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Kamala Harris says she would not trust Trump on COVID19 vaccine

11:00 pm September 6, 2020

Washington: Democratic party’s vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Sunday said that she would not trust President Donald Trump on a COVID-19 vaccine unless there is a credible source of information that talks about its efficacy and reliability. Indian-American Harris, 55, is a Senator from California. She is the first ever black, African American and a person of Indian descent to be nominated as […]

Donald Trump ‘wrong’ president for US, says former first lady Michelle Obama

6:44 pm August 18, 2020

New York: Michelle Obama has ripped through Donald Trump at the opening of the Democratic National Convention, saying he is the “wrong president for our country” and urged Americans to vote for his challenger Joe Biden “like our lives depend on it.” In an emotional recorded message to the convention, the former US first lady said last four years had been […]

Twitter slaps label on another Trump tweet

7:44 pm June 24, 2020

New York: Twitter has for the fifth time placed a label over one of Donald Trump‘s tweets for violating its policies after he threatened “serious force” against protesters, escalating the microblogging platform’s spat with the US President. The tweet says: “There will never be an ‘Autonomous Zone’ in Washington, DC, as long as I’m your President. If […]

Trump says he’ll sign executive order to punish vandalization of monuments

11:52 pm June 23, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will soon sign an executive order to punish all those responsible for vandalization of historic monuments and statues. “I will have an executive order very shortly. And all it’s really going to do is reinforce what’s already there, but in a more uniform way,” Trump told reporters […]

'Da 5 Bloods' coming out at the right time: Spike Lee

Spike Lee to serve as Cannes Film Festival jury president

10:00 pm January 14, 2020

Cannes: Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee was on Tuesday announced as the jury head of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first African-American to lead the distinguished panel at the annual film extravaganza. Lee succeeds two-time Oscar winner Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who had also created history after becoming the first Mexican to serve as jury […]