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After frying chicken for over a century, Kansas restaurant is shut by pandemic

-- 2020-10-13 20:15:25

Mark Martin’s family restaurant weathered two world wars, the Dust Bowl, and the Great Depression, serving up heaping plates of hand-battered fried chicken, mashed potatoes and creamed corn to a...

More than 10 million early votes in US presidential election

-- 2020-10-13 18:52:42

US voters have cast more than 10 million votes for the November 3 presidential election, significantly outpacing the early vote in 2016 and suggesting a large turnout, according to data compiled by th...

Back on campaign trail, Trump says he feels 'powerful' after corona recovery

-- 2020-10-13 16:46:37

President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Monday for the first time since he announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, touting his management of the pandemic as opinion polls showed him losing...

Trump tests negative for Covid-19: physician

-- 2020-10-13 10:25:56

White House physician Sean Conley on Monday said that US President Donald Trump has tested negative for coronavirus (Covid-19), 12 days after the president tested positive with the virus. Trump has t...

Trump campaign ad includes my words out of context: Fauci

-- 2020-10-12 17:47:58

Top US infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he had not agreed to be featured in an ad by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and his comments were taken in the a...

I beat crazy, horrible China virus, Trump says

-- 2020-10-11 23:13:28

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is fully recovered from COVID-19 and will not be a transmission risk to others, freeing him to return to holding big campaign rallies during the final weeks...

Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll crosses 150,000

-- 2020-10-11 12:53:38

The number of people to have died from Covid-19 in Brazil has passed 150,000, the country's health ministry says. Brazil has the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world, after the US, and...

Trump attends first public event since testing positive for Covid-19

REUTERS 2020-10-11 11:19:23

US President Donald Trump made his first public appearance since returning to the White House on Monday from a three-day stay in hospital for Covid-19, even as his aides remained silent on whether he...

Organisers cancel October 15 US presidential debate

-- 2020-10-10 18:42:52

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) of the United States has cancelled the planned October 15 debate between US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. The nonpartisan co...

29 million girls, women victims of modern slavery: Report

-- 2020-10-10 17:28:58

A new report estimates that 29 million women and girls are victims of modern slavery, exploited by practices including forced labour, forced marriage, debt-bondage and domestic servitude. Grace Forre...

Corona-infected Trump to be equated with incapacitated presidents!

REUTERS 2020-10-10 14:32:53

One week after Republican President Donald Trump announced he had Covid-19, Democrats in Congress on Friday proposed creating a commission to help decide whether to transfer a future US president&rsqu...

'70m migrants in Americas to be provided health support'

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-10-10 12:44:26

More than 70 million migrants living across international borders in the region of the Americas are set to receive health support under an agreement signed by IOM and PAHO. Carissa F. Etienne, direct...

Trump to resume campaign rallies ; second debate cancelled

REUTERS 2020-10-10 11:06:17

US President Donald Trump will resume in-person campaigning on Saturday after being sidelined by a case of Covid-19, but a debate next week against his presidential election opponent Joe Biden was can...

Global Covid cases soar to 36,802,708

-- 2020-10-10 10:55:50

The global Covid-19 cases have reached 36,802,708 on Sunday with 1,067,101 deaths worldwide, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The...

Trump complicity alleged for plot to kidnap Michigan governor as militia members charged

REUTERS 2020-10-09 13:03:58

Thirteen men, seven of them associated with an anti-government militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen, have been arrested on charges of conspiring to kidnap the Michigan governor, attack the stat...

78pc Americans blame government for Covid-19 crisis: poll

-- 2020-10-09 11:58:38

A poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy found 78 per cent of Americans believe that US government policies caused the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in the country, includi...

US election 2020: Record turnout expected as over 6.6m have already voted

Reuters 2020-10-09 11:21:44

Americans are rushing to cast ballots ahead of the November 3 election at an unprecedented pace, early voting numbers show, indicating a possible record turnout for the showdown between President Dona...

Done with Covid-19 therapy, Trump eyes return to rallies

REUTERS 2020-10-09 10:57:13

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he may return to the campaign trail with a rally on Saturday after the White House physician said he had completed his course of therapy for the novel coronavir...

US presidential debate: Trump refuses to take part in virtual TV event

-- 2020-10-08 19:11:30

US President Donald Trump has refused to take part in a virtual TV debate with his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Earlier the commission deciding the October 15 Miami debate's format said it would have...

Mexican Nobel laureate Molina, ozone layer prophet, no more

-- 2020-10-08 17:07:37

Mexican scientist Mario Molina, who became his country's first winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on the threat to the ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), died on Wednesday...

Trump's virus response dominates US VP debate between Harris and Pence

REUTERS 2020-10-08 11:07:04

Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris clashed early and often over the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic during their debate on Wednesday, a...

Trump says catching coronavirus was 'blessing from God'

Reuters 2020-10-08 10:01:19

US President Donald Trump declared that catching the coronavirus was a “blessing from God” that exposed him to experimental treatments he vowed would become free for all Americans, in a vi...

Cellphones in hand, 'Army for Trump' readies poll watching operation

Reuters 2020-10-07 21:01:57

Republicans are mobilising thousands of volunteers to watch early voting sites and ballot drop boxes leading up to November’s election, part of an effort to find evidence to back up President Do...

Biden campaign takes extra measures to keep him safe from Covid-19

Reuters 2020-10-07 10:19:51

When Jill Biden noticed her husband standing too close to journalists for her comfort while taking questions on Monday, she walked up and pulled the 77-year-old US presidential candidate back. People...

Receiving utmost care, Trump says Americans are learning to live with coronavirus

-- 2020-10-06 21:45:21

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Americans were learning to live with COVID-19, a day after returning from hospital to the White House where he will receive intensive treatment for coronaviru...

US election 2020 may see record turnout as over 4.0m Americans have voted already

Reuters 2020-10-06 20:09:07

Americans are rushing to cast ballots ahead of the November 3 election at an unprecedented pace, early voting numbers show, indicating a possible record turnout for the showdown between President Dona...

Trump says not to be afraid of Covid-19 as he returns to White House

Reuters 2020-10-06 10:07:19

US President Donald Trump told Americans “to get out there” and not fear Covid-19 as he returned to the White House on Monday (local time) after a three-night hospital stay to be treated f...

US states see record increases in Covid-19 cases as cold weather approaches

Reuters 2020-10-05 13:14:29

Nine US states have reported record increases in Covid-19 cases over the last seven days, mostly in the upper Midwest and West where chilly weather is forcing more activities indoors. On Saturday alo...

Infected Trump ventures outside hospital to greet supporters; his health unclear

REUTERS 2020-10-05 10:42:19

Doctors treating President Donald Trump for Covid-19 sent conflicting signals about the severity of his condition on Sunday, hours before the president surprised supporters gathered outside the hospit...

Covid-infected Trump's drive-by to wave at fans sparks criticism

Reuters 2020-10-05 10:28:04

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 putt...