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Friday, May 3, 2024
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Topic: Donald Trump

Covid threat reaches White House even as Trump tries to convince Americans to go back to work

Trump has urged Americans to consider themselves 'warriors', conceding that reopening amid the coronavirus outbreak will result in more sickness and death.

UK’s Covid-19 boat of death and need for masks against racism in US

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

US Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary tests positive for coronavirus

After US President Donald Trump's military aide, Katie Miller is the second person working at the White House to test positive this week.

From Modi to Johnson, leaders are using the pandemic to suppress their critics

Authoritarian or authoritarian-minded leaders have turned Covid into an opportunity both to shore up their power & to conceal their stunning ineptitude.

Australia’s 3-step plan to reopen economy, Putin ‘sidelined’ and other global Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

A secret algorithm is deciding who will die in America

The US govt's emergency management agency FEMA has a new pandemic-prediction model that is yet to be released to the public.

Donald Trump says will test for Covid-19 daily after military aide tests positive

US President Donald Trump added that along with him, the vice president and other staff members of the White House would also be tested for coronavirus every day.

Donald Trump & top US defense officer disagree on Covid origins, Uber fires 14% workforce

A look at the biggest news stories from around the world on the coronavirus pandemic.

US aid to WHO sees cracks deepen in Congress as Republican senators move bill for accounts

Five Republican senators introduced a bill Wednesday that seeks an accounting of how US aid money is spent on the WHO and other multilateral groups.

Trump, Pompeo continue to blame Wuhan lab for virus but US agencies are less convinced

Two people familiar with the intelligence reports Trump cited said the Wuhan lab claim is circumstantial since US has very little information from the ground.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.