Trumping them all
Nearly a decade ago, at a nationally televised debate, Donald Trump chided Jeb Bush for speaking another language on the Presidential election campaign trail. “This is a country where we speak English, not Spanish”.
Nearly a decade ago, at a nationally televised debate, Donald Trump chided Jeb Bush for speaking another language on the Presidential election campaign trail. “This is a country where we speak English, not Spanish”.
Calling US President-elect Donald Trump as a "friend of India" and "a friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi", Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday that New Delhi is looking to further strengthen the economic partnership between the two countries as soon as the new administration takes charge in Washington
India was looking forward to starting talks with the new administration in the United States under Donald Trump, he added.
US President-Elect Donald Trump has named the Kolkata-born Jay Bhattacharya, who raised questions about Covid policies, to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the medical research powerhouse.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he had a "good call" with President-elect Donald Trump following the incoming US leader's announcement that he would impose a 25 per cent tariff on goods coming from Canada when he takes office.
The Republicans have accused Tedros of being too willing to believe Beijing and of brushing off a Taiwanese warning on the ease of viral transmission.
In the midst of an endemic tragedy, the world needs the resources of the World Health Organization.
The death count in the United States due to the novel Coronavirus reached 32,917 on Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Remember ‘Patient 31’ - the lady in South Korea who transmitted the virus to more than 1,100 people in Daegu and Seoul as she went about her normal life. Countries such as Singapore, Japan hailed a fortnight ago as “role models” for India to fight Covid-19 with a ‘normal’ life are declaring emergencies. Lockdowns are to buy time for hospitals to gear up capacity. Until a vaccine is found to prevent Covid-19, no one in any country is safe.
Trump said that the world depends on the WHO to work with countries to ensure that accurate information about international health threats is shared in a timely manner. 'The WHO failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable,' he emphasised.
