Month: July 2020

Read More Media giant announces decision by Rupert Murdoch’s son Statement cites ‘disagreements over certain editorial content’ James Murdoch has resigned from the board of News Corp, the media company said on Friday, citing “disagreements” over editorial content. Related: The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty review – Succession with phone hacking and foam pies Continue…

Read MorePolitical novice Svetlana Tikhanovskaya rallies protesters in a battle with Alexander Lukashenko.Political novice Svetlana Tikhanovskaya rallies protesters in a battle with Alexander Lukashenko.

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Read MoreAround 15,000 new cases of the disease have been reported in Spain in the past week.Around 15,000 new cases of the disease have been reported in Spain in the past week.

Read More (NEW YORK) — Broadway seamstress Amy Micallef hasn’t put her talent on hold while theaters are shut. She’s been making plush toys—unusual plush toys. Micallef, who has worked in the wardrobe departments of “Hamilton,” “Waitress” and “Frozen,” makes gleeful representations of COVID-19, complete with a pair of eyes and faux fur. Each one…

Read MoreHe resigns from the influential media company’s board, citing “disagreements over editorial content”.He resigns from the influential media company’s board, citing “disagreements over editorial content”.

Read More Three men charged in hack that saw accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Elon Musk compromised in bitcoin scam Authorities have charged three men in a major Twitter breach this month that hacked the accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around the globe out of more than…

Read More The US now joins the ranks of Iran, Fiji, and Australia in charging the fee, which one asylum officer called “disgusting.” View Entire Post › The US now joins the ranks of Iran, Fiji, and Australia in charging the fee, which one asylum officer called “disgusting.”View Entire Post ›

Read More (ORLANDO, Fla.) — At least 115 injury reports have been made involving a water slide at Universal Orlando’s Volcano Bay, according to court records filed in a lawsuit by a tourist who says he was left paralyzed after going on the ride. The Orlando Sentinel reports the injuries included scrapes, nose bleeds, a…

Read More$2 billion in losses represent bubbly industry’s worst hammering in history, surpassing World Wars and the Great Depression.$2 billion in losses represent bubbly industry’s worst hammering in history, surpassing World Wars and the Great Depression.

Read MoreA UK man and two people in Florida have been charged over the hijacking of US Twitter accounts.A UK man and two people in Florida have been charged over the hijacking of US Twitter accounts.

Read More Arrest warrant issued for democracy activist Samuel Chu Five other exiles also wanted for ‘incitement to secession’ Hong Kong police have issued arrest warrants for six pro-democracy activists living in exile, the first time the city’s authorities have used a sweeping new law to target campaigners living outside Hong Kong. They include Samuel…

Read More (OKLAHOMA CITY) — Two county jail escapees, including a murder suspect, have been arrested after breaking out of the Oklahoma County jail in Oklahoma City early Friday by using sheets tied together to climb down the outside of the building from a 12th floor cell, authorities said. Pablo Robledo, 34, who was being…

Read More “I’m tired of being silent. I’m tired of being afraid,” said opposition presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who entered the race after her blogger husband was jailed. (Image credit: Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via Getty Images) “I’m tired of being silent. I’m tired of being afraid,” said opposition presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who entered the race…

Read More Follow these forecasts from the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service. View Entire Post › Follow these forecasts from the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service.View Entire Post ›

Read MoreSix activists, including some now in the UK, are reportedly wanted under the new security law.Six activists, including some now in the UK, are reportedly wanted under the new security law.

Read More A federal appeals court on Friday tossed the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new penalty-phase trial, finding that the judge who oversaw the case didn’t sufficiently vet jurors for biases. “But…

Read More Women in Mexico collaborate on a cookbook to honor their missing loved ones, the desaparecidos Women in Mexico collaborate on a cookbook to honor their missing loved ones, the desaparecidos

Read More “Conservation should never come at the expense of human rights and well-being.” View Entire Post › “Conservation should never come at the expense of human rights and well-being.”View Entire Post ›

Read More We know we’re the cautionary tale that the rest of the country is scaring themselves with in order to keep 1.5 metres apart The morale-boosting markers that were shared across Melbourne during the first lockdown have all but disappeared. Rainbows have peeled off fences, forgotten teddy bears are wedged between Venetian blinds and…

Read More NEW YORK, Jul 31 (IPS) – “Reconciling the requirements of the ideal with the possibilities of the real”: this is how Georges Bidault, Minister for Foreign Affairs and head of the French delegation to the San Francisco Conference, summed up the objective pursued by the drafters of the Charter of the United Nations.…

Read More Meng, 48, was arrested in December, 2018, on a warrant from the United States, which alleges that she misled the bank HSBC about Huawei’s business dealings in Iran. Meng has been on house arrest in Vancouver since then, fighting extradition, and has said she is innocent. Meng, 48, was arrested in December, 2018,…

Read More Herman Cain remembered the 1996 moment that changed his political trajectory as clearly as any in his life. The businessman was advising Jack Kemp’s vice-presidential campaign and accompanied the boss to the iconic Sylvia’s soul food restaurant in Harlem for an event. A man in the crowd shouted out to Cain and his…

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Read More COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jul 31 (IPS) – The unique India-Sri Lanka relationship, de jure, is between equals as sovereign nations. But it’s asymmetric in terms of geographic size, population, military and economic power, on the one hand, and social indicators and geographical location, on the other. It is steeped in myth and legend,…

Read More So much, yet so little, has happened since early March, not least Grant Shapp’s ruined holiday Monday You can’t help but feel a little sorry for Grant Shapps’s family. After all, if you can’t trust the transport secretary not to ruin his own holiday, then who can you? Back in April, Grant told…

Read More With this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca restricted to a mere 1,000 participants, app developers have created ways to experience the hajj virtually. With this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca restricted to a mere 1,000 participants, app developers have created ways to experience the hajj virtually.

Read MoreTsitsi Dangarembga was detained as she took part in protest against alleged government corruption.Tsitsi Dangarembga was detained as she took part in protest against alleged government corruption.

Read More‘If it doesn’t clear up, we’re going to do something very powerful,’ president says as Democrats accuse him of using force against peaceful protesters’If it doesn’t clear up, we’re going to do something very powerful,’ president says as Democrats accuse him of using force against peaceful protesters

Read MoreStocks of beer are running low at the Zwanzger brewery thanks to the family of birds.Stocks of beer are running low at the Zwanzger brewery thanks to the family of birds.

Read More Ex-fixer’s book to provide ‘direct evidence of Donald Trump’s lies and crimes’, attorney says The Trump administration has dropped its attempt to stop Michael Cohen, the president’s former fixer and personal attorney, writing a tell-all book. Related: Mary Trump on her Uncle Donald: ‘I used to feel compassion for him. That became impossible’…

Read More The judge cites the coronavirus pandemic in blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to widen the criteria for what makes an immigrant a “public charge.” (Image credit: Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images) The judge cites the coronavirus pandemic in blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to widen the criteria for what makes an immigrant a…

Read More ‘Intelligence reports’ distributed to other federal agencies decried as violation of constitutional right to a free press The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been surveilling the work of American journalists reporting on the unrest in Portland, Oregon, circulating “intelligence reports” on them to other federal agencies in a move that has…

Read MoreStonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians for centuries but one of its many mysteries may have been solved this week. Ian Lee reveals the science that found that most of Stonehenge’s giant stones — known as sarsens — seem to share a common origin 16 miles away in West Woods,…

Read More (DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — Small groups of pilgrims performed one of the final rites of the Islamic hajj on Friday as Muslims worldwide marked the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday amid a global pandemic that has impacted nearly every aspect of this year’s pilgrimage and celebrations. The last days of the…