TOPLINE Facing around 500 new infections each day, England and France announced new nationwide mask mandates on Tuesday to curb minor resurgences of the virus, highlighting a marked difference in approach from the significantly hardest hit United States, whose leaders have reprimanded strongly the need for a national requirement despite …
Read More »Ivanka Trump tweets support for Goya Foods amid boycott campaign
(Reuters) – United States presidential adviser Ivanka Trump visited Twitter on Tuesday to support Goya Foods after the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States became the target of a boycott campaign in the Social media sparked by the gushing praise of its CEO by President Donald Trump. FILE …
Read More »China promises retaliation after Trump ends Hong Kong preferential status
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the end of Hong Kong’s special status under US law to punish China for what he called “oppressive actions” against the former British colony, prompting Beijing to warn of retaliation. Citing China’s decision to enact a new national security law for …
Read More »Trump downplays police violence against blacks, says ‘more white people’ were killed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised US police departments and downplayed police violence against blacks, saying “more white people” are killed by police officers. During a CBS News interview, the Republican president was asked why blacks continued to die at the hands of law enforcement. “And also …
Read More »Trump ends Hong Kong’s preferential status, citing Beijing’s ‘oppressive’ actions against the city
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the end of Hong Kong’s special status under US law to punish China for what he called “oppressive actions” against the former British colony. United States President Donald Trump attends a press conference at the Rose Garden at the White House …
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