Senior party figures including Commons Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat and former Cabinet minister Damian Green last night launched a new “China Research Group” to “promote fresh thinking and debate” about international relations with the communist regime. The organisation is understood to have been inspired by the European Research Group which has been hugely […]
(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday pointed to research showing that strains of the novel coronavirus entered his state from Europe, not China, and said that travel bans enacted by U.S. President Donald Trump were too late to halt its spread. Cuomo cited research from Northeastern University estimating that more than 10,000 […]
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Friday extended her stay-at-home order through May 15 as the Midwestern state battles to control the coronavirus pandemic, but lifted restrictions so some businesses can open and the public can participate in outdoor activities such as golfing. The measure, which also allows use of motor boats and […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Thursday to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill, funding small businesses and hospitals and pushing the total spending response to the crisis to an unprecedented nearly $3 trillion. The measure is expected to receive solid bipartisan support in the Democratic-led House. But threats […]
The vacant Ottawa council seat in Cumberland ward will remain empty through the remainder of the coronavirus pandemic, city council decided in a virtual meeting Wednesday. Cumberland ward has been without an elected representative since former councillor Stephen Blais resigned from the post in March following his victory in an Orléans provincial byelection to service […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet he would sign an executive order curbing immigration later on Wednesday, in a move he has said would protect U.S. workers amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. Trump on Tuesday said the new 60-day ban would apply to those seeking permanent residency, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A nearly $500 billion spending deal reached by U.S. Senate leaders on Tuesday does not expand payroll assistance to struggling local newspapers and broadcast stations, whose advertising revenues have plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic. Democratic Senators Maria Cantwell and Amy Klobuchar and Republicans John Kennedy and John Boozman on Sunday had called […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he had a functional and effective conversation with President Donald Trump on Tuesday and tried to keep the focus on testing and state budget problems. “We have a tremendous job that we have to get done and put everything else aside and do the job, and […]
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is leading her nation’s response to the deadly coronavirus pandemic with daily press briefings and has stressed she would not “rush” into moves which could lead to a resurgence of COVID-19. A total of 985 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus, up from 915 on Monday, […]
Britain officially left the European Union on January 31 and talks to strike a trade deal with the EU before the December 31 deadline have hit a stumbling block following the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. SNP Constitution Secretary Mike Russell has called on the Westminster Government to request a two year delay before June 30 date for […]