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World Health Organization (WHO) sign in Geneva next to their headquarters. (AFP)

Germany says Trump's split from WHO will harm global health

German Health Minister Jens Spahn calls Trump's latest move

30 May 2020 4:08 PM

a notification from Twitter appears on tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump that the social media platform says violated its policy. (AFP)

Trump walks back his incendiary Minneapolis ‘thugs’ post

“When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” Trump had written in a tweet that was quickly flagged by Twitter as “glorifying violence”

30 May 2020 10:03 AM

India rejects US mediation in Ladakh standoff, reiterates China issue is bilateral

China too, in a statement on Friday, rejected any US mediation.

29 May 2020 7:08 PM

The twitter page of US President Donald Trump's is displayed on a mobile phone. (AFP)

Twitter flags Trump's tweet again; says it violated rules about 'glorifying violence'

The move came after Trump tweeted that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" in reference to the ongoing unrest in Minneapolis

29 May 2020 4:01 PM

China also rejects Trump's offer to mediate in border standoff

Chinese Foreign Ministry asserts the two countries did not want the "intervention" from a third party to resolve the current matter

29 May 2020 2:48 PM

Trump feels 'absolutely great' after taking hydroxychloroquine

India, which is one of the major manufactures of the drug, has sent several millions of doses to the US as part of its humanitarian gesture

29 May 2020 10:18 AM

Trump says Modi in ‘bad mood’. India says Whaaaat!

A day earlier, the president offered to mediate between India and China.

29 May 2020 10:11 AM

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and President Donald Trump are seen in this combination picture. The President's draft executive order was expected to argue that actions like Twitter’s fact check labeling meant they should lose the protections of being a “platform.” The order was also expected to try to hold back federal advertising dollars from Twitter and other social media companies that “violate free speech principles".

Trump to exercise the might of his presidential powers on Twitter for daring to fact-check his tweets

He is working on signing an executive order to make the companies liable for content on their platforms but it may not pass Congress' muster

28 May 2020 10:43 PM

Recently, Snapchat began offering users voter registration links during the week following their 18th birthday. Between 300,000 and 500,000 Snapchat turn 18 per month.

Boomers Trump, Biden rack up supporters among millennials and Gen Z on Snapchat

Biden’s followers get to try on his aviator sunglasses filter, while Trump’s fans massively share his team’s videos mocking opponents gaffes

27 May 2020 7:47 PM

Trump will be left twiddling his thumbs if he 'closes down' Twitter as he threatens to do. The president has long used Twitter as a platform to spread abuse, conspiracy theories, false information and insults to his 80 million followers. (Photo | AFP)

Always-on-Twitter Trump threatens on Twitter to shut down Twitter!

The latest of the president's rants came after the platform flagged two of his tweets as unsubstantiated.

27 May 2020 6:06 PM

A pharmacy tech holds a bottle and a pill of Hydroxychloroquine. (AFP)

After WHO, France puts ban on hydroxychloroquine

Under the new French rules, the drug can be used only in clinical trials to test its efficacy against coronavirus

27 May 2020 3:42 PM

Volunteers wearing protective suits check identity of a resident at the entrance of a residental area in Jilin, in China's northeastern Jilin province. (AFP)

Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses

Lab authorities assert none of the strains obtained from bats are a match for the new contagion wreaking chaos across the world

24 May 2020 10:05 AM

WHO to review virus response as Trump renews attack. (AFP Photo)

WHO to review covid response after Trump attack

WHO Director-General Tedros us acknowledged there had been shortcomings and told the virtual assembly he welcomed calls for a review

19 May 2020 1:12 PM

Trump calls world health body 'puppet of China'. (AFP Photo)

WHO a puppet of China, says Donald Trump

Trump threatened to permanently freeze US funding to the WHO unless "substantive improvements" were made within the next 30 days

19 May 2020 12:41 PM

Trump, in a surprise announcement, said on Monday he is taking hydroxychloroquine. (AFP Photo)

Despite FDA warning, Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about its use

19 May 2020 10:15 AM

Trump threatened Monday to permanently freeze US funding to the World Health Organization. (AFP Photo)

Trump threatens permanent freeze on WHO funding in 30 days

Washington suspended funding to the WHO in mid-April, accusing it of being too close to Beijing

19 May 2020 9:39 AM

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AFP)

Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria: Khamenei

Khamenei say America’s actions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria had led to them being hated

18 May 2020 11:35 AM

Obama was 'grossly incompetent president': Trump

Trump's reaction came after Obama on Saturday criticised the US authorities' response to the coronavirus outbreak

18 May 2020 9:04 AM

US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House. (AP)

Just don't want to talk to Xi Jinping right now: Trump

The US’s criticism on how Chinese leadership handled the coronavirus outbreak has led to a spat between both the countries

16 May 2020 12:51 PM

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the Brady press briefing room of the White House. (AP)

Covid-19 crisis: Donald Trump says US will donate ventilators to India

Trump said Indian-Americans were "great" scientists and researchers, who were contributing to the development of the coronavirus vaccine.

16 May 2020 11:19 AM

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