China MOCKS President Trump Coronavirus Diagnosis
The editor of an influential Chinese state-run newspaper has mocked Donald Trump after the US President and first lady Melania Trump both tested positive for the coronavirus. Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, a major Chinese tabloid and mouthpiece of the Communist Party, said that President Trump and his wife 'have paid the price for his gamble to play down the COVID-19'. He claimed...
War: US Vows To Defend Philippines, Japan From Chinese Attacks
President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has pledged to defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea. Biden hosted the first joint summit with Manila and Tokyo amid growing tensions with Beijing. “The United States’ defence commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad,” the US president said on Thursday as he met the...
US Senate Proposes Bill To Ban TikTok
Lawmakers of the United States Senate have introduced a bill to ban the use of the popular social media platform, Tiktok, in the country. One of the bill’s sponsors, Republican Senator Marco Rubio of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated that the app was not just about creating videos, but it served as a major tool in the hands of the...
Putin Cancels Annual Media Conference Amid War With Ukraine
Kremlin has said Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold the end-of-year media conference this year. Al Jazeera reports that Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, who disclosed this on Monday, also noted that President Putin “regularly speaks to the press, including on foreign visits”. The spokesman did not give a reason for not holding the marathon conference, which usually lasts several hours. However,...
BREAKING: COVID-19 Deaths Go Up In UK By 621 In A Day
BRITAIN'S coronavirus death toll has soared by 621 to 4,974 and with 47,806 infected, including a healthy 35-year-old. The new figures from the Department of Health showcases today rose by 5,900 - more than yesterday's rise of 3,735. In England, the death toll rose to 4,494 after 555 more dies including 29 with no health problems. The new figures from NHS England...
Coronavirus Kills 25-Year-Old Nigerian Student In US Few Weeks To Graduation
A 25-year-old Nigerian student in the US of the Western Michigan University in Detroit has died on Saturday after contracting the coronavirus. The student, Bassey Offiong, was expected to graduate with a chemical engineering degree in a few weeks. His sister, Asari Offiong, said her brother told her he was turned down several times for the coronavirus test in the Kalamazoo...
Sri Lankan Troops Tear Down Protest Camp Outside The President’s Office
Sri Lanka's police and military troops forcibly removed anti-government protesters camped outside the presidential office in Colombo in a pre-dawn raid on Friday on the order of the country's new President. Social media posts showed officers dressed ...
US Appeals Court Rules Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Unconstitutional
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship was unconstitutional, upholding a lower court’s decision to block the policy nationwide. The controversial order, which sought to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants or those on temporary visas, has been entangled in legal disputes...
Rwanda Deploy Robots That Can Screen “150 People Per Minute” In Fight Against COVID-19
Five humanoid robots have been delivered to Rwanda to assist in both patient screening and delivery of foods and drugs to those suffering from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. According to BBC, Daniel Ngamije, the country’s health minister, who broke the news on Tuesday, said the move is aimed at reducing the exposure of health workers to COVID-19...
Putin Offers Military, Tech Ties To Countries Against The West
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has stated that his country is willing to strengthen bilateral ties with countries pursuing national interests against the West. He stated that his country, which has been at odds with Ukraine and its Western allies, will provide technological and military assistance to those countries. According to Anadolu Agency, Putin stated this in a video address to the international military-technical...
