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No contact between PM Modi-Trump after US Prez's 'bad mood' claim: Sources

Hours after US President Donald Trump said he spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is not in a "good mood" over the "big conflict" over China, sources in the government denied any "recent contact" between the two leaders.

May 29, 2020

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey hits back at Trump, says punish me and not Twitter

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appealed to "leave our employees out of this" as the face-off with Trump is likely to escalate.

May 28, 2020

Donald Trump to sign executive order on social media after Twitter fact-checks him

The dispute erupted after Twitter on Tuesday for the first time-tagged Trump's tweets about unsubstantiated claims of fraud in mail-in voting with a warning prompting readers to fact check the posts.

May 28, 2020

France halts use of hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 over safety fears

France, Italy, and Belgium have decided to ban the use of hydroxychloroquine as studies show that patients administered the drug has increased death rates.

May 28, 2020

Ready and willing to mediate: Donald Trump on India, China's 'now raging border dispute'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also held a meeting with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat to take stock of the situation at the LAC.

May 27, 2020

'Potentially misleading': Twitter labels Trump's tweets with a fact check for the first time

Micro-blogging site Twitter tagged two tweets of US President Donald Trump on mail-in voting with a fact-checking warning label. The label was imposed on Trump's tweets posted claiming that "mail-in ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent."

May 27, 2020

Biden wins Democratic primaries in Hawaii

Following the change in the voting system on account of the lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the coronavirus, more than 79,000 ballots were sent and around 35,000 were returned by mail.

May 24, 2020

'Here is the cheque': Trump's press secretary reveals his bank account details

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany accidentally revealed President Donald Trump''s private bank account and routing numbers while holding up a cheque he made out to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

May 23, 2020

Bill to delist Chinese cos. from exchange passed in US senate; will Modi government follow?

The bill that was introduced by Republican Senator John Kennedy, and a Democrat Chris Van Hollen from Maryland was overwhelmingly passed in the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

May 21, 2020

'Barack Obama was grossly incompetent': Trump slams Obama over criticism of pandemic response

US President Donald Trump has slammed his predecessor Barack Obama over his criticism of how the incumbent administration has handled the coronavirus pandemic in the country which currently accounts for the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world.

May 18, 2020

Law firm hackers threaten to release dirt on Trump, demand $42mn

The group, however, did not furnish any proof that it had got access to secret data on Trump.

May 17, 2020

'Don't want to talk to Xi Jinping right now': Trump rules out renegotiating trade deal with China

US President Donald Trump signalled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the novel coronavirus, saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping right now and going so far as to suggest he could even cut ties with the world's second-largest economy.

May 15, 2020

Robert De Niro insults President Donald Trump in public

Apparently, the Oscar-winning actor, is one of Trump's most vociferous critics and has now taken aim at his handling of the coronavirus crisis.

May 13, 2020

Trump 'not interested' in reopening US-China trade deal after report of Beijing discontent

US President Donald Trump opposed renegotiating the U.S.-China "Phase 1" trade deal after a Chinese state-run newspaper reported some government advisers in Beijing were urging fresh talks and possibly invalidating the agreement.

May 12, 2020

Mike Pence self-isolates away from White House after aide tests positive for coronavirus

US Vice President Mike Pence is self-isolating away from the White House after an aide was diagnosed with the coronavirus. Pence has repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19.

May 11, 2020

In leaked call, Obama describes Trump handling of virus as 'chaotic'

Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as "chaotic" in a conference call with former members of his administration.

May 10, 2020

Mike Pence's aide, married to top Trump adviser, tests positive for coronavirus

The White House has begun daily testing for Mike Pence and Donald Trump, and has claimed to be taking "every single precaution to protect the US president".

May 9, 2020

Trump turns to God; calls Hindu priest to White House

US President Donald Trump invited faith leaders, including a Hindu priest, to recite prayers at the White House as the country is "engaged in a fierce battle against a very terrible disease." The COVID-19 crisis in the US is worsening with over 1,273,887 confirmed cases as on Friday.

May 9, 2020

Coronavirus will not 'just disappear', pathogen is not deliberately manipulated: Anthony Fauci

The coronavirus that originated from Wuhan, China has already claimed the lives of more than 253,230 people worldwide.

May 5, 2020

Trump says US to have Covid-19 vaccine by end of year, promises 'incredible' future

US President Donald Trump now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the year's end.

May 4, 2020