TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is facing an increasingly difficult position as China pressures the democratic island to accept conditions it would become in the next Hong Kong, its top diplomat said during a visit by US Secretary of Health Alex Azar on Tuesday. Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks at …
Read More »Nevada police officer fires gun and injures man after being accidentally hit by deputy Taser
Reno police on Sunday posted footage of an incident in which Washington County Sheriff’s deputies were trying to seduce a suspect with a Taser dart because the man apparently did not comply with orders. of deputies, said Deputy Chief of Robo Tom Robinson. Reno police officers were trying to help …
Read More »China is targeting US electoral infrastructure with cyberattacks, O’Brien says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese government-linked hackers have targeted the U.S. election infrastructure for the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday, indicating a more active level of heightened Chinese interference. O’Brien’s remarks appeared to go above and beyond a statement issued Friday by the …
Read More »US COVID-19 deaths fall for the first time in four weeks
(Reuters) – The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 dropped 16% to about 7,200 people last week, the first drop in deaths after four weeks of increases, according to a Reuters number of state and county reports. PHILO PHOTO: Phlebotomists wait to sign blood to test for antibodies to coronavirus (COVID-19) …
Read More »The New Hampshire woman becomes the first American to undergo two face transplants
But last month, Tarleton, a 52-year-old former nurse, chose to do it again, making her the first American and only the second person to undergo the procedure twice. The operation, which took place at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in July, involved more than 45 clinicians over the span of …
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