Month: June 2020

Trump to bar Chinese passenger airlines from flying to U.S.: sources

U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration plans to bar Chinese passenger carriers from…

Trump says it’s ‘common sense’ for Putin to be invited to G7 meetings

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it was “common…

Huawei hid business operation in Iran after report linked CFO, documents show

China‘s Huawei Technologies acted to cover up its relationship with a firm…

Sweden could have handled coronavirus response better, chief epidemiologist admits

Sweden’s chief epidemiologist showed contrition Wednesday as criticism mounted over the Scandinavian…

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam accuses foreign critics of ‘blatant double standards’

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam accused foreign critics on Wednesday of displaying…

100,000 evacuated as cyclone makes landfall in Mumbai, India

A cyclone made landfall Wednesday south of India‘s financial capital of Mumbai,…

Coronavirus: Trudeau to make case for co-ordinated world recovery plan

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will continue today to make the case for…

U.S. sees calmest streets in days as George Floyd protests largely peaceful

Protests were largely peaceful and the nation’s streets were calmer than they…

George Floyd death: ‘Dangerous’ police chokeholds under fresh scrutiny worldwide

Three days after George Floyd died with a Minneapolis police officer choking off…

Calgary’s police chief, union call killing of George Floyd ‘gut-wrenching’ and ‘heartbreaking’

Calgary’s top cop called the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last…

Trump may be backing off military threat amid George Floyd protests: sources

A day after threatening states that he would dispatch the military to…

‘We’re not stopping’: Thousands break NYC’s curfew to protest George Floyd death

Thousands of demonstrators defiantly remained on the streets of New York City…