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Coronavirus: China reports 4 deaths, 31 new cases

Death toll in China’s coronavirus goes up to 9; total cases rise to 440

3:11 pm January 22, 2020

Beijing: The death toll in China’s novel coronavirus virus has gone up to nine with the confirmed infection cases sharply rising to 440, the health authorities said on Wednesday, warning that the disease could spread further in the ongoing Chinese holiday season during which millions travel at home and abroad. The coronavirus is a large […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Challenges for public following impeachment, Weinstein cases

9:29 pm January 21, 2020

New York: Americans who want to follow President Donald Trump’s impeachment saga and Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial through the media will sit in obstructed seats. Both events begin in earnest this week — with Senate arguments over Trump’s impeachment beginning Tuesday and opening statements in the Weinstein case Wednesday. Both have been the […]

Stock indexes edge lower, pulling S&P 500 below record high

US stocks slip following Asian sell-off on virus fears

9:19 pm January 21, 2020

Washington: US stocks slipped Tuesday in the first trading day of a holiday-shortened week, following up on losses around the world as worries deepened about a virus outbreak in China. Asian stocks dropped sharply, while European markets and crude oil also stumbled on concerns that the new coronavirus spreading in the world’s second-largest economy could […]

Crimes? Impeachment prosecutors, defense lay out arguments

What to watch as impeachment trial takes off

9:10 pm January 21, 2020

Washington: Senators like to float above messy politics in what’s known by some as the dignified “upper chamber,” home of Congress’ cooler heads and lofty rhetoric. But as a court of President Donald Trump’s impeachment, the Senate beginning Tuesday might seem more like the economy cabin of an oversold flight on an especially tense, mandatory […]

Trump lauds US economy in Davos, says little on climate woes

9:05 pm January 21, 2020

Davos, Switzerland: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s led a “spectacular” turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had less to say about climate change issues that are a focus of this year’s gathering of top business and political leaders in the Swiss Alps. Trump kept to […]