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Thunberg has hope for climate, despite leaders’ inaction

3:14 pm June 20, 2020

Berlin: Preparing for her appearance before the UN General Assembly last fall, Greta Thunberg found herself constantly interrupted by world leaders, including UN chief Antonio Guterres and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had formed a queue to speak to her and take selfies. “Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, waits in line but doesn’t quite make it before it’s time for […]

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

Trump says India, China will have more COVID-19 cases with more tests

3:06 pm June 6, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that countries like India and China would have much more coronavirus cases than America, the worst-hit country in the world, if they conduct more tests. Trump, in his remarks at Puritan Medical Products in Maine, said that the US has carried out 20 million tests. Compared to the […]

US jobless claims rise to 778,000 as pandemic worsens

Nearly 39 million have lost jobs in US since coronavirus took hold

12:02 pm May 22, 2020

Washington: The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the two months since the coronavirus took hold in the U.S. has swelled to nearly 39 million, the government reported Thursday, even as states from coast to coast gradually reopen their economies and let people go back to work. More than 2.4 million people filed […]

Trump directs halt to payments to WHO during coronavirus pandemic

8:01 am April 15, 2020

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was cutting off U.S. payments to the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the organization of failing to do enough to stop the virus from spreading when it first surfaced in China. Trump, who had telegraphed his intentions last week, claimed the outbreak could have […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

Trump announces to put a hold on WHO funding

3:20 pm April 8, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would put a hold on America’s funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of becoming China-centric during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the WHO. We’re going to put a very powerful hold on it and we’re […]