Sources told The Times that the President had a tense phone call from 87-year-old casino magnate and multi-billionaire Sheldon Adelson. Mr Adelson had contacted Mr Trump to talk about the US’ coronavirus relief policies. But Mr Trump allegedly turned the conversation to funding for his re-election campaign instead – chiding […]
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The Georgia high school captured in viral images last week that showed hallways packed with students will temporarily close after nine people at the school tested positive for COVID-19, the district’s superintendent said in a letter Sunday. The letter, from Paulding County School Superintendent Brian Otott to parents of North […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday during the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic ties between Washington and Taipei in 1979. Tsai said to reporters at the Presidential Office […]
The NRL will consider heavier sanctions for players and officials who breach the bubble, with Peter V’landys warning they are putting all Queensland teams at risk. Brisbane enforcer Tevita Pangai Jr on Sunday became the latest high-profile player to fall foul of the rules, banished into 14 days of isolation […]
“I think it’s great to see those scenes between them, where there’s so much to to-ing and fro-ing because I think with Gary, he can intimidate so many people, so it’s nice to be able to see a character giving it back,” she explained. Should the police come knocking, will […]
Jimmy Lai was arrested early Monday, according to his business partner Mark Simon. Apple Daily, a pro-democracy tabloid owned by Lai, reported that the tycoon’s son had already been detained. The Hong Kong Police Force said in a statement Monday that seven people aged between 39 and 72 were arrested […]
Alicia Arendt, a foreign service officer with the Department of State serving at the United States Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados, will be soon be transferred to a three-year post in Bucharest, Romania. And she’s taking with her something she did not have when she first arrived in Barbados in September […]