US first lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, her communications director Elizabeth Alexander said on Tuesday.
After testing negative on Monday during her regular testing cadence, she began to develop cold-like symptoms late in the evening.
The first lady tested negative again on a rapid antigen test, but a PCR test came back positive, the spokeswoman said.
Meanwhile, the White House said that President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Jordanian court sentences Karak attack perpetrators to death
Jordan’s State Security Court has sentenced three individuals to death on Sunday for their involvement in the terrorist attack that struck the town of Hammoud in Karak Governorate on October 23.
ASEAN, China fail to conclude South China Sea code of conduct
ASEAN and China were unable to conclude negotiations on a long-delayed South China Sea code of conduct under the Philippines' chairmanship, despite reaching provisional agreement on about 80 per cent of the draft, Manila's foreign minister said on Sunday.
Bahrain intercepts several Iranian aerial attacks
Bahrain's defence forces have intercepted and destroyed several Iranian aerial attacks targeting the country on Sunday.
US air travel disruptions to persist until late on Sunday, FAA head says
US air travel is not expected to return to normal schedules until late on Sunday, the head of the FAA said, as the aviation system gradually recovers from a nationwide flight shutdown that officials blamed on routine maintenance gone awry.
Hamas says senior armed commander killed in Israeli strike
Hamas' armed wing said on Sunday that a senior commander who helped plan and oversee the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel had been killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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