Category: News


Trump and Biden trade barbs over wearing a mask


President Donald Trump has not worn a mask for public engagements during the coronavirus pandemic. He mocked his likely presidential challenger, Joe Biden, for wearing a face covering on Memorial Day. The Democrat hit back.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-52828602/trump-and-biden-trade-barbs-over-wearing-a-mask

Larry Kramer: Playwright and Aids activist dies at 84


Kramer wrote the landmark 1985 play The Normal Heart, about the early years of Aids, and 1992’s The Destiny of Me.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52821957

Coronavirus deaths in US top 100,000


The US has passed 100,000 deaths in the coronavirus outbreak in less than four months.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52821090

Minnesota violence: Clashes over death of black man in police custody


There have been violent clashes between police and protesters in the US city of Minneapolis following the death of an unarmed black man in police custody.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52817097

Michigan floods: Evacuations after Edenville and Sanford dams collapse


About 10,000 residents have been evacuated in the US state of Michigan after two dams collapsed following days of heavy rain, officials say.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52735170

Teenage boy charged in Canada’s first ‘incel’ terror case


A Toronto teenager has become the first Canadian ever charged with carrying out an “incel”-inspired terror attack.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52733060

Roe v Wade: Woman behind US abortion ruling was paid to recant


The woman behind the 1973 ruling legalising abortion in the US is seen admitting in a new documentary that her stunning change of heart on the issue in later life was “all an act”.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52733886

Trump calls high number of coronavirus cases in the US a ‘badge of honor,’ attributes it to testing


WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States – the highest in the world – a “badge of honor,” arguing the still-increasing number of cases is simply evidence the country is testing more people.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/19/badge-honor-trump-links-high-us-coronavirus-cases-testing/5225827002/

Trump says US topping world virus cases is ‘badge of honour’


President Donald Trump has argued it is “a badge of honour” that the US has the world’s highest number of confirmed Covid-19 infections.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52733220

Woman falls into thermal feature at Yellowstone National Park closed due to the coronavirus


“Water in hot springs can cause severe or fatal burns, and scalding water underlies most of the thin, breakable crust around hot springs,” the park advises on its website. “Hot springs have injured or killed more people in Yellowstone than any other natural feature.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/woman-falls-thermal-feature-yellowstone-park-closed-coronavirus