Day: October 12, 2020

Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump takes his mask off before speaking from the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC during a rally. US President Donald Trump on October 11, 2020 declared himself immune from Covid-19 as he prepares to return to the election campaign trail and fight to regain ground against rival Joe Biden. MANDEL NGAN / AFP
World

Claiming Covid-19 immunity, Trump hits poll trail again

PJI

WASHINGTON, Oct 12, 2020 (AFP) - US President Donald Trump will launch a campaign marathon Monday, holding rallies in three key swing states over the

Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci
Top government scientist Anthony Fauci said October 11, 2020 that an ad aired by Donald Trump's reelection campaign was edited to make him seem to endorse the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. MANDEL NGAN, SAUL LOEB / AFP
World

Fauci says Trump campaign ad twists his words on virus

PJI

WASHINGTON, Oct 12, 2020 (AFP) - Top government scientist Anthony Fauci said Sunday that an ad aired by Donald Trump's reelection campaign was edited to

Bouy
A bouy marks the site of a Second World War 'Tallboy' bomb in the Piast Canal (Kanal Piastowski), near Swinoujscie, northwestern Poland, on October 9, 2020, where Polish divers are expected to defuse the bomb on October 12, 2020. Polish military divers are due to begin a delicate operation on October 12, 2020 to defuse one of World War II's most powerful types of bombs at the bottom of a navigation channel to the Baltic Sea. The five-tonne device -- nicknamed "Tallboy" and also known as an "earthquake bomb" -- was dropped by the Royal Air Force in a raid on a German cruiser in what was then Nazi Germany. Lukasz Szelemej / AFP
World

Polish divers to defuse WWII ‘earthquake bomb’

PJI

WARSAW, Oct 12, 2020 (AFP) - Polish military divers are due to begin a delicate operation on Monday to defuse a massive World War II