Donald Trump swerved a question from a reporter suggesting he had consistently lied to the American people during his presidency. Mr Trump was expected to give an update on the coronavirus pandemic in the US during a White House press conference on Thursday, but the briefing quickly moved on to other topics. “Mr President… after […]
Donald Trump has fuelled a disputed conspiracy theory that Democratic candidate Kamala Harris ‘doesn’t qualify’ to run for US vice-president. Ms Harris was born in Oakland, California, to a Jamaican father and Indian mother in 1964. But Mr Trump told reporters overnight he heard ‘very serious’ rumours Ms Harris was ineligible to serve in the […]
LIMA (REUTERS) – Peru surpassed half a million coronavirus cases and has the highest death toll in Latin America, according to Health Ministry data released on Thursday (Aug 13), as the government struggles to contain a recent surge in infections. There have been 507,996 confirmed cases and 25,648 related deaths, Vice-Health Minister Luis Suarez said […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – It was early in Mr Joe Biden’s vice-presidential search when he asked his advisers a sensitive question about Senator Kamala Harris. He kept hearing so much private criticism of her from other California Democrats, he wanted to know: Is she simply unpopular in her home state? Advisers assured Mr Biden that […]
The Trump administration wants to change the rules around showerheads and water pressure in order to keep the president’s hair “perfect”. It has proposed changes to increase the amount of water that can pass through showerheads after a 1992 ruling restricted the flow to 2.5 gallons a minute. The proposals come after the most powerful […]
SAN FRANCISCO (BLOOMBERG) – Facebook is facing new allegations that it illegally harvests the biometric data of users, this time in a lawsuit that targets the company’s photo-sharing app Instagram. Last month, the social media company offered to pay US$650 million (S$894 million) to settle a lawsuit in which it was accused of illegally collecting […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump said he was “a little surprised” that Democratic challenger Joe Biden selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate, saying she had been “nasty” to the former vice president in primary debates. “She was my number one pick” to run with Mr Biden, Mr Trump said at […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Former United States president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will deliver keynote speeches during next week’s Democratic National Convention when Mr Joe Biden will be confirmed as the party’s White House challenger in the November election. The Democratic Party announced on Tuesday (Aug 11) that Mr Obama will give a primetime address […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Aug 11) said his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping has frayed in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic and that he has not spoken to his Chinese counterpart in a long time. “I used to have a very good relationship with him,” Mr […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Aug 11) that some men may feel “insulted” by his Democratic rival Joe Biden’s committment to choose a woman as his vice presidential candidate. “He roped himself into a certain group of people,” Mr Trump told Fox Sports Radio in an early morning phone-in interview. “Some […]