VOA — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is blaming the surge in coronavirus cases in Arizona, Florida and Texas on two conservative-leaning newspapers – The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post. Cuomo... Read more »
DW — Violence has flared in cities around the US as protesters clash with officers over issues of racial injustice and policing tactics. A car drove into a crowd in Denver and... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that Republicans were set to roll out the next COVID-19 aid package Monday and assured there was backing from the White House... Read more »
BBC — Two statues of Christopher Columbus have been temporarily removed in Chicago. It comes a week after protesters attempted to topple a statue of the Italian explorer in the city. Although... Read more »
VOA —DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – A short-circuit on a power line sparked a brush fire in an eastern neighborhood of the Iranian capital Tehran on Friday, police and the fire department... Read more »
DW — The US Central Command has claimed responsibility for engaging with an Iranian passenger plane in Syrian airspace. Iranian officials have threatened to take legal and political action over the incident.... Read more »
BBC — Canada’s federal court has ruled that an asylum agreement the country has with the US is invalid because America violates the human rights of refugees. The Safe Third Country Agreement... Read more »
VOA — The U.S. government will pay $1.95 billion to American drug maker Pfizer and German biotech company BioNTech SE for 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, if it proves to... Read more »
VOA — President Donald Trump, who renewed daily briefings on the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, said the number of COVID-19 cases was spiking across the country, and “It will probably, unfortunately, get worse... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – Beijing is reported to be in the final stages of approving a $400 billion economic and security deal with Tehran, which some analysts say could give China a... Read more »