NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

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India’s Ladli Foundation Trust gets special status at UN’s ECOSOC

10:52 pm October 10, 2020

New Delhi: The Ladli Foundation Trust, a social organization known for its unique efforts for the upliftment of women and needy people at the grassroots across the country, has been given the status of Special Consultative Institution in the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). During the UNGA in January, a number […]

Ex-NJ governor Chris Christie says he’s out of the hospital

10:25 pm October 10, 2020

Trenton: Former New Jersey Gov Chris Christie said Saturday he has been discharged from a New Jersey hospital where he spent a week, following his announcement that he had contracted the coronavirus. “I am happy to let you know that this morning I was released from Morristown Medical Center,” Christie said in a Saturday morning post on […]

Wisconsin presidential recount in 4th day, with few changes

Voting-related lawsuits pepper US before Election Day

10:10 pm October 10, 2020

Washington: Hundreds of lawsuits about voting have been filed before the November 3 election. The cases concern the fundamentals of the American democratic process, including how ballots are cast and counted. A look at some of the top lawsuits in battleground states ARIZONA: A federal judge ruled in favour of Democrats by holding that voters who neglected to sign […]

No ‘dogma’: Democrats walk tightrope on Barrett’s faith

9:38 pm October 10, 2020

Washington: “The dogma lives loudly within you.” It’s that utterance from California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, that’s on the minds of Democrats and Republicans preparing for this coming week’s hearings with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Feinstein’s 2017 remarks as she questioned Barrett — then a nominee for an appeals court — about the influence of […]

Fauci says vaccine goal would cover 67 million

Dr. Fauci: Avoid large gatherings without masks

9:34 pm October 10, 2020

Washington: Dr Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious-disease expert, is again cautioning against large-scale gatherings of people without masks President Donald Trump is planning to convene another large crowd outside the White House on Saturday. Trump’s Rose Garden event announcing Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his Supreme Court nominee on September 26 has been labelled a “super-spreader” for the coronavirus Fauci […]