LGBT rabbi in New York who confronted AIDS crisis now faces COVID-19

NEW YORK: Sharon Kleinbaum was installed in 1992 as rabbi of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Manhattan, considered the largest LGBT synagogue in the nation. At the time, AIDS was killing thousands of gay New Yorkers each year. “The CBST community knows what it takes to live through a plague,” Kleinbaum says in a message […]

Pakistan to block India’s moves to fight virus by seeking COVID-19 initiatives under SAARC

NEW DELHI: Pakistan is aiming to score narrow political goals by attempting to bring India’s initiatives to collectively fight the coronavirus pandemic in the SAARC region under the formal umbrella of the grouping, government sources said on Thursday. On Wednesday, Pakistan boycotted a video conference of trade officials of the SAARC countries to discuss ways […]

KCR key decision on Coronavirus in Hyderabad

Coronavirus has been a death valley for many countries across the globe. The no of cases are on an increase and the measures taken by different governments are customized according to their own needs. Chief Minister of Telangana, KCR seems to have taken a bold decision to contain the virus from spreading across the state. […]

US delays ASEAN summit due to COVID 19

Washington: The United States has delayed a regional ASEAN summit scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next month due to fears of the coronavirus, a senior administration official said Friday. “As the international community works together to defeat the novel coronavirus, the United States, in consultation with ASEAN partners, has made the difficult decision […]

Coronavirus response overwhelmed by politics in US

New York: Politics is overwhelming the coronavirus response as the US confronts the threat of the disease turning into a pandemic with the presidential elections eight months away. US President Donald Trump and his officials have traded accusations with leaders of Democratic Party, while experts weigh the risk of the dreaded disease spreading and the […]