The coronavirus pandemic continues a steady climb as it ravages locations around the world. Almost 14 million global COVID-19 infection cases have been recorded by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. continues to lead the world in the number of cases with more than 3.5 million people infected. Brazil comes in second with more than […]
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – The United States has blocked imports from the world’s top rubber glove maker just as health care workers are facing a new surge of coronavirus cases in some states. U.S. Customs and Border Protection imposed a “withhold release order” on two subsidiaries of Malaysia’s Top Glove Corp. on Wednesday over […]
The United States shattered its own record Wednesday for the most reported COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period – 67,600 according to Johns Hopkins University. With nearly 3.5 million confirmed cases and more than 137,358 deaths, the United States leads the world in both counts. Brazil trails the U.S. with some 1.9 million confirmed […]
“It is appalling that the VOA’s new boss could be so reckless about the safety of journalists,” said PEN America. Dozens of foreign journalists are expected to be sent back to their home countries from the U.S. following a decision on Thursday by the newly appointed head of the federal government’s global news agency to not […]
The coronavirus continues its steady climb upward in some places around the world, There are now more than 12.7 million COVID-19 infections around the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, with more than a half million deaths. The U.S. has roughly one-fourth of the world’s infections at 3.2 million and more […]
SEOUL – U.S. President Donald Trump says he is open to another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even as Pyongyang signals it is uninterested in resuming stalled nuclear talks. Trump made the comments Tuesday in an interview with Gray Television’s Greta Van Susteren. “I understand they want to meet and we […]
“When every single country in the world is able to work with the WHO, except for one whose president advocates treating coronavirus with bleach and UV light, who do you think is at fault?” President Donald Trump at a White House press conference on Friday announced he was “terminating” ties to the World Health […]
President Donald Trump’s brand of “America First” isolationism was on full display Monday as the U.S. declined to participate in a international pledge drive which raised more than $8 billion during its kick-event to create a global fund to develop and deploy diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “It is a […]
WHITE HOUSE – U.S. funding to the World Health Organization is being halted by President Donald Trump, who blames it for creating “a 20-fold increase” in COVID-19 cases worldwide. The U.N. health agency, according to Trump, made a “disastrous decision” to oppose his restrictions on travel from China and put “political correctness above life-saving […]