Severity of Trump’s illness unclear four weeks ahead of election

US President Donald Trump has begun a fourth day of treatment for Covid-19 at a military hospital outside Washington, with the severity of his illness unclear barely four weeks before Americans go to the polls to decide whether to reelect him.
5 October 2020

China says US TikTok, WeChat bans break WTO rules

China told a World Trade Organization meeting that restrictions by the United States on Chinese mobile applications TikTok and WeChat are in violation of the body’s rules, a trade official has said.
5 October 2020

3 win Nobel medicine award for hepatitis C virus discovery

Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.
5 October 2020

Trump trip from hospital to wave at fans endangers others, doctor warns

US President Donald Trump briefly left the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19 in a motorcade on Sunday to wave to supporters gathered outside, sparking criticism that he was putting others at risk for a political stunt.
5 October 2020

Geneva adopts world’s highest minimum wage

Voters in Geneva, Switzerland, have agreed to introduce a minimum wage in the canton that is the equivalent of $25 an hour -- believed to be the
4 October 2020

Solomon Islands record first coronavirus case

The Solomon Islands announced they have lost the battle to stay free of the coronavirus, leaving just nine small, remote territories that have not
4 October 2020

New Caledonia rejects independence from France

The French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia narrowly rejected independence in a referendum yesterday, the archipelago’s high commission
4 October 2020

Coronavirus Vaccine: India seeks up to 500m doses by July

India hopes to receive up to 500 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by July to inoculate about 250 million people, health minister Harsh Vardhan said yesterday, as infections in the world’s second-worst affected country continue to surge.
4 October 2020

We won’t let them destroy farmers

Congress’s Rahul Gandhi yesterday promised Punjab farmers that the party will remove the contentious farm sector laws once it comes to power in the
4 October 2020

Biden leads by 10 points

Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the US presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus,
4 October 2020

UK ‘can prosper mightily’ under no-deal Brexit

Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday said that Britain “can prosper mightily” without a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, the day after agreeing to extend stalled talks with Brussels.
4 October 2020

What happens if a candidate exits the race?

Unlikely. Congress set the date for the election and this one has already been scheduled, as per US law for the Tuesday after the first Monday in
4 October 2020

Armenia-Azerbaijan Dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh: Cities hit as fighting intensifies

Armenian and Azerbaijani forces exchanged rocket fire as fighting intensified over Nagorno-Karabakh yesterday, with the breakaway region’s capital and Azerbaijan’s second-largest city bombarded.
4 October 2020

Trump’s condition improving, could return to White House tomorrow

US President Donald Trump’s condition is improving as he is being treated for Covid-19 at a military hospital, and he could return to the White House as early as Monday, the doctors leading his treatment have said.
4 October 2020

New Caledonia rejects full independence from France again

The South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia voted against independence from France for the second time in as many years, a provisional final count has showed.
4 October 2020

Azerbaijan says Armenia attacked city, threatens retaliation

Azerbaijan has said that Armenian forces fired rockets at its second city of Ganja, killing one civilian and wounding four, and threatened to retaliate by destroying military targets inside Armenia.
4 October 2020

Pope says free market, ‘trickle-down’ policies fail society

Pope Francis has said that the Covid-19 pandemic is the latest crisis to prove that market forces alone and “trickle-down” economic policies failed to produce the social benefits their proponents claim.
4 October 2020

France steps up search efforts after floods

Rescue services stepped up their search efforts in southwestern France on Sunday after floods cut off several villages and killed two people in Italy, with eight still missing in France.
4 October 2020

Trump says 'real test' lies ahead in his Covid-19 fight

President Donald Trump said from his hospital room that the next few days will be the "real test" of his treatment for Covid-19, after a series of contradictory messages from the White House caused widespread confusion about his condition.
4 October 2020

PM wishes early recovery of Trump, Melania from Covid-19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today wished for the early recovery of US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump from the Covid-19.
4 October 2020