China trades sanctions with U.S. in row over Uighur Muslims
China announced “corresponding sanctions” against the United States on Monday after Washington penalised senior Chinese officials over the treatment of minority Uighur Muslims in the...
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Elvis Presley’s grandson dies aged 27
A little-known member of one of rock ‘n’ roll music’s royal families, Benjamin Keough, grandson of the late Elvis Presley and only son of the The King’s...
Florida sets one-day record with over 15,000 new
Florida reported a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours on Sunday, as the Trump administration renewed its push...
In first, Trump dons masks in visit to a military medical facility
President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on Saturday at a military medical facility...
U.S. sets record for new COVID cases third day in a row at over 69,000
New cases of COVID-19 rose by over 69,000 across the United States on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a record for the third...
US Scrabble leader overrules panel to ban slurs
North American Scrabble competitors will no longer be able to play racist and homophobic slurs from the “N-word” to “bumboy” and “poof”, the head of...
China says it will hit back against new US sanctions over Uighur rights
China said on Friday it would take “reciprocal measures” against the United States after Washington imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights...
U.S. sets one-day record, Australia to halve numbers of returning citizens
More than 60,500 new COVID-19 infections were reported across the United States on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a one-day record as weary...
Court allows prosecutor but not Congress to get Trump’s financial records
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trump’s financial records but prevented – at least for...
US Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday recognized about half of Oklahoma as Native American reservation land and overturned a tribe member’s rape conviction because the...
Worsening U.S. outbreak prompts tough actions, Australian city wakes to another lockdown
Officials in New Jersey and New York, the hardest-hit states at the outset of the U.S. outbreak, are trying to preserve progress in curtailing spread...
Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy as athleisure replaces button-down shirts
Apparel brand Brooks Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, joining a list of decades-old American retailers that have crumbled under the impact of...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro, sick with coronavirus, says he is ‘doing very well’
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he was “doing very well” after contracting the coronavirus, and credited an unproven drug for his mild symptoms....
Harvard, MIT seek temporary halt to Trump administration rule on international students
Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have asked a federal court to temporarily block a Trump administration rule that would bar foreign students from...
China coerces hundreds of Chinese-born critics in US to return home, FBI chief says
The head of the FBI said on Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping was spearheading a program aimed at strong-arming Chinese-born people in the United States...
Kanye West breaks ranks with Trump, vows to win presidential race
Rapper Kanye West signaled he no longer supports U.S. President Donald Trump and said he had entered the presidential race to win it, in an...
China challenges U.S. to cut nuclear arsenal to matching level
China would “be happy to” participate in trilateral arms control negotiations with the United States and Russia, but only if the United States were willing...
Trump paid proxy to take college entrance exam for him, niece’s book says
President Donald Trump paid a proxy to take a standardized college entrance exam for him when he was a high school student, his niece writes...
U.S. government awards Novavax $1.6 billion for coronavirus vaccine
The U.S. government has awarded Novavax Inc $1.6 billion to cover testing, commercialization and manufacturing of a potential coronavirus vaccine in the United States, with...
U.S. may deport foreign students taking classes fully online
Foreign students must leave the United States if their school’s classes this fall will be taught completely online or transfer to another school with in-person...
