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Pakistan confirms first two cases of coronavirus

Pakistan confirms first two cases of coronavirus

Pakistan has detected its first two cases of novel coronavirus, a public health advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted Wednesday, days after Islamabad closed its land border with Iran, where 19 people have died from the virus. “I can confirm the first two cases of coronavirus in Pakistan. Both cases are being taken care […]

Trump says US ‘very ready’ for virus, Pence to lead response

Trump says US ‘very ready’ for virus, Pence to lead response

President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the coronavirus threat brings, and he put his vice president in charge of overseeing the nation’s response. Trump sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading widely across the U.S., saying, “I don’t think it’s inevitable.” But standing next to him […]

2019: US records sixth deadliest year for violence by extremists since 1970

2019: US records sixth deadliest year for violence by extremists since 1970

White supremacists and other far-right extremists killed at least 38 people in the U.S. in 2019, the sixth deadliest year for violence by all domestic extremists since 1970, according to a report issued Wednesday by a group that fights anti-semitism. The Anti-Defamation League counted a total of 42 domestic extremism-related slayings last year. The gunman […]

Trump campaign sues New York Times for defamation over Putin

Trump campaign sues New York Times for defamation over Putin

The campaign to reelect United States President, Donald Trump sued The New York Times for defamation Wednesday, saying it was responsible for an essay by a former executive editor for the newspaper that claimed the campaign made a deal with Russian officials to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. In the lawsuit in state court in […]

Trump re-election campaign sues New York Times

Trump re-election campaign sues New York Times

US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on Wednesday filed suit against The New York Times over an OpEd article about links to Russia, the first legal action of its kind after his regular criticism of the “failing” newspaper and other traditional media organizations. The suit by Donald J. Trump for President, Inc says the Times […]