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Trump honours former track phenom and Kansas congressman Ryun

11:41 pm July 24, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday presented one of the nation’s highest civilian honours to Jim Ryun, a former Republican congressman and the first US high schooler to break the 4-minute barrier in running the mile. Ryun was the 1968 Olympic silver medalist in the 1,500-metre run and is a three-time Olympian. Trump presented him with the Presidential Medal of […]

US orders China to close consulate in Houston to ‘protect American intellectual property’

9:50 pm July 22, 2020

Beijing: The United States said Wednesday that it has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston “to protect American intellectual property” and the private information of Americans. China strongly condemned the move, the latest in a series of steps by the Trump administration as it ratchets up pressure on the world’s second-largest economy over […]

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. […]

Trump's counter to Democratic convention? Swing state trips

Medical group cited by Trump denounces school funding threat

11:47 pm July 10, 2020

Washington: A medical association that the White House has cited in its press to reopen schools is pushing back against President Donald Trump‘s repeated threats to cut federal funding if schools don’t open this fall. In a joint statement with national education unions and a superintendents group, the American Academy of Pediatrics on Friday said […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Pentagon leaders face grilling on use of military in unrest

10:43 am July 9, 2020

Washington: The Pentagon’s top leaders are going before Congress for the first time in months to face a long list of controversies, including their differences with President Donald Trump over the handling of protests near the White House last month during unrest triggered by the killing of George Floyd in police hands. The House hearing Thursday will provide the […]