Tens of thousands evacuated as India, Bangladesh brace for super cyclone KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – Authorities in eastern India and Bangladesh were relocating tens of thousands of villagers away from the coastline on Tuesday ahead of a super cyclone that is expected to inflict large-scale damage as both countries struggle to contain the coronavirus. Coronavirus quarantine […]
India coronavirus infections surge past 100,000, deaths top 3,000 (Reuters) – Coronavirus cases in India reached 100,000 on Tuesday, matching its number of intensive care beds, and the rate of increase of new infections showed little sign of slowing. A woman and her baby wait for a bus to take them to a railway station […]
Trump Threatens Permanent Freeze Of World Health Organization Funding The president also said he would reconsider membership of the United States in the body. May 18 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did not commit to improvements within 30 days, and […]
Stunned Fox News Host Neil Cavuto Warns: Hydroxychloroquine ‘Will Kill You’ “I cannot stress this enough,” warned Neil Cavuto about the anti-malaria drug the president has touted as a coronavirus cure, “this will kill you.” By Ryan Grenoble, HuffPost US Donald Trump told reporters Monday that he’s been taking hydroxychloroquine for several weeks, despite a lack of evidence […]
Why it’s so hard to be rational about Covid-19 By Gaia Vince Attitudes towards lockdown are proving divisive in countries like the US – and those divisions are falling down familiar party lines. But why does partisanship shape our compliance with public health campaigns? T The world’s best scientists are currently deployed in a war-like […]
Global health leaders are pushing for an independent review of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic at the UN’s World Health Assembly. Monday’s virtual meeting brings together envoys from 194 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO is facing questions on how it dealt with the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese President Xi Jinping, […]
Fired Inspector General Was Probing Whether Pompeo Made Staffer Run Errands: Reports Steve Linick was reportedly investigating whether the secretary of state had made a staffer walk his dog and pick up his dry cleaning, among other errands. By Dominique Mosbergen, HuffPost US The State Department inspector general who President Donald Trump fired last week […]
BJP Govt Solely Responsible For Plight Of Migrants: AAP AAP leader Raghav Chadha urged the BJP-led government to pay heed to the condition of the migrants. Press Trust of India UTPAL BARUAH / REUTERS A migrant labourer looks out of a window as he waits in a train compartment in Guwahati, the major city of […]
Lockdown 4.0 Guidelines For Shops, Travel, Offices, Night Curfew States and union territories can now delineate of Red, Green and Orange zones. The guidelines say they may prohibit certain other activities in various zones or impose restrictions deemed necessary. Newsroom NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Migrants undergo thermal screening before boarding buses to their native places,during […]
Trump Blasts Obama As ‘Incompetent’ After Apparent Commencement Speech Jab The president claimed he hadn’t heard his predecessor’s remarks criticizing U.S. leadership during the coronavirus pandemic. By Hayley Miller, HuffPost US President Donald Trump on Sunday tore into former President Barack Obama, calling him “an incompetent president” after Obama appeared to criticize his response to […]