WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Vice-President Mike Pence and challenger Kamala Harris will be separated by a plexiglass barrier during their debate on Wednesday (Oct 7) in an effort to lower the risk of coronavirus transmission, the commission overseeing the event said. The debate, the only one scheduled between the vice-presidential candidates, is scheduled for Salt Lake […]
President Trump is leaving the hospital. He continued to downplay the seriousness of the virus, saying: “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life.” By Jonathan Wolfe This is the Coronavirus Briefing, an informed guide to the pandemic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. The number of new […]
Donald Trump says he is feeling “really good” and will be leaving hospital tonight after being treated for coronavirus. The US president tweeted: “I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 PM.” (11.30pm UK time). “Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life,” he […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered schools to close beginning on Tuesday (Oct 6) in several coronavirus “hot spots” around the state, including parts of the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The announcement brings forward a plan by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to close schools […]
WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has established a steady lead over President Trump in Arizona, a traditionally Republican but fast-changing state that is tilting increasingly Democratic, according to a new New York Times-Siena College poll. Mr. Biden leads Mr. Trump 49 percent to 41 percent in Arizona, with just 6 percent of likely voters […]
A New York City councilman once made a female staff member uncomfortable by holding her hand for too long and asking her to wear a beautiful gown to a fund-raising gala. He told another staff member, who had to go to the emergency room for menstrual bleeding, to “put a Band-Aid on it.” And he […]
Mike Foster, a former two-term Republican governor of Louisiana who shepherded the state through a period of relative calm — in the wake of the corruption scandals of his flamboyant predecessor, Edwin W. Edwards, and before the devastation of Hurricane Katrina — died on Sunday at his home in Franklin, La. He was 90. Marsanne […]
Quebec’s premier is meeting with Atikamekw leaders one week after the death of Joyce Echaquan, who was taunted with racial slurs by health-care staff as she lay dying in a Joliette hospital. François Legault is holding the meeting at his Montreal office on Monday afternoon alongside Sylvie D’Amours, the minister for Indigenous affairs. The death […]
Donald Trump has been receiving treatment for COVID-19 for several days. Here is a look at what is known as he tries to make a full recovery just a month before the 3 November presidential election. Thursday 1 October During the evening, Mr Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19. It came a day after one of […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump’s medical team will weigh whether he can leave the hospital later on Monday (Oct 5) after being admitted last week for Covid-19, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said, adding that he was optimistic Mr Trump will be discharged. Mr Meadows, in an interview with Fox News, said […]