UNITED STATES

General sorry for ‘miscommunication’ over vaccine shipments

11:27 pm December 19, 2020

Washington: The Army general in charge of getting COVID-19 vaccines across the United States apologised on Saturday for “miscommunication” with states over the number of doses to be delivered in the early stages of distribution. ”I failed. I’m adjusting. I am fixing and we will move forward from there,” Gen. Gustave Perna told reporters in […]

China tests millions after coronavirus flare-ups in 3 cities

3:13 pm November 23, 2020

Beijing: Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week. As temperatures drop, large-scale measures are being enacted in the cities of Tianjin, Shanghai and Manzhouli, despite the low number of new cases compared to […]

UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK

Europe, US ‘climate guardian’ satellite to monitor oceans

11:28 pm November 20, 2020

Berlin: A satellite jointly developed by Europe and the United States being launched this weekend will greatly help scientists keep track of the rise in global sea levels, one of the most daunting effects of climate change, a senior official at the European Space Agency said Friday. The new satellite, called Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, contains […]

Time for a change to America, on our clocks and watches

12:10 am October 31, 2020

Washington: It’s time for a change for most of the United States. The clock is running out once more for daylight saving time. Standard time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. Until almost next spring, in states red and blue and in between, it’ll be lighter earlier in the morning and darker earlier in […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US allows Jerusalem-born citizens to put Israel on passports

11:48 pm October 29, 2020

Jerusalem: The United States will allow Americans born in disputed Jerusalem to list Israel as their place of birth on passports and other documents, according to a new policy announced Thursday. The move came a day after the United States amended science accords signed with Israel to apply to institutions in the occupied West Bank. The changes, […]