AUGUST 23, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Houston, Texas. - Reuters/CALLAGHAN O'HARE
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday said the number of deaths due to the new coronavirus had risen by 1,006 to 175,651 and reported 5,643,812 cases, an increase of 45,265 cases from its previous count.
The CDC reported its tally...
AUGUST 23, 2020
2020 MotoGP: Miguel Oliveira
A dramatic Styria GP saw Portugal get its first premier class race winner as Miguel Oliveira flipped the cards in his favour at the very last corner in the final lap. With this, Oliveira grabbed himself and his team (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) their first MotoGP race win, in his 150th Grand Prix....
AUGUST 23, 2020
“I haven’t slept for the last two days as I have been consistently getting calls. And I was so taken aback when last evening, Kokilaben (Rupal Patel) called me on my personal number. It was an unbelievable experience as I never expected the video would reach her,” shared Yashraj Mukhate, the latest social media sensation.
The 24-year-old from...
AUGUST 23, 2020
India has rejected China's demand to disengage by equal distance near Pangong Tso lake area as it would mean "loss of territory for its own side", sources in the government sources said.
"The Chinese have suggested that to resolve the dispute in the Finger Area both sites should show disengagement equidistantly to create a buffer zone," top government...
AUGUST 23, 2020
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) said on Saturday that an asteroid identified as 2018VP1 is heading towards planet Earth.
In a statement, the space organisation went on to state that there is a 0.41 per cent chance of the 6.5 feet-long asteroid hitting the planet. This prediction was based on 21 observations of the asteroid over the...
AUGUST 22, 2020
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry, older sister of Donald Trump, sits in the balcony during Trump's election night rally in New York. The fastest way for federal judges facing investigation by their peers to make the inquiry go away is to utter two words, "I quit." That’s how...
AUGUST 22, 2020
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in an interview broadcast Friday laughed off attacks lobbed against her by President Trump, dismissing them as a distraction.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee was asked by ABC News's David Muir in a joint interview with Joe Biden about various names Trump has called her recently, with both Democrats pushing back on the...
AUGUST 22, 2020
The Narendra Modi government has made it easy to get a Permanent Account Number (PAN) card. The new applicants are no longer required to fill a detailed application form Now. One can get a PAN card instantly in 10 minutes. The service was announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier this year. The Finance Minister of...
AUGUST 21, 2020
Donald Trump in Virginia on Friday. The Trump campaign is suing to block the widespread use of official ballot dropboxes in Pennsylvania. - Photograph: Tasos Katopodis/EPA
Donald Trump’s campaign failed to produce any evidence of vote-by-mail fraud in Pennsylvania after a federal judge ordered it do so, according to a 524-page court filing obtained by the Guardian.
The order...
AUGUST 21, 2020
A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) logo is pictured on a mail box. - Reuters/CARLO ALLEGRI
WASHINGTON,D.C. - The White House said on Friday it strongly opposes a bill backed by congressional Democrats addressing U.S. Postal Service policies ahead of the Nov. 3 election and would recommend President Donald Trump veto it.
A man carries letters into...
