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Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump, Biden try to outdo each other on tough talk on China

8:19 pm July 12, 2020

Washington: China has fast become a top election issue as President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden engage in a verbal brawl over who’s better at playing the tough guy against Beijing. The Trump campaign put out ads showing Biden toasting China’s Xi Jinping, even though Trump did just that with Xi in Asia and hosted the Chinese leader at his Florida club. […]

Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19

11:35 pm July 7, 2020

Rio De Janeiro: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying the coronavirus’s severity while deaths mounted rapidly inside the country. The 65-year-old populist who has been known to mingle in crowds without covering his face confirmed the results while wearing a mask and speaking to reporters huddled […]

US and South Korea agree on new cost-sharing deal for troops

Wall Street climbs, claws back a chunk of last week’s losses

11:24 pm June 29, 2020

New York: Stocks are climbing on Wall Street in midday Monday trading, clawing back more than a third of their losses from last week. The S&P 500 was up 1 per cent, driving decisively higher after a much healthier-than-expected report on the housing market shook the market from its wobbly start. European stocks had similar fluctuations before […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US health secretary warns `window is closing’

11:43 pm June 28, 2020

Washington DC: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is stressing that “the window is closing” for the US to take action to effectively curb the coronavirus. Azar pointed to a recent spike in infections, particularly in the South. He says people have “to act responsibly” by social distancing and wearing face masks especially “in these hot […]

Trump tweets video with ‘white power’ chant, then deletes it

11:36 pm June 28, 2020

Washington DC: President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard “the one statement” on the video. The video appeared to have been taken at The Villages, […]