The US, Brazil and India: The only three countries with more than a million cases
Earlier today, India surged past one million cases, becoming the third country in the world to do so, after the United States and Brazil. In all three countries, the pandemic is wreaking havoc on healthcare systems, economies, and residents’ daily lives. The United States has...
Japan reports highest daily jump in new cases since April
Japan reported 623 new cases in the past day, the health ministry announced on Friday — the highest daily jump in new coronavirus cases since April 10. The new cases include 286 from Tokyo, the highest daily jump in the capital so far. The prefectures...
As Brazil surpasses 2 million coronavirus cases, virus migrates to southern regions
In Brazil, southern and central-western states that had been spared the worst of the outbreak so far are now seeing coronavirus cases rise rapidly. Brazil surpassed two million cases on Thursday, and continues to report tens of thousands of new cases a day. For most...
Coronavirus: India’s Covid-19 cases cross one million
India added a record number of Covid-19 cases – nearly 35,000 – in the last 24 hours, breaching the one million mark. It has the world’s third-largest case load, after the US and Brazil – the only three countries so far to record more than...
New Ivanka Trump initiative tells out-of-work Americans to ‘find something new
Four months before the presidential election, Ivanka Trump, adviser to her father President Donald Trump, is promoting a new ad campaign dubbed, “Find Something New.” Aimed at helping unemployed Americans find new careers, the initiative launched Tuesday with a virtual roundtable hosted at the White...
Trump slams Biden in epic Rose Garden remarks, the former VP’s campaign has now responded
President Trump veered off-script Tuesday after announcing new legislation against China to attack presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for his recent policy proposals – accusing Biden of aligning his campaign with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive leaders....
Trump pick wins nomination in Alabama as three U.S. states choose Senate candidates
Maine Democrats chose Sara Gideon, the speaker of the state’s House of Representatives, to face off against moderate Republican Senator Susan Collins, one of the Senate’s most at-risk Republicans. Texas Democrats narrowly voted for Air Force veteran MJ Hegar over Black state senator Royce West...
Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries: Trump humiliates Sessions, Senate battleground hardens
President Donald Trump’s interests in Tuesday’s primaries went beyond politics and his grip on the Republican Party. Tuesday night was personal for Trump — and, on that measure, he won. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s first attorney general and the target of his derision over the past...
COVID-19 vaccine yields promising results
The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday — as the shots are poised to begin key final testing. “No matter how you slice this, this is good news,” Dr. Anthony...
Tuberville Defeats Sessions in Alabama GOP Senate Primary, Will Face Incumbent Dem Doug Jones
While it appeared former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions might have had a late surge in his Republican primary runoff contest against former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville, it was not nearly enough. Sessions was defeated by a wide margin on Tuesday and...
Decapitated, dismembered body of tech CEO found in NYC apartment, sources say
The body of a decapitated, dismembered tech CEO was found inside a Lower East Side apartment on Tuesday afternoon — sorted in plastic bags right next to a power saw, sources told The Post. Police came upon the grisly scene shortly after 3:30 p.m., after...
A new Cold War between U.S., China may have already begun. Here’s what it might look like.
WASHINGTON — The signal wasn’t subtle. While China practiced amphibious landings in a contested area of the South China Sea this month, the U.S. Navy dispatched two aircraft carriers to the area “to support a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the Navy said in a statement....
France’s president in favor of mandatory face masks in indoor public spaces
French President Emmanuel Macron said he is “in favor” of making wearing face masks mandatory in enclosed public spaces to limit the spread of coronavirus, adding during a televised interview that the measure could be enforced as early as August 1. “I would like to...
Latin America and the Caribbean have reported more coronavirus deaths than US and Canada
Latin America and the Caribbean have now recorded more coronavirus deaths than the US and Canada, a CNN analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. As of Tuesday, Latin America and the Caribbean have reported at least 146,515 deaths due to Covid-19. The United States...
India recorded 100,000 coronavirus cases in last four days
More than 100,000 people in India have tested positive in just the past four days, said the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. The country recorded 28,498 new cases and 553 new deaths in the last 24 hours, said the ministry. That raises...
Brazil reported more than 260,000 new cases in one week
Brazil has seen more than 260,000 new coronavirus cases in the past week alone, according to data from the Brazilian Health Ministry. On Monday, the ministry recorded 20,286 new cases, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 1,884,967. 261,683 of those cases came...
The US reported more than 56,000 new cases today
The United States now has at least 3,361,042 cases of coronavirus and 135,582 related deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. On Monday, the US reported 56,100 new cases and 377 deaths. The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
Mexico surpasses 300,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases
Mexico confirmed 4,685 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of infections to 304,435. The Mexican Health Ministry also reported 485 new deaths, bringing the country’s coronavirus death toll to 35,491. President claims progress: Earlier Sunday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said...
Bastille Day: France honours health workers amid pandemic
France is honouring its health workers at scaled-down events to mark the national celebration Bastille Day, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Authorities cancelled the traditional military parade but instead are holding a tribute to those tackling the virus. Invited audience members included families of French...
WHO chief blasts “lack of leadership” and calls for global unity
The director-general of the World Health Organization has condemned a “lack of leadership” in fighting the coronavirus pandemic and made an emotional plea for global unity, as cases soar in multiple countries and the world struggles to contain the devastating virus more than six months...
Brazil surpasses 1.8 million coronavirus cases
Brazil surpassed 1.8 million confirmed cases of novel coronavirus Friday, according to the country’s health ministry. The ministry recorded 45,048 new cases in the previous 24 hours — bringing the country’s total to 1,800,827. Brazil also reached 70,000 Covid-19 deaths after another 1,214 related fatalities...
Trump to sign order giving ‘road to citizenship’ to DACA recipients
President Trump on Friday pledged to sign an executive order creating a “road to citizenship” for “Dreamer” immigrants — although a press secretary later backpedaled on the plan and some experts say he’s not authorized to do so. Trump told Telemundo anchor Jose Diaz-Balart that...
Trump commutes Roger Stone’s prison sentence for covering up for the president
By Dareh Gregorian, Geoff Bennett, Pete Williams, Kristen Welker and Peter Alexander President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the prison sentence of former campaign aide Roger Stone, sparing his longtime adviser from having to report to prison next week. “Roger Stone has already suffered greatly,”...
How coronavirus affects the entire body
(CNN)Coronavirus damages not only the lungs, but the kidneys, liver, heart, brain and nervous system, skin and gastrointestinal tract, doctors said Friday in a review of reports about Covid-19 patients. The team at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City — one...
India continues to see record single-day jump in new coronavirus cases
India recorded 26,506 new coronavirus cases Thursday — its largest single-day total to date, its health ministry announced Friday. The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India now stands at 793,802, with 21,604 deaths, according to the ministry. So far, a total of 495,512...
Mexico records more than 7,000 new Covid-19 cases, its highest jump since the outbreak
Mexico saw its third day of record highs in coronavirus cases over the past week, recording more than 7,000 cases in a single day. The Mexican Health Ministry recorded 7,280 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases Thursday, bringing the country’s total confirmed cases to 282,283. The ministry...
Japan sees 357 new coronavirus cases as Tokyo hits record daily high
Japan recorded 357 new coronavirus cases Thursday, its health ministry said Friday. This is the first time the country has recorded more than 300 daily new infections since April 25, when it was still under a state of emergency over the pandemic. The majority of...
Covid-19 infected almost every patient at this hospital. Medics are overwhelmed
El Centro, California (CNN)Coronavirus is winning the battle in El Centro, California. It’s in almost every patient in the hospital. Tents are being put up to handle even more cases. It’s on the streets, forcing rescuers to put on protective suits and cumbersome masks before...
Ousted NY Prosecutor Who Investigated Trump Allies Says Barr ‘Urged’ Him To Resign
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ousted U.S. attorney who was leading investigations into President Donald Trump’s allies told the House Judiciary panel on Thursday that Attorney General William Barr “repeatedly urged” him to resign during a hastily arranged meeting that sheds light on the extraordinary standoff...
Trump claims far left ‘brainwashed’ Biden in ‘Hannity’ exclusive: ‘He doesn’t know what he is doing’
President Trump suggested on Fox News’ “Hannity” Thursday night that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had been “brainwashed” by the party’s far left. “He’s been taken over by the radical left. He has no clue what they’re doing and what they’re getting him into,”...