JUNE 27, 2020
Protesters marched through Columbus Circle in Manhattan on Juneteenth. - Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi/NY Times
A majority of American voters support the demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice that have roiled the country over the past month, embracing ideas about bias within the criminal justice system and the persistence of systemic racism that are central tenets of...
JUNE 26, 2020
Beijing has begun quietly delivering a message to Washington: U.S. pressure over matters China considers off limits could jeopardize Chinese purchases of farm goods and other U.S. exports under the “Phase One” trade deal.
Chinese leaders have accused Washington of meddling in areas such as Hong Kong, where China is imposing a sweeping national-security law, and Taiwan, which...
JUNE 26, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 26: Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Vice President Mike Pence, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar speak after a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health...
JUNE 26, 2020
President-elect Donald Trump hugs his brother Robert Trump after a rally in New York in November 2016. - Jabin Botsford/TWP
Mary L. Trump was embroiled in a feud over her inheritance two decades ago when her uncle Donald Trump and his siblings punched back in classic style. In an obscure court filing, they belittled her, alleging she...
JUNE 26, 2020
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser wears a mask with the number 51. - Andrew Harnik/AP
House Democrats approved a bill to admit Washington, DC, as a state on Friday, marking the first time either chamber of Congress has advanced a DC statehood measure.
The bill, introduced by DC's nonvoting House member, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, would shrink the...
JUNE 26, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the White House residence after exiting Marine One on the South Lawn on June 25, 2020. - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
The Trump administration's call for the Supreme Court to eradicate Obamacare flies against public opinion, with the majority of Americans still supporting it.
Trump has previously spoken negatively of Obamacare.
In a legal brief...
JUNE 26, 2020
O'Hare FILE PHOTO: Texas faces rising coronavirus cases. - Reuters/Callaghan
CHICAGO - Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health systems for years to come, according to doctors and infectious disease experts.
Besides the respiratory issues that leave patients...
JUNE 25, 2020
Fashion designer and choreographer Jeffrey DeBarathy participates in a fashion show in front of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on the Las Vegas Strip on June 25. It kicked off the pro-mask wearing campaign "Mask Up for Nevada" put on by Experience Strategy Associates amid the spread of the coronavirus. - Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. —...
JUNE 25, 2020
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said China has deployed large numbers of troops and weapons along the mountainous border since May, a move which is in violation of bilateral agreements and has led to clashes earlier this month in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed.
"At the heart of the matter is that since early...
JUNE 25, 2020
All missions, including the test flight for sending humans into space, planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation over the next two years face delay because of the disruption caused by COVID19 pandemic, ISRO chairman K Sivan has told The Indian Express.
A rescheduled timeline has not been worked out because of continuing uncertainty, he said.
“In our work...
