MAY 30, 2020
FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport plane carrying medical aid lands at Vnukovo airport in Moscow. - Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina
When U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to accept a shipment of ventilators from Russian President Vladimir Putin at the height of the coronavirus outbreak, the White House did not alert the FDA as it headed...
MAY 30, 2020
(Pictured) Demonstrators kneel before police on May 30 in Minneapolis.
Chaos spread across the country Friday night into Saturday morning as thousands of protesters descended on city streets, demanding justice in the wake of 46-year-old George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis earlier this week.
Several demonstrations escalated into violence as police cars were burned and scuffles broke out between law...
MAY 29, 2020
President Trump would have to issue an executive order to end the special relationship between Hong Kong and the United States entirely, but he can take piecemeal actions. - Erin Schaff/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump announced Friday that his administration would end almost all aspects of the American government’s special relationship with Hong Kong, including...
MAY 29, 2020
Stephen Lopez didn't think he needed to be admitted to the hospital, but he's glad his family convinced him otherwise. (Courtesy of Stephen Lopez)
For many people who've survived COVID-19, the experience with the virus creates long-lasting trauma, even though they're the fortunate ones.
Contracting the coronavirus can lead to social stigma, and symptoms can persist for...
MAY 29, 2020
North America Immigrant Agricultural Workers Critical To U.S. Food Security Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, - Photographer: Brent Stirton/Getty Images
All of the roughly 200 employees on a produce farm in Tennessee tested positive for Covid-19 this month. In New Jersey, more than 50 workers had the virus at a farm in Gloucester County, adding to nearly 60 who fell...
MAY 29, 2020
President Trump on Friday accused Twitter of unfairly targeting himself and other Republicans, just hours after the social media giant said one of his tweets overnight violated the company's policies by glorifying violence.
Trump also called on Congress to revoke Section 230, a law passed two decades ago that offers platforms legal immunity for content posted by...
MAY 28, 2020
President Donald Trump. - Evan Vucci/AP Photo
President Donald Trump is finally set to deliver on his long-threatened campaign to launch a counterstrike against social media companies that have fact-checked, downgraded or booted some of his most vocal online supporters — and in one new high-profile instance, himself.
But his efforts also reveal how little legal recourse he...
MAY 28, 2020
George W. Bush, Donald Trump Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images, Saul Martinez/Getty Images
In 2005, President George W. Bush unveiled an ambitious $7.1 billion plan to get America ready for a possible pandemic.
"A pandemic is a lot like a forest fire," Bush said. "If caught early, it might be extinguished with limited damage; if allowed to...
MAY 28, 2020
India's aviation sector is under distress with it being one of the worst hit industries due to coronavirus lockdown.
As coronavirus continues to take its toll on the aviation sector around the globe, employees of India's national carrier Air India have sought Rs 50,000 crore financial package for the airline even as the government looks to divest its...
MAY 28, 2020
There has been no change in the ground situation or lowering of guard by either sides at the four standoff points between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh sector’s Galwan valley and Pangong Tso areas.
Both sides are holding firm and it is not possible to indicate at this time when the status quo ante will be restored,...
