Americas

USA

5 things to watch in the Biden-Sanders debate

Analysis: The first one-on-one faceoff of the Democratic primary season arrives Sunday amid a dramatically transformed campaign landscape.

15 March 2020

USA

President Donald Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus

The U.S. has confirmed more than 1,200 cases and 33 deaths.

13 March 2020

USA

Euroviews. Coronavirus in the Trump era proves nationalism's worse than globalism for world ǀ View

History shows that a united show of force from the globe's leading governments could have stopped the panic. But no such demonstration has come.

13 March 2020

USA

Euroviews. Trump has too much power, and it's ruining the electoral process ǀ View

By November, both sides will fear and hate each other just a little more. And somehow, the winner will still have to be the president of all the people.

13 March 2020

USA

Euroviews. Bill de Blasio: The Democratic primary isn't over. Neither is Sanders' candidacy ǀ View

Bernie, not Biden, is the answer to the many of the mistakes we made as a party in 2016. He can reach the working class, inspire young voters and lead a powerful movement to take back the White House.

12 March 2020

USA

Euroviews. Trump should be more confident in the US’ Coronavirus response. An EU travel ban won’t help ǀ View

The virus is actually showing a flu-like epidemic pattern with more countries reporting more cases around the world. Based on the pattern observed, the epidemic could be ended if an international organisation steps forward to coordinate a global force to thoroughly implement flu control protocols.

12 March 2020

USA

Coronavirus: EU condemns Trump over travel ban from Schengen countries

The European Union has condemned the announcement by Donald Trump of a near ban on travel from 26 Schengen countries over coronavirus, saying it had been imposed "unilaterally and without consultation."

12 March 2020

USA

Euroviews. Trump's Ebola obsession reveals the hypocrisy of his coronavirus response now ǀ View

There is no place for partisan game playing in a public health crisis. Trump didn't understand that truth in 2014 — and he still doesn't understand it now.

11 March 2020

USA

Harvey Weinstein given 23-year jail term for rape and sexual assault

Harvey Weinstein given 23-year jail term for rape and sexual assault

11 March 2020

USA

Biden wins big in Michigan, extends lead over Sanders

Former VP Joe Biden now has a substantial delegate lead over Bernie Sanders after winning in Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho.

11 March 2020

USA

Democratic primaries Tuesday in Michigan, 5 other states: Everything you need to know

It's not as super as Super Tuesday, but 352 delegates are up for grabs as Biden and Sanders do battle.

10 March 2020

USA

The new coronavirus is hard on older people — and scientists aren't sure why

Understanding the age question could help researchers figure out how to treat the illness, particularly in older populations.

10 March 2020

USA

As coronavirus spreads, students stuck and isolated in epidemic's epicenter

Six weeks on from the lockdown of Wuhan, China, many are still stranded and wish their governments had done more.

10 March 2020

Mexico

Mexico: Women stay at home to protest femicide

What would a world without women look like? On Monday, tens of thousands of women in Mexico stayed off the streets to protest femicide.

10 March 2020

USA

Progressive group pressures Sanders and Biden to call for ending filibuster

Activists are getting nervous that progressive legislation will be blocked even if Democrats sweep the 2020 election. Some have a plan to change that.

10 March 2020

USA

Why some moderate conservatives are voting in Michigan's Democratic primary

"This is why we get do-overs," said one former Trump voter.

9 March 2020

USA

Ireland cancels St. Patrick's Day festivities over coronavirus concerns

There have been a total of 33 cases of COVID-19, the disease associated with coronavirus, between both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

9 March 2020

The Cube

White House shares 'manipulated' and 'partly false' video of Joe Biden

The viral clip appears to show the Democrat frontrunner endorsing Donald Trump as US President but had been shortened to remove the end of his sentence.

9 March 2020

USA

Coronavirus mask pushers pump wares on social media

Some accounts that purport to market other illicit goods such as drugs have turned to coronavirus-related products.

9 March 2020

USA

Stock-trading app Robinhood suffers third outage amid market turbulence

"Surely this can't be legal. Constant broker outages on the biggest trading days in history? No way," one Reddit user wrote Monday.

9 March 2020

USA

How new rules at Facebook and Twitter led to a warning beneath the president's retweet

The spread of the video shows how even clear warnings can be little match for the power of the social media infrastructure that has been built up by both parties in recent years.

9 March 2020

USA

Euroviews. Bernie Sanders in 2020 is having a rock star moment (literally) ǀ View

With any good performer, a semblance of skill, talent, charisma, stage presence, endurance, or an amalgam of all of these assets is necessary for a good show. But sometimes, none of that matters. Sometimes enough people in the audience just need to like you more than the last act.

9 March 2020

USA

Texas Dems announce largest-ever voter drive in 2020 flip effort

With money from the national party, state Democrats aim to expand their voter rolls in a bid to flip the state from red to blue this November.

9 March 2020

USA

Biden says Trump should 'just be quiet' about coronavirus

Stocks across the world have cratered amid the spread of the coronavirus.

9 March 2020

No Comment

Hundreds of thousands protest violence against women in Chile

Thousands took to the streets of Chile's capital Santiago to mark International Women's Day on Sunday, calling for equality and an end to violence

9 March 2020

USA

What's behind oil price war that sent markets plunging?

"The main reason why coronavirus is a threat to oil prices is that China is the main new consumer of oil in the world," said economist Cailin Birch.

9 March 2020