Tag: United States of America

RNC 2020: Trump Warns Opponents May “Steal” November’s Election

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ US President Donald Trump has once again lashed out at opposition. He warned his fellow Republicans that their opponents may “steal” November’s election. He talked to his delegates on the first day of the party convention in North Carolina. He said, “They’re using COVID to defraud the American people,” adding that mail-in ballots could lead to voter fraud. He accused Democrats of “using Covid to steal an election”. “The only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election,” he…

California Wildfires: Governor Asks Australia For Help

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ California is struggling to overcome massive wildfires burning forests and homes. More than 12,000 fire-fighters working to control the fire that has killed 6 people. At least 43 people, including fire-fighters, have been injured. Hundreds of buildings have burned down. Thousands more can burn. Governor Gavin Newsom warned on Friday that wildfires can devastate homes. Several US states are on the way to help control the blazes. This wildfire is among the 560 fires some of the largest fires the state has seen. Gov. Newsom requested assistance…

TEAM USA MEN’S PLAYER CONTRACTING MODEL TO BE RESTRUCTURED

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COURTESY BY: https://www.usacricket.org/ USA Cricket announced today a restructuring of the contracting model around the men’s national team, with a reduction in the number of centrally contracted cricketers to a core group of nine players, effective from next week, August 18th, 2020. The restructuring has been driven primarily as a result of the uncertainty caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, both within the US and around the world.  The pandemic has challenged the global cricket economy and playing calendar and has caused significant disruption to USA Cricket’s previously planned domestic…

Trump Proposes To Postpone The Scheduled US Presidential Election

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ US President Donald Trump has proposed postponing the scheduled presidential election in November. The country’s constitution sets a date for the election, and Democrats are criticizing it after Donald Trump made the proposal. US President Trump is reiterating his claim that the election was rigged by mail without any evidence and is showing the possibility of postponing the election. In a tweet on a social networking site, he said, “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT…

Singaporean Man Admits Working As A Chinese Agent In US

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ A Singaporean man has admitted being guilty in the US to working as an agent of China. US officials said that Jun Wei Yeo was accused of using his political consultancy in the US as a front to gather data for Chinese intelligence. Jun Wei Yeo pleaded guilty in the federal court to be serving as an illegal agent of the Chinese government in 2015-19. He was earlier accused of collecting confidential information using his political consultancy as a front. He admitted that he scouted for Americans…

At US-India Business Council Summit, PM Modi calls for investment in defence, health and aviation sector

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi is delivering the keynote address at the India Ideas Summit today. The summit is being hosted by the US-India Business Council. “This year marks the 45th anniversary of the formation of the Council. The theme for this year’s India Ideas Summit is ‘Building a Better Future’,” a statement from the PMO said. “Looking forward to addressing the India Ideas Summit, organised by @USIBC today at 9 PM. Will be sharing my views on ‘Building a Better Future.’ Do watch,” PM Modi tweeted. Other key…

First COVID-19 Vaccine Is Ready For Use, Claims Russia

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ On Tuesday, Russia claimed that the Covid-19 vaccine developed with the Russian Defense Ministry had been prepared for use and completed Phase 2 trials. The First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov said, “Russia’s first vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection, which was created by military specialists and scientists of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, is ready.” According to Russian News Agency TASS, the Defense Ministry announced on Monday that it had successfully completed clinical trials of the coronavirus vaccine on volunteers based on the…

US unloads punitive steps on China over Hong Kong law

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The US has hit China with punitive measures over the Hong Kong security law and slapped visa curbs on those working with Beijing-linked firms such as Huawei. US President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that authorises sanctions on individuals responsible for the Hong Kong law. He also signed an executive order that took away the preferential trade status of Hong Kong, putting it on par with the mainland. “Their freedom has been taken away. Their rights have been taken away. And with it, goes…

US economic activity increased, outlook ‘highly uncertain’: Fed

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The US economy showed signs of life nationwide last month, but has not returned to its pre-pandemic level and the outlook remains “highly uncertain,” the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. “Economic activity increased in almost all districts, but remained well below where it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the Fed said in its “beige book” survey. Businesses began to reopen, and retail sales improved across the country, but there were some new layoffs and employment, too, is far below where it was before virus struck, the report…

US carries out the first federal execution in nearly 2 decades amid protests

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a man convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. The execution of Daniel Lewis Lee came over the objection of the victims’ relatives and following days of legal wrangling and delays. Lee, 47, of Yukon, Oklahoma, professed his innocence just before he was executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. “I didn’t do it,” Lee…