Category: USA
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New York Targets Individual Blocks To Curb Spread
New York will target individual blocks rather than entire neighbourhoods as the state tries to fight the coronavirus in fall and winter, said Governor Andrew Cuomo…reports Asian Lite News. “You draw a very tight focus, bring it down within that targeted area and you don’t disrupt anyone else in the meantime,” said Cuomo on Saturday,…
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Republican Senator mocks Kamala Harris by mispronouncing her name
A Republican Senator from the state of Georgia mispronounced Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ name, leading to racism accusations. While speaking against the Democrats at President Donald Trump’s re-election rally on Friday in Macon, Georgia, Senator David Perdue called Harris “Kah-mah-la or Kah-ma-la or Kamala-mala-mala, I don’t know, whatever”, The Hill news website reported.…
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US rejects Russia’s proposal to extend nuclear treaty
The White House rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal earlier in the day to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) for at least one year without conditions. “President Putin’s response today to extend New START without freezing nuclear warheads is a non-starter,” US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said…
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Biden campaign raises far more in September than Trump
With just 18 days left for the November 3 election, Biden also has $432 million worth of cash in hand, while the Trump campaign has $251.4 million…Reports Asian LIte News US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee have announced a joint fundraising haul of $247.8 million in September, but it was…
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Trump wants ‘honest election’ to leave peacefully
Trump’s remarks came after less than a month after he had refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he did not win the election, while adding that the result would be challenged in court…Reports Asian Lite News US President Donald Trump has said that he will accept a peaceful transfer of power…
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18 Days to go: Biden tops Trump by 7points
According to the poll, three per cent of the voters said they would prefer someone else as their candidate for President and another 3 per cent do not plan to vote…Reports Asian Lite News A new poll has revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was currently leading US President Donald Trump by seven points…
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Trump, Biden hold showdown in separate town halls
The two events took place on Thursday night. While Biden’s town hall was hosted by ABC News in Philadelphia, Trump’s 60-minute appearance in Miami was organised by NBC News….Reports Asian Lite News Symbolising the deep chasm in US politics, President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden could not even agree on holding a…
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Artemis Programme: NASA grants $374 mn worth contracts to 14 Cos
NASA has picked 14 US companies, including several small businesses, as partners and awarded them $370 million in total to develop a range of technologies that will help forge a path to sustainable Artemis operations on the Moon by the end of the decade. The space agency selected partners to develop technologies in cryogenic fluid…
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NYPD girds for more protests before Nov 3 election
This November 3rd will be the one of the most highly contested presidential elections in the modern era…Reports Asian Lite News The New York Police Department (NYPD) is gearing up for potential protests in the state and the city ahead of the November 3 presidential election, the force announced in a memo. In the memo…
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Nearly 700k child cases of Covid 19 reported in US
Nearly 700,000 children in the US have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic earlier this year, according to a new report. The report released on Wednesday by the American Academy of Paediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association said that a total of 77,073 new child cases were reported from…
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Biden gains lead in Wisconsin, Michigan: Poll
In the 2016 election, Trump had won both the states…Reports Asian Lite News A new poll has revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has gained big leads against US President Donald Trump in the swing states of Wisconsin and Michigan. In the 2016 election, Trump had won both the states. The latest New York…
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Fauci asks Trump campaign to take down ad featuring him
“To take a completely out-of-context statement and put it in what is obviously a political campaign ad, I thought, was really very disappointing”.said Fauci…Reports Asian Lite News Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, has said that the re-election campaign of US President Donald Trump should take down a new political ad that features his…
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Trump feels ‘so powerful’ after Covid recovery
He made the remarks to a huge crowd of supports at an airport in Sanford, Florida on Monday night, about a week after being discharged from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington following his Covid-19 treatment…Reports Asian Lite News At his first re-election rally following his October 2 announcement of being Covid-19…
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Trump tests negative for Covid-19
Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus “on consecutive days”, White House doctor Sean Conley said in the first public disclosure about the US President’s health status after his October 2 announcement that he and the First Lady has contracted the disease. Conley made the revelation in a memo on Monday shortly before…
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‘Immune to coronavirus’: Trump claims
White House physician Sean Conley did not disclose when Trump last had a negative test result…Reports Asian Lite News US President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that he is now “immune” from the coronavirus, though medical research has suggested it is possible to be re-infected with the virus. “It seems like I’m immune, so I…
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Fauci appears in Trump’s campaign ad
In the 30-second ad titled “Carefully”, which was released on Saturday, a narrator notes Trump’s recovery from Covid-19 and includes a clip of Fauci…Reports Asian Lite News US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has released a new ad which features Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, touting the administration’s response to the ongoing Covid-19…
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US sanctions: Maduro writes to ‘peoples of the world’
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The President also said Venezuela is preparing to hold legislative elections on December 6, and that over 90 per cent of local political organizations have fielded over 14,000 candidates for 277 seats…Reports Asian Lite News Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has addressed a letter “to the peoples of the world” on his government’s response to Washington’s…
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Pence delays Indiana trip to vote early
According to a report in The Hill news website, Pence was slated to travel to Indianapolis, where he is still registered to vote, to cast his ballot in person along with his wife, Karen…Reports Asian Lite News US Vice President Mike Pence has postponed a planned trip to the state of Indiana on Friday to…
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Biden campaign raises over $12mn after VP debate
The former Vice President’s campaign had raised nearly $10 million after the first presidential debate between Biden and Trump on September 29…Reports Asian Lite News Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign announced that it has raised more than $12 million following the debate between the party’s candidate Kamala Harris and US Vice President Mike Pence.…
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Second Presidential Debate Cancelled
The second presidential debate between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden which was scheduled to take place on October 15 in Miami, has been officially cancelled, it was announced. In a statement on Friday night, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) said: “It is now apparent there will be no debate…
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‘Joe won’t last two months as president’: Trump
Trump launched a vicious attack calling Harris a “monster” and a “communist”….Reports Asian Lite News US President Donald Trump asserted on Thursday that Democratic Party’s vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris would replace Joe Biden as president within a month if he were elected and launched a vicious attack calling her a “monster” and a “communist”. In…
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Pelosi to remove Trump under 25th amendment
The move is expected to be largely symbolic as the Republican-controlled Senate is unlikely to go along with such a measure passed by the Democrat-run House of Representatives in an attempt at a constitutional coup to remove Trump…Arul Louis Reports Pushing her confrontation with the coronavirus-sticken Donald Trump to a near crisis level, House Speaker…
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Trump bows out of virtual debate
Trump has not campaigned directly since last Thursday because of his disease, will lose an opportunity to be on a nationally televised event…Reports Asian Lite News Coronavirus-stricken US President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled out of the debate with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, objecting to a digital encounter where he could be cut off…
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US imposes sanctions on major Iranian banks
US Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on Iran’s banking sector, making a signifiant stride aimed at impairing the arch-rival’s economy weeks ahead of US elections.Arab News Reports The Treasury Department said it was designating 18 major Iranian banks, a step that could largely cut off the nation of 80 million people from the world’s financial…
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Biden resumes negative campaign ads against Trump
After Trump announced on October 2 that he and the First Lady had tested positive for the virus, the Biden campaign revealed that it was taking down the negative ads….Reports Asian Lite News The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced that it has planned to restart negative digital and TV ads against US…
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Jews protest as US Covid-19 spike turns communal
Jewish leader, State Senator Simcha Felder said that Governor Cuomo’s choice to single out a particular religious group was outrageous…Reports Asian Lite News The resurgence of Covid-19 cases in few parts of New York has led to the communal targeting of the Jewish minority, which countered it with protests and making a bonfire of masks.…
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Harris and a fly dominate Pence in first VP debate
Pence spent 90 minutes trying to defend the administration and framed Harris and Biden as radical left wingers – an old tune…Reports Asian Lite News A fly that landed on US Vice President Mike Pence’s head of thick white hair and nested there for a good two minutes became an unlikely breakout star on the…
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Trump pulls all troops out of Afghanistan by Xmas
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Reduction of troops and to pull the country out of “endless wars”, have been a part of Trump’s re-election campaign promises…Reports Asian Lite News US President Donald Trump has hinted that American troops stationed in Afghanistan should be “home by Christmas”. The Decision came following an announcement last month that Washington would withdraw thousands of…
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The Wreckage Of Trump’s Presidency
In his world, the presidency is not enough to satisfy his ego and make up for his dismal failures and complete lack of self-confidence. He needs unchecked power—dictatorial power—so that no one can question his actions, motives, or agenda, however skewed or criminal they may be…writes Dr Alon Ben-Meir Like many Americans, I have been…
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George Floyd murder suspect freed on $1m bail
Court records show Derek Chauvin posted a $1m (£774,000) bond and was released on Wednesday morning….Reports Asian Lite News The former US police officer charged with the murder of unarmed black man George Floyd has been released from prison on bail. Court records show Derek Chauvin posted a $1m (£774,000) bond and was released on…
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Trump Tightens H-1B Rules
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The Acting Deputy DHS Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said about one-third of the people who have applied for H1B visas would be denied under the new rules…reports NIKHILA NATARAJAN The Donald Trump administration moved Tuesday to cut back H1B visas for foreign skilled workers and tightened wage-based entry barriers citing “data” that more than 500,000 Americans…
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VP debate to tighten safety rules
The Commission on Presidential Debates on Monday approved plans for the plexiglass installation as a barrier between Pence and Harris, as well as moderator Susan Page…Reports Asian Lite News Amid Covid-19 fears, a plexiglass will be installed between US Vice President Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate, during their…
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‘Shouldn’t have called Trump a clown’: Biden
The former Vice President said it was hard to engage respectfully with Trump during the 90-minute debate, which took a chaotic turn…Reports Asian Lite News Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said that he shouldn’t have called US President Donald Trump a clown during the first debate between the two rivals on September 29. “I…
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Trump returns to White house after 72 hours
US President Donald Trump has returned to the White House after 72 hours of treatment at a military hospital to face a campaign upended by his COVID-19 infection barely a month before the election that will define his future. Pumping his fist and giving a thumbs up he emerged from the Walter Reed National Medical…
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‘Not being briefed on Trump’s health’: Pelosi
Pelosi said that she was not interested in how Trump testing positive for the virus would have an impact on the upcoming November 3 presidential election…Reports Asian Lite News Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the Democrats-led US House of Representatives, said that she was not being briefed on President Donald Trump’s health, who is currently in…
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Pence assumes role of ‘prime Republican campaigner’
Pence will now undertake a round of electioneering under the ‘Operation MAGA’ initiative launched by Trump’s re-election campaign which is a series of in-person and virtual events…Reports Asian Lite News US Vice President Mike Pence takes on the mantle of the prime Republican campaigner with the election clock ticking down to 29 days as President…
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First debate helps Biden in key swing states: poll
A new poll has revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was leading US President Donald Trump by sizable margins in the two key swing states of Florida and Pennsylvania, following the first fiery debate between the two rivals on September 29. The New York Times-Siena College poll published on Saturday found that Biden was…
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Trump moved to military hospital
US President Donald Trump has been admitted to the nation’s premier military hospital in Washington for several days after testing positive for Covid-19, limiting his campaigning in the crucial month before the November 3 presidential election. His doctor Sean Conley said on Friday night that he had recommended moving Trump to the Walter Reed Military…
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Tesla to enter India next year
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that the electric car maker is finally ready to enter the India market in 2021. Musk revealed his plans to bring Tesla cars to India in his response to a Twitter post that asked about the progress on Tesla’s planned entry into India. “Next year for sure,” Musk…
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‘I condemn all white supremacists’: Trump backtracks
“I don’t know much about the Proud Boys, almost nothing, but I condemn that.”said Trump…Reports Asian Lite News In a TV interview, US President Donald Trump has said that he “condemns all white supremacists”, following controversy over statements he made during the first presidential debate on September 29. “I’ve said it many times, let me…
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Trump wants no change to debate rules
“Why would I allow the Debate Commission to change the rules for the second and third debates when I easily won last time?” said Trump…Reports Asian Lite News US President Donald Trump has opposed possible changes to the format of the two remaining presidential debates with his Democratic rival Joe Biden after the first one…
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Trump, Melania Test Covid-19 Positive
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he and his wife Melania have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for Covid-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this together,” he said in a tweet. The next course of action for the…
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Polls favour Biden in most swing states
South Carolina voters are evenly divided on the President’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the economy…Reports Asian Lite News US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden were tied in the state of South Carolina, where the incumbent leader had previously held a 10-point over his rival. The Quinnipiac poll released on…
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American Airlines fires 19,000 workers
It would reverse the move if Congress reaches a deal to extend aid…said Doug Parker…Reports Asian Lite News At least 19,000 American Airlines workers will be furloughed from Thursday, the Texas-based airline said in a statement, adding that it would reverse the move if Congress reaches a deal to extend aid. In the statement issued…
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“Clown, Liar ,Shut up” : 1st debate ends in chaos
“Clown”, “Liar”, “just shush for a minute” and “keep yapping” were the insults that will forever be the highlight of the first Trump-Biden US presidential debate 2020 with Fox News anchor and moderator Chris Wallace coming in for serious flak based on how he allowed American President Donald Trump to aggressively interrupt his Democratic challenger…
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‘He is a liar’: Biden lashes out at Trump in first debate
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ripped into US president Trump’s Calling a “liar” and a man who “doesn’t know what he’s talking about”, in a response to the coronavirus pandemic which has killed more than 200,000 Americans, plunged the economy and upended life across the country. President Trump and Biden waded into their first debate…
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Biden discloses latest tax returns prior to debate
US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has released his tax returns just hours ahead of the first debate with President Donald Trump. Biden and his wife Jill paid nearly $288,000 in income tax last year, according to the filings. He has also called on the President to release his returns, the BBC reported on Tuesday.…
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Trump paid more in taxes to India than to US in 2017
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US President Donald Trump or his company paid $145,400 in taxes to India and received $2.3 million from projects there, according to The New York Times. The newspaper said the taxes were paid by him or his companies in 2017 and the $2.3 million in income came during Trump’s first two years in office. The…
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Trump firm on ‘drug test’ demand
US President Donald Trump has reiterated a call that he and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden should be tested for drugs before the two rivals come face-to-face during their first debate on Tuesday. Taking to Twitter on Sunday, the President said: “I will be strongly demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior to,…
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Trump paid ‘nothing’ in taxes for 10 years before 2016 polls
US President Donald Trump did not pay his income tax for 10 of the 15 years before the 2016 election, and only $750 the year he ran for the presidency and in his first year in the White House, a media report has revealed. The New York Times newspaper revealed this information on Sunday after…