MAY 18, 2020
India on Monday recorded its biggest single-day jump in cases with 5,242 cases and 157 deaths, taking the total infections to 96,169 and total fatalities to 3,029.
As the country entered the fourth phase of the nationwide lockdown, many state governments, including Karnataka, Gujarat and Assam too extended the lockdown in their states and issued guidelines allowing for...
MAY 18, 2020
Taliban on Monday (May 17, 2020) clarified that Kashmir is India's internal matter and they don't support any Pakistani style "Ghazwa-E-Hind" or Holy war against India, after fake tweets attributed to the group circulated on social media.
In a tweet, Suhail Shaheen spokesperson Taliban Political Office, Doha, said, "The statement that has been circulated in certain...
MAY 18, 2020
Migrant workers clean fields near Salinas, California, on March 30. - Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Starting today, undocumented immigrants in California can begin applying for financial assistance to support them during the coronavirus pandemic -- in the first relief fund of its kind.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the $125 million coronavirus disaster relief fund last month to support undocumented immigrants...
MAY 18, 2020
President Trump greets troops during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. - Alex Brandon/AP/file
President Trump on Monday declared that the United States had “never really fought to win” in Afghanistan, except early in the nearly two decade-long war, making a sweeping statement about military efforts as...
MAY 18, 2020
Mark Cuban - Steve Mack/Everett Collection
Billionaire Mark Cuban says it’s time for the government to push “trickle-up economics” to save small businesses, because the Paycheck Protection Program isn’t cutting it.
“The only thing that will save businesses is consumer demand,” he wrote in a series of tweets Sunday. “No amount of loans to businesses will save them or...
MAY 18, 2020
A view of Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Moderna, the Massachusetts biotechnology company behind a leading effort to create a coronavirus vaccine, announced promising early results from its first human safety tests Monday. The company plans to launch a large clinical trial in July aimed at showing whether the vaccine works.
The company...
MAY 18, 2020
A railway staff checks the temperature of a migrant worker at a train terminus before he prepares to board a train for his journey back home during a nationwide lockdown, in Mumbai, India, on May 8.
As the third phase of the nationwide lockdown ended on Sunday, the Centre announced an extension till May 31, but listed considerable...
MAY 17, 2020
A member of the U.S. Secret Service wearing a face mask stands guard as President Trump arrives to deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 11.
President Trump has proclaimed the latest phase of pandemic response the “transition to greatness.” But Trump appears poised to preside over the eventual transition more as a...
MAY 17, 2020
Peter Navarro says China underplayed the seriousness of the coronavirus crisis as it imported large quantities of masks from the United States. - Jabin Botsford/WashPost
Tensions between the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spilled out into public view on Sunday as a top adviser to President Trump criticized the public health agency’s response...
MAY 17, 2020
UNSPECIFIED - MAY 16: In this screengrab, Former President Barack Obama speaks during Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 on May 16, 2020. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF & XQ)
Without the springtime rituals of traditional graduation ceremonies, former President Barack Obama delivered two virtual commencement addresses on Saturday, urging millions...
