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Biden: Trump diagnosis is 'bracing reminder' of virus stakes 03 Oct 2020 - 04:34 pm

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.: Democrat Joe Biden offered sympathy to President Donald Trump over his coronavirus diagnosis while casting the moment as a reminder...

Trump catches Covid: what we know and what we don't 03 Oct 2020 - 04:32 pm

Washington: President Donald Trump's diagnosis as Covid-19 positive adds extraordinary drama to an already fast-moving and tumultuous US election campaign. Here is a...

Republican U.S. Senator Johnson diagnosed with COVID-19 03 Oct 2020 - 04:20 pm

WASHINGTON: Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, who heads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, a...

China's Xi wishes Trump speedy recovery: Chinese state media 03 Oct 2020 - 01:43 pm

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message to U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania on Saturday, wishing them a speedy...

Trump to spend days at military hospital after COVID-19 diagnosis 03 Oct 2020 - 09:42 am

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was in a military hospital on Saturday for treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, an extraordinary development that...

Democrat Biden, wife test negative for COVID-19, doctor says 02 Oct 2020 - 07:55 pm

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jill have tested negative for coronavirus, their doctor said in a statement on Friday....

Canada latest to start regulatory review of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine 02 Oct 2020 - 05:03 pm

OTTAWA: Canada launched on Friday a real-time review of data from AstraZeneca and Oxford University's potential COVID-19 vaccine, the latest nation to take...

U.S. Vice President Pence tests negative for coronavirus: Spokesman 02 Oct 2020 - 03:18 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has tested negative for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Friday, hours after President Donald Trump announced he...

Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its workers got Covid-19 02 Oct 2020 - 01:34 pm

San Francisco - Amazon on Thursday said that slightly more than 19,800 of its employees have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start...

US Pompeo says reconsidering his trip to Asia 02 Oct 2020 - 12:45 pm

BELGRADE - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday he was reconsidering his upcoming trip to Asia as a precaution after...

Reactions to Donald Trump testing positive for coronavirus 02 Oct 2020 - 10:42 am

U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Friday he and his wife Melania had contracted coronavirus and were entering quarantine, just...

Trump and wife Melania test positive for COVID-19 02 Oct 2020 - 09:51 am

President Donald Trump, who played down the threat of the coronavirus pandemic for months, said on Friday that he and his wife Melania...

Biden campaign to start in-person voter outreach as U.S. election nears 02 Oct 2020 - 12:24 am

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's campaign said on Thursday it would launch an in-person voter-canvassing operation in several battleground states, shifting tactics in...

Virus situation 'critical' in Canada's Quebec province: premier 02 Oct 2020 - 12:11 am

Montreal - A second wave of Covid-19 in Canada is on its way to topping the average number of new daily cases from...

New York worries over 20 coronavirus hot spots, Wisconsin sees troubling trends 01 Oct 2020 - 08:57 pm

NEW YORK - New York state reported an uptick of positive coronavirus tests in 20 "hot spots" on Thursday, while Midwest states also...

Donald Trump biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation: study 01 Oct 2020 - 08:06 pm

Washington - US President Donald Trump has been the world's biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation during the pandemic, a study from Cornell University...

From Rio to Amazon, virus flare-ups flash warning in Brazil 01 Oct 2020 - 05:57 pm

Health experts are sounding the alarms on a sudden rise in coronavirus cases in early Brazilian hotspots like Rio de Janeiro and the...

Facebook nixes Trump ads as social media electoral tensions rise 01 Oct 2020 - 05:52 pm

Washington: Facebook said it removed campaign ads for President Donald Trump which appeared to stoke fear by claiming that his Democratic rival Joe...