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Trump wears mask as Covid-19 deaths stalk US again

US President Donald Trump finally wore a mask during a visit to a hospital on Saturday, setting a public example health experts say he should have done months ago, even as his administration’s shambolic approach to the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an upsurge in cases and casualties. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WbrxlQ

Trump, Biden try to outdo each other on tough talk on China

China has fast become a top election issue as President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden engage in a verbal brawl over who's better at playing the tough guy against Beijing. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZiUWNc

After Harvard & MIT, Johns Hopkins sues Trump admin to block rule on foreign students

Johns Hopkins University has joined a growing list of prestigious higher education institutions in the US suing the Trump administration over its "cruel" decision not to allow foreign students to take online-only courses this fall semester. Johns Hopkins said the policy change has “suddenly and unexpectedly" plunged it and virtually all of higher education in the US, into chaos. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CoJruH

Pope 'very pained' by decision to turn Hagia Sophia museum into mosque

Pope Francis said on Sunday he was hurt by Turkey's decision to make Istanbul's Hagia Sophia museum a mosque, the latest religious leader to condemn the move. "My thoughts go to Istanbul. I think of Santa Sophia and I am very pained," he said during his weekly blessing in St. Peter's Square. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CmHQFz

Indian students concerned about deportation, dropping out semester as US announces new visa rules

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Covid-19: Russia reports 6,615 new cases of coronavirus

The country's coronavirus crisis response centre said 130 people had died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 11,335. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ATWIeg

Over 200,000 vote in Hong Kong's pro-democracy primaries

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Covid-19: Russia reports 6,615 new cases of coronavirus

The country's coronavirus crisis response centre said 130 people had died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 11,335. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ATWIeg

Pakistan's Covid tally reaches 248,872; death toll stands at 5,197

Pakistan's Covid-19 caseload has reached 248,872 with 2,521 new patients in the last 24 hours, while the death toll climbed to 5,197, the health ministry said on Sunday. The Ministry of National Health Services said that the coronavirus recoveries were increasing in the country as about 63 per cent of the total infected patients have recovered so far. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gPwDw5

China raises flood alert to second highest level

China on Sunday raised its flood response alert to the second highest grade as downpours continued to batter regions along the Yangtze River, with the eastern provinces of Jiangsu and Jiangxi among the worst hit, state media reported. Regional flooding in the Poyang county of Jiangxi has made water levels of China's Lake Poyang, its biggest freshwater lake. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OebcZx

Poland holds momentous, tight presidential election runoff

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Poland holds momentous, tight presidential election runoff

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Poland votes in tight presidential election

The result will be decisive for the future of Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) party government, which critics accuse of rolling back hard-won democratic freedoms three decades after the fall of communism. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/38UItSX

Romney slams Trump for commuting aide's jail sentence

Republican Senator Mitt Romney has slammed President Donald Trump's decision to commute the prison sentence of his long-time political confidant Roger Stone. "Unprecedented, historic corruption: an American President commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very President. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38PwN44

Australia to offer residence option to 10,000 Hong Kongers

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government believes China's imposition of a new tough national security law on the semi-autonomous territory means pro-democracy supporters may face political persecution. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OhFN8o

US: Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse

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Covid-19: US town grows money from trees during pandemic downturn

Tenino had become a ghost town, and small businesses were struggling to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic, so local officials revived an unconventional idea from the last century: print its own currency on planks of wood. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Zl8rvS

Disney World reopens as US virus death toll surges

Disney World is known as "The Most Magical Place on Earth" but as the Florida theme park reopened Saturday, it was counting on a bit of science -- masks, social distancing, hand sanitizer -- to stave off the coronavirus. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eeManC

5.1 magnitude earthquake jolts China's Hebei province

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US Navy welcomes first Black female Tactical Aircraft pilot

The US Navy has welcomed its first Black female Tactical Aircraft pilot. "MAKING HISTORY!" the US Navy tweeted Thursday in response to a post that Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle had completed naval flight school and would later this month receive the flight officer insignia known as the "Wings of Gold." from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gR2Hjf

US posts new daily coronavirus case record of 66,528: Johns Hopkins

The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus, on Saturday posted 66,528 new cases, a record for a 24-hour period, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Oj3Qnz

As virus rages in US, Trump finally wears a mask

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