In a first, Missouri sues China over coronavirus economic losses
Missouri on Tuesday became the first U.S. state to sue the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus, saying that China’s response to the...
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We will defeat our shared pandemic enemy and rise stronger in its wake
By Judith Garber THE STORY of US leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, new...
New York’s Cuomo pleads for doctors, nurses from other states to aid its hospitals
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called on Monday for healthcare workers elsewhere to help the state’s overwhelmed hospitals battle the coronavirus and made a plea...
Our View: Fannon did not give the government what it was hoping for
In the end, the much-trumpeted visit of the US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Francis Fannon did not give the government what it...
U.S. health officials confirm second U.S. case of Wuhan coronavirus
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed a second U.S. case of the new coronavirus from China in a Chicago...
Soleimani strike will be felt well beyond Middle East
By Peter Apps In killing Iran’s Major-General Qassem Soleimani in an air strike near Baghdad’s international airport, Donald Trump has taken a geostrategic risk it is almost...
N.Korea warns U.S. could ‘pay dearly’ for human rights criticism
North Korea lashed back at the United States for taking issue with its human rights record on Saturday, saying Washington’s “malicious words” would only aggravate...
My son’s extradition is heartbreaking, says mother
Lawyer says young hacker’s Asperger’s was never fully taken into account By Jonathan Shkurko The case of 20-year-old Joshua Epiphaniou, who is poised to become the...
Trump should be careful what he wishes for in Iran
By Gwynne Dyer This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. It begins to seem possible that it could be one of the last,...
Unfettered by advisers, Trump’s presidency gets even less predictable
By Peter Apps On Monday, having effectively and unexpectedly given the green light to a Turkish military incursion against America’s sometime Syrian Kurdish allies, US President Donald...
