JUNE 30, 2020
With 18,522 people testing positive for coronavirus in a single day, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 5,66,840 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 16,893 with 418 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Recording nearly 4,000 cases in the last 24 hours, Tamil Nadu has surpassed Delhi to regain the second spot among the...
JUNE 30, 2020
The federal government is planning a party, despite this pandemic.
Crews are setting the stage around the National Mall for a big July 4th celebration. A secure area for spectators is already fenced off. Portable toilets and hand-washing stations are also in place.
The National Park Service said, normally, tens of thousands of people would gather...
JUNE 30, 2020
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and President Trump in Washington on May 19. (Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage large swaths of the U.S., leading Republicans and even some right-wing television personalities have now come out in favor of wearing masks to prevent the spread of...
JUNE 30, 2020
Mr. Reiner in 2002. He was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the Kennedy Center in 2000. - Ric Francis/AP
Carl Reiner, who as performer, writer and director earned a place in comedy history several times over, died Monday night at home in Beverly Hills. He was 98.
His death was confirmed by his daughter,...
JUNE 30, 2020
Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport last month. The move by the European Union aims to balance health concerns with the need to bolster trade, not least the tourism industry.
BRUSSELS — The European Union will open its borders to visitors from 15 countries as of Wednesday, but not to travelers from the United States, Brazil or Russia, putting into...
JUNE 30, 2020
Female nurse examining all the parameters in operating room
In an age when we're used to seeing authorities using measured tones to describe the current coronavirus pandemic, some are becoming more vocal about what needs to be done to contain the virus. One of them is Dr. Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director of the US Centers...
JUNE 29, 2020
John Ratcliffe, the recently confirmed director of national intelligence, condemned disclosures about classified intelligence. - Gabriella Demczuk / The NY Times
American officials provided a written briefing in late February to President Trump laying out their conclusion that a Russian military intelligence unit offered and paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan,...
JUNE 29, 2020
NEW DELHI, INDIA JUNE 28: Shopkeepers wait for customers at Janpath market, on June 28, 2020 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
The central government on Monday night announced the guidelines for Unlock 2.0 and said it will be in force till July 31.
As per the guidelines, almost all activities are...
JUNE 29, 2020
Meghan Griffin stands at the entrance of a store offering masks, gloves and hand sanitizer at the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, New Jersey, on June 29.
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA — Only a few weeks ago, thousands of Southern Californians were flocking to beaches, Disneyland was announcing it would soon reopen and Whoopi Goldberg was lauding Gov. Gavin...
JUNE 29, 2020
Welcoming Centre's move to ban 59 Chinese Apps in the country, Congress leader and Tamil Nadu MP Manickam Tagore has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ban e-commerce mobile application Paytm.
Manickam Tagore tweeted that the PM should now also ban Paytm which has 'massive Chinese investments'.
Attaching screenshots of a wikipedia page showing that PayTm has 29.71% and...
