WASHINGTON: With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump‘s presidency, putting the incumbent in a perilous position as his reelection bid against Democrat Joe Biden enters a pivotal stretch. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center … Read more
By Caitlin Dickerson In early 2017, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement prepared to carry out the hard-line agenda on which President Donald Trump had campaigned, agency leaders jumped at the chance to let two filmmakers give a behind-the-scenes look at the process. But as the documentary neared completion in recent months, the administration fought mightily … Read more
By Flavia Krause-Jackson Shuttering businesses, grounding airlines and ordering people to stay home was hard enough the first time. The thought of having to do it all over again is something world leaders don’t want to even contemplate. From Italy to New Zealand, irrespective of how well the virus was contained, governments acknowledge that fresh … Read more
Federal officers in military gear … … clouds of tear gas … … crowd control munitions … [shots fired] … and locals who wants those those officers gone. “What are you guys protecting?” “Get the [expletive] out of our city!” In just over a week, the chaotic scenes in Portland grabbed the nation’s attention, and … Read more
GENEVA: The director-general of the World Health Organization has upbraided U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for making “untrue and unacceptable” allegations, responding to media reports saying Pompeo had claimed the health agency chief was “bought” by China. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted WHO was focusing on “saving lives” as he lashed out Thursday at … Read more
Look at India’s neighbourhood today, and discover it’s pretty much Chinese occupied, save Bhutan and the Maldives. Pakistan was always a China hand. SynopsisAs China’s clampdown on Hong Kong concentrated the American mind, Chinese actions on the border should clarify India’s. An honest accounting of the ‘new’ ground reality by Prime Minister Narendra Modi would … Read more
During a blue-sky moment in 2018 near the end of a decade-long economic expansion, it was the United States that helped pull the world along as the extra cash from tax cuts and government spending flowed through domestic and global markets. But if it was U.S. policy that pushed the world higher then, it is … Read more
“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace interviews President Donald Trump, fact-checking him in real time about various assertions including that Joe Biden wants to “abolish” the police. Source link
Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, if elected to power in the November elections, will help shape international bodies like the United Nations so that India gets a permanent seat on the Security Council, a former top American diplomat has said. India has been pushing for reforms of the United Nations, including the Security Council, … Read more
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has said he would not order Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of the coronavirus, saying people should have a “certain freedom.” His comments came after Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, appealed to state and local leaders to be “as forceful as possible” in getting … Read more