Trump says US ‘terminating’ relationship with WHO Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump said Friday he was severing US ties with the World Health Organization, which he says failed to do enough to combat the initial spread of the novel coronavirus. Trump first suspended funding to the …
Read More »Scientists raise concern over hydroxychloroquine study
Paris, France | AFP | Dozens of scientists have raised concerns over a large-scale study of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine published in the Lancet that led to the World Health Organization suspending clinical trials of the anti-viral drugs as a potential treatment for COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine, normally used to treat arthritis, has become …
Read More »Britain pushing US to form 5G club of nations to cut out Huawei
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Britain said Friday it was pushing the United States to form a club of 10 nations that could develop its own 5G technology and reduce dependence on China’s controversial technology giant Huawei. The issue is expected to feature at a G7 summit that US President …
Read More »Hundreds of troops deployed as angry US anti-racism protests spread
Minneapolis, United States | AFP | Hundreds of troops deployed to the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul early Friday after a third night of rioting over police brutality against African Americans left hundreds of shops damaged and a police station on fire. After the angry demonstrations spread overnight to multiple …
Read More »White House dares Twitter in war over Trump tweets
Washington, United States | AFP | The White House thumbed its nose at Twitter on Friday by reposting a President Donald Trump tweet that the social media giant had just taken the unprecedented step of hiding, because it violated the platform’s rules against “glorifying violence.” The tit-for-tat marked a new escalation …
Read More »Trump hits back at Twitter
Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump has hit back at Twitter, that concealed one his tweets on Friday for “glorifying violence.” The US president says social media companies censor conservative voices like his. “Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies and propaganda being …
Read More »In the US, camera phones increasingly expose racism
New York, United States | AFP | From the death of a black man in Minneapolis to a racist incident in Central Park, camera phones are increasingly being used as a weapon against racism even when justice doesn’t always follow. Two videos shot on smartphones spread from social media to mainstream …
Read More »Denmark reopens borders for locked-out lovers
Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP | More than two months after closing its borders, Denmark has loosened restrictions to let couples separated by coronavirus lockdowns finally see each other again — even if the easing applies just to partners from a few nearby countries for now. Parliament agreed a deal last week …
Read More »A world redrawn: pop can keep us together, says star DJ David Guetta
New York, United States | AFP | Pandemic confinement has electronic dance music titan David Guetta looking inward, and he said he’s emerging “extremely inspired” ahead of a New York benefit set for this weekend. A key EDM architect who’s heavily influenced the pop of recent decades, the 52-year-old Grammy-winning French …
Read More »‘Water is life’: COVID-19 exposes chronic crisis in Navajo Nation
Thoreau, United States | AFP | Amanda Larson pulls up at a water station a few miles from her home in the Navajo Nation and her three children get to work filling up large bottles lying on the bed of her pickup truck. The 66 gallons will be used by her …
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