Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden held competing town halls at the same time on Thursday night via different TV networks, attacking each other over issues ranging from the pandemic response, the QAnon conspiracy theory to the Supreme Court expanding. Answering questions …
Read More »Trump’s youngest son Barron had COVID-19, now tests negative
WASHINGTON, USA | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron Trump had COVID-19 with no symptoms and now tests negative, first lady Melania Trump posted a family health update on Wednesday. “It was two weeks ago when I received the diagnosis that so many Americans across our country …
Read More »Trump tests negative for COVID-19, set to hold rally in Florida
WASHINGTON, USA | XINHUA | White House physician Sean Conley said on Monday that President Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID-19, 12 days after the president tested positive with the virus. Trump has tested negative “on consecutive days” and is “not infectious to others,” according to a memo from …
Read More »Trump claims he is “immune” from coronavirus
WASHINGTON,USA | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that he is now “immune” from the coronavirus, though medical research has suggested it is possible to be reinfected with the virus. “It seems like I’m immune, so I can go way out of a basement,” Trump said in …
Read More »Trump’s doctor says president “no longer” a transmission risk
Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 1, is “no longer considered a transmission risk to others,” his doctor said on Saturday as the president prepared to resume campaign rallies. In a new memo on the president’s status, White House physician …
Read More »Second presidential debate in limbo as Trump, Biden campaigns at odds over format
Washington, US | Xinhua | The second U.S. presidential debate appears in limbo as the campaigns of President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are at odds over its format. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced on Thursday that the second Trump-Biden encounter, originally scheduled for Oct. 15, …
Read More »Biden says next debate should not be held if Trump still has COVID-19
Washington, US | Xinhua | 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the next debate should not be held if his Republican opponent, U.S. President Donald Trump, still has COVID-19. “Well, uh, I think if he still has COVID, we shouldn’t have a debate,” Biden told reporters after …
Read More »Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election
Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has asked his administration’s negotiators to withdraw from COVID-19 relief talks with Democrats until after the presidential election in November. “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we …
Read More »Trump discharged from hospital, doctor says he may not be “out of the woods”
Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump, still recovering from COVID-19, left hospital on Monday evening though one of his doctors said he “may not be entirely out of the woods yet.” Dressed in a dark suit and wearing a mask while giving thumbs up to reporters, Trump walked …
Read More »U.S. equities post modest weekly gains with Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis
New York, US | XINHUA | Wall Street’s major averages climbed modestly in the week as investors focused on news about U.S. President Donald Trump’s positive test for COVID-19 as well as updates of a fresh round of U.S. fiscal stimulus. For the week ending Friday, the Dow added 1.9 percent, …
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