Trump fires US defence secretary Mark Esper
Esper was Trump’s second defence secretary. The first, James Mattis, had resigned over policy differences with the president about troops in Syria. [caption id="attachment_11997" align="alignnone"...
Joe Biden acts on Covid plan with task force
Biden, who had made fighting the pandemic his top priority, named a 13-member advisory board on Sunday to “shape my approach to managing” the surge...
US attorney general William Barr allows prosecutors to probe ‘allegations’ of voter fraud
The letter to prosecutors marked the first time Barr addressed President Donald Trump’s repeated and unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud since last week’s election...
Zoom founder drops USD 5 billion as vaccine hits Covid-19 winners
Zoom Video Communications Inc. has hosted school lessons, family gatherings and business meetings for more than 300 million participants a day during the pandemic. [caption...
China vaccine trial halted in Brazil after serious adverse event
Serious adverse events that occur in drug trials include death, immediate risk of death, long term or serious incapacitation, and hospitalization. [caption id="attachment_11984" align="alignnone" width="960"]...