US President Donald Trump on Monday again hinted a coronavirus vaccine will be available before November’s election, as he accused his Democratic rivals for the White House of undermining public confidence in the immunization. His comments came days after vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said she would not take Trump’s…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who Germany says was poisoned by a weapons-grade Novichok nerve agent, is now out of a medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation, the Berlin hospital treating him said Monday. “He is responding to verbal stimuli,” Charite hospital said in a statement,…
The message appears designed to galvanize supporters who have cheered what they see as a defiant stand against political correctness since the days when he kicked off his last presidential campaign in 2015 by denouncing, without evidence, Mexicans crossing the border as rapists. While he initially voiced concern over the…
Michael Sandel was 18 years old when he received his first significant lesson in the art of politics. The future philosopher was president of the student body at Palisades high school, California, at a time when Ronald Reagan, then governor of the state, lived in the same town. Never short…
The Trump administration’s top health officials and advisers this week adamantly insisted political motivations won’t play into the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified states to be ready to distribute one to high-priority groups as soon as Nov. 1 — two…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in the U.S. election and has the biggest programme to influence domestic politics, U.S. national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday, without providing any details. A voter completes his ballot on the day of…
By Reuters Staff Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott addresses members of the media after a party room meeting at Parliament House in Canberra February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Sean Davey /Files LONDON (Reuters) – Britain named former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott as an adviser to its Board of Trade on Friday,…
Muthulakshmi Reddy fought patriarchy and discrimination to become India’s first woman MP. She also became the first woman to study medicine in an all-male college. She set up many charitable institutes more than 100 years ago and they continue to serve people. The BBC brings her forgotten story to life…
