Bethesda (United States) (AFP) - President Donald Trump finally yielded to pressure and wore a face mask in public for the first time on Saturday as the US posted another daily record for coronavirus cases, while Disney World reopened in a state hit hard by the pandemic.White House experts leading the national fight against the…
Trump has avoided wearing a mask in public for months despite widespread criticism and pressure to do so.Trump told reporters he had 'never been against masks' but they 'have a time and place'.The US set another daily record of confirmed cases on Saturday night, with 66 528 new infections, while the death toll rose by…
US President Donald Trump has met his match in epidemiologist Dr Anthony Fauci, writes John Matisonn.When the director of the FBI, James Comey, investigated Russian involvement in his election, President Donald Trump fired him. When a New York prosecutor pursued the Trump organisation, the president fired him. And four inspectors general, ethics watchdogs over national departments, got…
Donald Trump's long-time ally and adviser Roger Stone. President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the prison sentence of his longtime ally Roger Stone, shielding the veteran Republican operative from 40 months behind bars."Roger Stone is now a free man!" the White House said in a statement, days before he was to report to a federal…
9.26am EDT 09:26 The FDA commissioner, Stephen Hahn, is on CNN’s State of the Union. He is asked about President Trump’s assertion that 99% of Covid-19 cases are harmless. Host Dana Bash points out that WHO says 20% of people diagnosed with the virus need hospital treatment. Is the president wrong in that case? Hahn,…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…