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U.S. health regulators on Tuesday OK’d the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states. The test from LabCorp will initially only be available to health care workers and first responders under a …

With the health of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un subject to furious speculation and a flurry of media reports, questions are inevitably being raised over who would take over control of the hermit kingdom if his reign were to be cut short. The 36-year-old has worked tirelessly in the nine years …

Michael Bloomberg spent more than $1 billion (£813m) during 104 days of his presidential campaign, it has been revealed. A Federal Election Commission filing from Monday showed that the former mayor spent over $1 billion in less than four months. Mr Bloomberg had a staff of more than 2,400 to …

A new bipartisan report from the Senate Intelligence Committee reasserts the panel’s position that Russia launched an “unprecedented” election interference campaign in 2016 to help Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton. The Senate Intelligence Committee is chaired by Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina. The 158-page, heavily redacted fourth volume …

President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus. On Twitter, he cited “the attack from the invisible enemy”, as he calls the virus, and the need to protect the jobs of Americans, but did not …

People in Barcelona hunker down for the fifth week in a row in fear of a pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 4,000 people across Catalonia. In Spain, the death toll has reached a staggering 20,000 while the number of confirmed cases has exceeded any other country in …

In the worst-case scenario, there is a risk that 77-year-old Joe Biden won’t be able to construct whole or meaningful sentences or even maintain the activities of daily living, Norwegian psychiatrist Fred Heggen has mused. Having analysed the public appearances of US President hopeful Joe Biden, Norwegian psychiatrist Fred Heggen …

The United States has once again threatened that Turkey could face sanctions if it proceeds with the installation of the S-400 missile systems that it has purchased from Russia, repeating the call for Ankara to cancel the deal with Moscow, which has been a major bone of contention between the …

North Korea’s leader missed celebrations on the country’s most important holiday, prompting media speculation. Several outlets have been reporting he may in critical condition following heart surgery. South Korean online newspaper Daily NK on Tuesday cited one source in North Korea, who claimed that Kim Jong Un. who is thought …

New York schools and hospitals could see a 20 percent decrease in funding without federal assistance, the governor warned. Governor Andrew Cuomo has put pressure on President Donald Trump and the federal government in recent days because of the assistance his state desperately needed in order to properly fight the …

A gunman disguised as a police officer went on a 12-hour rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, shooting people in their homes, setting fires and killing at least 18 people, including a policewoman, in the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s history. Officials said the suspect, identified as …

Israeli demonstrators turned out in droves to protest the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. Mindful of the need for social distancing, they stood two meters apart from each other in a visually spectacular gathering. Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square is often a staging ground for rallies. Tens of thousands flocked to the …

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the ongoing global crisis caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic has exposed Western countries’ failure and immorality. “The coronavirus crisis has exposed the failure of the Western regimes as well as their immorality, because the pandemic showed that these regimes only serve a select few …

On Monday, Hebrew media sources revealed the contents of a new law recently signed by the military commander of the occupied West Bank, which stipulates that prisoners ’salaries are prohibited money. The Hebrew channel “Seven” stated that the law will start in effect from the ninth with next May, which …

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has come under criticism for joining protesters demanding that restrictions on movement introduced to stop the spread of coronavirus be lifted. Mr Bolsonaro has clashed in recent weeks with state governors who have imposed lockdowns, denouncing the measures as “dictatorial”. As of Sunday, Brazil had more …

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday that it could take weeks if not months before the country’s most populous city reopens due to a lack of widespread testing, even as officials elsewhere began rolling back restrictions on daily life. De Blasio, whose city is at the …

Footage of tornado damage in Alabama in March 2020 For the second Sunday in a row, the Southern US states were in the midst of an outbreak of severe weather over the weekend, including widespread damaging winds, tornadoes, hail and torrential rainfall. Waves of severe thunderstorms blew through Louisiana to …

Far more Americans are placing their trust in what White House infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are saying about the health crisis than what Donald Trump is saying, according to a new poll from NBC News/Wall Street Journal. Three out of every five Americans …

Today, Sunday, the deaths of the “Covid-19” epidemic in Europe exceeded the 100,000 mark, after a number of countries, including Spain and Belgium, announced new deaths from the deadly virus. And revealed the “WorldMeter” website, which specializes in monitoring the developments of the epidemic, which is currently spreading around the …

The coronavirus outbreak in New York state — the epicenter of the epidemic in the United States — is “on the descent,” Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Sunday. “We are past the high point, and all indications at this point are that we are on the descent,” Cuomo told a …