WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Attorney-General William Barr on Tuesday (July 28) defended himself in front of a Democratic-led House of Representative committee, denying accusations that he abused his power to help President Donald Trump’s associates and boost Trump’s re-election hopes. House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler opened the hearing with scathing remarks, telling Barr: “Your […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism firm Virgin Galactic revealed the interior of its centrepiece space plane on Tuesday (July 28), showing off a cabin with new custom seats and a “space mirror” in a virtual tour of what its passengers can expect to experience on flights to the edge of space. For […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Twitter said on Tuesday (July 28) it had withdrawn a video retweeted by President Donald Trump in which doctors made allegedly false claims about the coronavirus pandemic, after Facebook took similar action. “Tweets with the video are in violation of our Covid-19 misinformation policy. We are taking action in line with our […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – The new coronavirus appears to have circulated unnoticed in bats for decades, scientists found. Horseshoe bats are the most plausible origin of the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen, researchers led by Dr Maciej Boni of Pensylvania State University’s Centre for Infectious Disease Dynamics said in a study published on Tuesday (July 28) in Nature […]
At least 18 doctors reportedly tested positive for coronavirus after they attended a private party. According to internal documents and hospital sources at University of Florida Health in Gainesville, 17 anesthesiology residents and one fellow contracted Covid-19 earlier this month. A hospital official familiar to the situation told The Gainesville Sun that the outbreak occurred […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Six US mayors on Monday (July 27) called on Congress to halt President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal forces to their cities, saying their presence has escalated tensions at anti-racism protests spreading across the country. Federal agents dispatched to Portland, Oregon, have drawn national attention for whisking away demonstrators in unmarked cars, […]
Republican measure would include additional direct payments to Americans, as well as liability protection for business. Republicans in the United States Senate on Monday announced their version of a $1 trillion coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House, paving the way for negotiations with Democrats on a plan to help Americans before expanded […]
A second night of unrest hit Virginia yesterday, amid a continuing backlash against President Donald Trump’s use of armed federal agents to crack down on demonstrators in Portland. Fires burned in Virginia’s capital city Richmond, as windows were smashed and 16 arrests were made, according to police, who branded the scenes ‘riots’. Pictures showed […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Mr Robert O’Brien, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but there is no risk of exposure to Mr Trump or Vice-President Mike Pence, the White House said in a statement. “He has mild symptoms and has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off […]
WASHINGTON (AFP, BLOOMBERG) – The United States on Sunday recorded 55,187 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, Johns Hopkins University reported in its real-time tally, as reported cases and fatalities fell in the states that have been hit particularly hard, including Florida, Arizona, California and Texas. The US, which leads the world in confirmed coronavirus […]