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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump opposes perpetual lockdown; says cure cannot be worse than problem itself

10:46 am October 13, 2020

Washington: Vehemently opposing those advocating perpetual lockdowns to address the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump has said that cure cannot be worse than the problem itself. Speaking on Monday at his first rally since contracting coronavirus, Trump said that lockdowns have done a tremendous damage to the states. We gotta remember I said it […]

Pandemic overwhelms Trump’s message in critical N. Carolina

2:40 pm September 28, 2020

Winston-Salem: President Donald Trump is fighting to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, howling with unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and warning that violent mobs are infiltrating the suburbs. But on a recent morning along Arbor Street, a peaceful tree-lined road with stately brick Colonials and Tudors near Winston-Salem, the women who are the targets of Trump’s messages […]

‘Unfathomable’: US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000

11:03 pm September 22, 2020

Washington: The US death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 on Tuesday, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world’s richest nation with its sparkling laboratories, top-flight scientists and stockpiles of medicines and emergency supplies. “It is completely unfathomable that we’ve reached this point,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins University public health […]

Democrats face quandary on vaccine support as election nears

11:54 pm September 19, 2020

New York: President Donald Trump is escalating his promise for a coronavirus vaccine before Election Day. But across America, Democrats, independents and even some Republicans do not trust his administration to produce a safe and effective vaccine on such an aggressive timeline. Such hesitancy threatens to exacerbate the public health risk for millions of Americans whenever a vaccine is […]

US special envoy for Afghanistan Khalilzad holds talks with Jaishankar, Doval

11:48 pm September 15, 2020

New Delhi: The Afghan sides should ensure that Afghanistan‘s territory must not be used by any terror group against any country, the US said on Tuesday soon after its special envoy for the Afghan peace process Zalmay Khalilzad held extensive talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval here. Indian government sources said Khalilzad appreciated India’s participation in the opening […]