JUNE 1, 2020
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday labeled President Donald Trump "a miserable failure" as nationwide protests have intensified over the death of George Floyd.
The Democratic governor made the comments moments after Trump declared himself "your president of law and order" as peaceful protesters just outside the White House gates were dispersed with tear gas, flash...
JUNE 1, 2020
FILE Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the opening of the Bits & Pretzels meetup on Sept. 29, 2019 in Munich, Germany. - Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images
Former President Barack Obama published a piece on Medium addressing the protests nationwide following the death of George Floyd -- and, specifically, how he thinks people can move forward to "sustain...
JUNE 1, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as boards Air Force One, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump is en route to Kennedy Space Center for the SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Monday derided the nation’s governors as “weak” and demanded tougher...
JUNE 1, 2020
FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Biden said Friday, May 29, that the "open wound” of systemic racism was behind the police killing of a handcuffed black man in Minnesota, and swiped at...
MAY 31, 2020
Despite the Delhi government’s submission in the ongoing case—which said that under the Right to Education Act, schools should provide equipment if such children were unable to access online education—little has changed on the ground. (Kehav Singh/HT file photo. Representative image)
Malkeet Singh's 12-year-old son, a Class 6 student at a private school in west Delhi, is worried...
MAY 31, 2020
Former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, left, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020.
Joe Biden holds a 10-point lead over President Donald Trump among registered voters in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, but that's sliced in half among those...
MAY 31, 2020
(Pictured) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 30.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA — For President Trump, the launch of the sleek SpaceX rocket with...
MAY 31, 2020
Indian Commercial Pilot Association (ICPA), the pilot body of national carrier Air India, has demanded clarifications from the airline on the safety protocols with regard to Covid-19.
The pilot body has sought clarifications on the protocol to be followed by pilots when a positive case of Covid-19 is found on a flight in domestic operations and also when...
MAY 31, 2020
A photo on May 29, 2020 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at its headquarters in Geneva. - Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Global health experts and government officials joined in criticism Saturday over President Trump's plans to cut ties with the World Health Organization and funnel U.S. money elsewhere.
In the remarks made...
MAY 31, 2020
Protestors demonstrate in Columbia, S.C. on Saturday in response to the recent killing of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement.
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — In an on-camera address after a week of destructive protests, former vice president Joseph R. Biden Jr. pleaded with his audience to imagine life for black people in America. Imagine, he said,...
