NEW YORK (REUTERS) – When the phone rang Tuesday morning (July 7), Mr Raul Romero had barely slept. The 21-year-old Venezuelan, on a scholarship at…
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Airborne coronavirus: What you should know
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – The coronavirus can stay aloft for hours in tiny droplets in stagnant air, infecting people as they inhale, mounting scientific evidence…
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Rapper Kanye West says he no longer supports Trump: Report
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Kanye West no longer supports President Trump, Forbes reported, citing an interview with the American rapper who says he plans to run…
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US colleges scramble after new Trump order on foreign students
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Many US colleges were scrambling on Tuesday (July 7) to modify plans for the fall semester in the midst of the…
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'A colossal error': Mexican leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador under fire for plan to visit Trump
MEXICO CITY (NYTIMES) – The risks could be enormous, but they haven’t swayed Mexico’s President, Mr Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Mexican diplomats and opposition figures…
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Trump aides weigh proposals to undermine Hong Kong's dollar peg
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Some top advisers to President Donald Trump want the US to undermine the Hong Kong dollar’s peg to the US dollar as…
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Starbucks worker wrote 'Isis' on side of Muslim teenager's cup
A Muslim teenager hit out after a Starbucks worker wrote ‘Isis’ on her cup. The 19 year-old, named only as Aishah, was handed the cold…
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Foreign students in the US will not get visas if courses shift to only online
WASHINGTON – Foreign students, and many schools and universities in the United States, were shocked and confused by a notice from Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Patrick Mahomes: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback becomes ‘first half-billion dollar player’
NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been described as “the first half billion dollar player” after agreeing a contract extension with the Kansas City Chiefs. Mahomes…
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A million jobs lost: A 'heart attack' for the economy of New York City
NEW YORK – New York City, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, is mired in the worst economic calamity since the financial crisis of the…
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Canadian PM to skip US-Mexico meeting in Washington, DC
Trudeau cites possible US tariffs and the coronavirus as reasons not to attend meeting of US, Mexico presidents. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not…
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Publication date of Trump niece tell-all memoir moved forward
Book’s cover reads, ‘Today, Donald is much as he was at three years old: incapable of growing, learning, or evolving.’ A tell-all book by President…
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Donald Trump demands apology from black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace over ‘noose hoax’
Donald Trump has questioned the actions of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace and claimed a noose-shaped rope found in his garage last month was a hoax.…
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US marks subdued Fourth of July as coronavirus cases surge
Independence Day celebrations began with daily records in new cases in Florida, at 11,458, and Texas, at 8,258. The United States marked a subdued Fourth…
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