World Health Organisation guidelines panel advised against using the antiviral remdesivir for hospitalised patients, saying there’s no evidence it improves survival or avoids the […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

China will have to play by rules; US to rejoin WHO: Biden

11:43 am November 20, 2020

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he wants to make sure that China plays by the rules and announced that his administration will rejoin the World Health Organisation. Biden was responding to a question on Thursday about his remarks during the presidential debates that he wanted to punish China over the way Beijing has been behaving. He […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Mexico says no more US trials for corrupt officials

11:49 pm November 19, 2020

Mexico City: Mexican officials said Thursday that a US agreement to return a former defence secretary accused of aiding drug traffickers will apply to any official accused of such corruption, and they will no longer be tried in the United States. The bombshell statement would end a decades-old tradition in which most of Mexico’s high-profile […]

China perceives rising India as ‘rival’; wants to constraint its partnership with US, allies: report

12:08 pm November 19, 2020

Washington: China perceives a rising India as a “rival” and wants to constrain its strategic partnership with the US, its allies, and with other democracies, the State Department said in a report, emphasising that Beijing intends to displace America as the world’s foremost power. Coming ahead of the transition of power from Donald Trump’s administration to President-elect […]

US names first ambassador in decade to Venezuela amid tensions

11:54 am November 19, 2020

Caracas: Washington has its first ambassador to Venezuela in a decade despite the US having no diplomats at its Caracas embassy amid a breakdown in relations. James Story’s nomination as ambassador to Venezuela was confirmed on Wednesday by a US Senate voice vote. The South Carolina native takes the job that he will carry out from the […]