The tit-for-tat consulate closures marked yet another round of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.The United States Consulate in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, on Thursday.Credit...EPA, via ShutterstockJuly 24, 2020Updated 4:19 a.m. ETBEIJING — Retaliating for the Trump administration’s order to close China’s consulate in Houston, China announced on Friday that it had told…
The United States surpassed four million cases of coronavirus on Thursday amid a surge in cases, predominantly in southern and western states. The death toll in Iran surged past 15,000 as 2,621 people tested positive in the last 24 hours. Papua New Guinea has put out a call for emergency assistance to the WHO, fearful…
The tropics are teeming with activity well ahead of schedule Tropical Storm Hanna lurks in the Gulf of Mexico in this satellite shot on Thursday evening, July 23, 2020. (RAMMB/CIRA) Tropical Storm Hanna formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening, and is set to impact the western Gulf Coast, particularly Texas, with heavy…
President TrumpDonald John TrumpPelosi says Trump decision to roll back fair housing rule is a 'betrayal of our nation's founding values' Trump says he would consider pardons for those implicated in Mueller investigation Fauci says that he and his family have experienced 'serious threats' during pandemic MORE on Thursday appealed on Twitter to the "Suburban…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisCalifornia, Florida report record numbers of daily deaths DeSantis approval on handling of coronavirus plunges: poll Poll: Biden leads Trump by 6 points in Florida MORE’s (R) approval on his handling of the coronavirus has fallen by double digits since April, when he had 50 percent approval, according to a…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…