Moderna vaccine results ‘stunningly impressive,’ says Fauci
WASHINGTON – The United States’ top infectious disease official on Monday hailed early results from Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine as “stunningly impressive,” calling the result...
Biden: ‘More people may die’ as Trump transition stalls
US President-elect Joe Biden has warned that “people may die” if his incoming administration continues to be impeded by incumbent Donald Trump.
Biden said co-ordination...
Crisis-hit Peru names third president in a week
LIMA – Peru’s Congress on Monday chose legislator Francisco Sagasti as the Andean country’s caretaker president, in an attempt to defuse a sharp political...
Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn
LIMA – Who is the president of Peru?
That answer to that question early Monday was no one.
The Latin American nation’s political turmoil took a...
Trump tweets words ‘he won,’ says vote rigged
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump worked Sunday to take back an apparent acknowledgement that Joe Biden won the White House and was making clear...
New virus outbreak hits Australia after containment success
SYDNEY – A sudden coronavirus cluster emerged Monday in an Australian city that had gone seven months without a significant outbreak, with the virus...
Trump supporters’ protests turn into violent clashes
WASHINGTON – Several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump in Washington protested election results and then hailed Trump’s passing motorcade before nighttime clashes with...
China finds coronavirus on packaging of Saudi shrimp
SHANGHAI – The western Chinese city of Lanzhou said on Saturday it had detected the new coronavirus on the packaging of a batch of...
10 COVID patients killed in Romania hospital fire
BUCHAREST – Ten COVID-19 patients were killed and others were in critical condition after fire broke out in an intensive care unit in northeast...
US election system ‘archaic,’ says Russia
MOSCOW – The US system of electing presidents is archaic and distorts the will of the people, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
Joe...