By Lawrence Hurley, Patricia Zengerle, Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday sought to allay fears raised by Democrats at her Senate confirmation hearing that she would be an automatic vote to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law, promising an “open mind” in approaching the case. On the […]
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Britain are set to prolong Brexit talks past a mid-October deadline to try bridge stubborn gaps holding up a new trade agreement, according to sources and documents. As the year-end deadline for a pact on relations with Britain nears, EU leaders meeting on Thursday and Friday […]
By Reuters Staff MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second COVID-19 vaccine, according to its register of authorised medicines. A delighted President Vladimir Putin announced the news at a government meeting on Wednesday. The jab was developed by the Vector Institute in Siberia and completed early-stage human trials last month. However, results […]
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is “treading very cautiously” in its plan to privatise state-run oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday, in a sign that the process could be delayed. New Delhi’s plan to sell its 53.29% stake in BPCL was first announced in November 2019, […]
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic. By Michael Hobbes, HuffPost US Other than Netflix, Andrew Cuomo and the virus itself, no one has benefited from the COVID-19 pandemic more than American billionaires. Over the last six months, roughly 3 out […]
The Supreme Court nominee would not weigh in on President Donald Trump’s threats to delay the election — a power he does not have. By Sara Boboltz, HuffPost US Judge Amy Coney Barrett refused to say during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings Tuesday whether she believes President Donald Trump has the power to move an […]
By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Coronavirus pandemic A man in the United States has caught Covid twice, with the second infection becoming far more dangerous than the first, doctors report. The 25-year-old needed hospital treatment after his lungs could not get enough oxygen into his body. Reinfections remain rare and he has now […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent On Thursday evening, detectives from India’s National Investigation Agency arrived in an SUV at a red and white building on the outskirts of Ranchi in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand. There they picked up Father Stan Swamy, an ailing 83-year-old activist and Jesuit priest. They seized his mobile phone and asked […]
Police in Belarus have been authorised to use lethal force if necessary against anti-government protesters, a senior government official says. The move was in response to increasingly radicalised, violent anti-Lukashenko groups, he said. Separately, EU foreign ministers have said they are ready to impose sanctions against President Alexander Lukashenko. Protests have swept the country since […]
Democrats are trying in vain to delay the fast-track confirmation by raising fresh concerns about the safety of meeting during the pandemic. Mark Sherman, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Michael Balsamo WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans’ health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the […]
