Prez Trump Looking At Banning TikTok App In United States President Donald Trump has revealed plans to ban TikTok app in the United States through executive authority today. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump told reporters while flying home …
Read More »Twitter Limits Donald Trump Jr.’s Account Over COVID-19 Misinformation Policy
Twitter has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s son from tweeting on its site after he shared a video riddled with unsupported claims about the coronavirus Monday. Many Republicans reacted with outrage, filling social media with cries of “censorship,” after Donald Trump Jr.’s account was put on a timeout for sharing the video, which was viewed millions of …
Read More »Vietnam Locks Down 3rd-Largest City To Travel As New Coronavirus Cases Spread
Vietnam has suspended all flights to and from Da Nang for 15 days after at least 14 cases of the novel coronavirus had been detected in the city, the government said on Tuesday. The Southeast Asian country is back on high alert after authorities on Saturday confirmed the first community infections since April, …
Read More »Johnson: Economic Effort Like New Deal Needed For UK Recovery
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has this morning given an interview to the newly-launched Times Radio. Mr Johnson told the station the government should take an activist and interventionist approach to the economy in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He said an economic effort like the one enacted by former …
Read More »Cases Among Women ‘May Be Underreported’ In Africa and Middle East
There is a huge gap between the number of men and women who have tested positive for Covid-19 in parts of Africa and the Middle East, according to a global aid agency, suggesting that women in conflict zones may be struggling with access to testing and support.In countries like Pakistan, …
Read More »People In Scotland Can Meet Indoors From 10 July
People in Scotland will be allowed to meet indoors from 10 July, and pubs and restaurants can reopen from 15 July, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.Announcing changes to the Scottish government’s route out of lockdown, Sturgeon said travel distance restrictions which see people forced to stay within five miles of their …
Read More »Coronavirus: Zimbabwe Health Minister In Court On Corruption Charges
Zimbabwe’s health minister has been granted bail after appearing in court.Obadiah Moyo was arrested on Friday after the government came under pressure from the opposition and on social media over a scandal surrounding the procurement of coronavirus tests and equipment.He faces corruption charges related to a $20m (£16m) contract awarded …
Read More »Trump’s Oklahoma Rally Can Go Ahead, Court Rules
Oklahoma’s Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday in Tulsa, his first since March, can go ahead. A lawsuit to stop the 20 June event over concerns that it could increase the spread of Covid-19 in the community was filed this week. Virus cases are rising …
Read More »John Bolton: Judge Rejects Trump Bid To Ban Ex-Adviser’s Book
A US judge has rejected a request by President Donald Trump to stop the publication of a memoir by his former National Security Adviser, John Bolton.The justice department argued that the book had not been properly vetted.Judge Royce Lamberth of the US District Court in Washington DC said Mr Bolton had …
Read More »John Bolton: White House Makes Last Gasp Bid To Stop Book’s Release
The Trump administration is making a last-ditch effort to stop the publication of a damaging new book by a former national security adviser. Among several allegations, John Bolton says Donald Trump “pleaded” for help from China to win re-election in 2020. The Justice Department has filed an emergency order seeking …
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