Month: August 2020

Read More The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency arrived in Iran on Monday to press for access to sites where authorities are thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material. The visit comes as the U.S. is pushing to “snapback” U.N. sanctions on Iran for allegedly violating its 2015 nuclear deal with…

Read More The White House has targeted the Chinese-owned app with an executive order that would effectively ban it from operating in the U.S. Lawyers for TikTok say the president’s action is unconstitutional. (Image credit: AP) The White House has targeted the Chinese-owned app with an executive order that would effectively ban it from operating…

Read More The 2,000-year-old Jabal Maragha site was thought to have been a small settlement or a checkpoint. The 2,000-year-old Jabal Maragha site was thought to have been a small settlement or a checkpoint.

Read More Preinstalled malware on low-cost Chinese phones have stolen data and money from some of the world’s poorest people. View Entire Post › Preinstalled malware on low-cost Chinese phones have stolen data and money from some of the world’s poorest people.View Entire Post ›

Read MoreSvetlana Alexievich is wanted for questioning in connection with a new opposition council.Svetlana Alexievich is wanted for questioning in connection with a new opposition council.

Read More On Monday, the Royal Air Force has reported that Typhoon fighter jets currently deployed in Lithuania have intercepted a Russian IL-20 (NATO code name COOT A) Ilyushin Il-20M radar reconnaissance and electronic intelligence aircraft operating over the Baltic Sea. The Ilyushin Il-20M is an upgraded electronic signals intelligence aircraft based on a 1950s-era…

Read MoreThe Republican Party is now the president’s party – he will speak every night and so will his family.The Republican Party is now the president’s party – he will speak every night and so will his family.

Read More While a cure-all drug or therapy is a long way off, there have been some breakthroughs Many different drugs and therapies are being trialled and used on patients with Covid-19. There are some positive results, which may be beginning to bring the hospital death toll down, but there is still a long way…

Read More Jacob Blake is in a serious condition at a hospital in Milwaukee. View Entire Post › Jacob Blake is in a serious condition at a hospital in Milwaukee.View Entire Post ›

Read More SINGAPORE, Aug 24 (IPS) – There is not much good news for President Donald Trump of the United States these days. If electoral polls have any credibility, he is staring at the face of almost certain defeat in the elections come November. So, when the so-called Abraham Accord between Israel and the United…

Read MoreHundreds of people are feared trapped after a five-storey building collapsed in India.Hundreds of people are feared trapped after a five-storey building collapsed in India.

Read More The majority of the world’s countries agreed to take part in the global scheme designed to distribute Covid-19 vaccines at the lowest price possible, the head of the World Health Organization has revealed. Under the COVAX plan, 2 billion doses of the vaccine will be distributed across the globe by 2021, WHO chief…

Read MoreBut India’s opposition will meet within six months to elect a new president amid bitter division.But India’s opposition will meet within six months to elect a new president amid bitter division.

Read More BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 24 (IPS) – The COVID 19 Pandemic continues relentlessly. Deaths approaching a million globally, 22 million infected and growing. Brazil, India, the US and Russia accounting for almost 50% of the total cases in the world. “I feel it coming, a series of disasters created through our diligent yet unconscious…

Read MoreUnprecedented protests took place in Belarus over the weekend over the 26-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko was filmed making a dramatic show of defiance against the demonstrations that remained peaceful after a violent crackdown earlier in August. Chris Livesay reports from the capital city of Minsk.Unprecedented protests took place in Belarus over…

Read More Factory strike leader and Tikhanovskaya aide held as Lukashenko releases video of himself armed with rifle Belarusian authorities arrested two opposition leaders on Monday, as a showdown between the authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, and a broad coalition of protesters continued into a third week. Police detained Sergei Dylevsky, a factory worker who has…

Read More Russian Kronstadt company has unveiled a concept of newest stealth unmanned aircraft during the sixth International Military and Technical Forum Army-2020 in the Patriot Park near Moscow. The new aircraft, called the Grom (Thunder), to be a runway-independent, reusable unmanned air vehicle capable of a broad range of operational missions. The Grom is…

Read More Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced Sunday that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month. Conway, Trump’s campaign manager during the stretch run of the 2016 race, was the first woman to successfully steer a White House bid, then…

Read More When the U.S. government extended pandemic hardship loans to thousands of religious institutions, Jim Bakker and Morningside USA, his ministry in Blue Eye, Missouri, were among the most high-profile recipients. Weeks before, the New York and Missouri attorneys general, as well as the Federal Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission, filed complaints alleging…

Read More Astronomers researching the mysterious Fast Radio Burst (FRB) 121102 have confirmed that the powerful phenomenon has a predictable cycle, which may allow us to find out what exactly is causing it once and for all. First discovered in 2012, the FRB is located in a dwarf galaxy 3 billion light-years away making it…

Read MoreOne-time Hurricane and now Tropical Storm Marco could be first to make landfall with now-Tropical Storm Laura a couple of days behind, likely as powerful hurricane.One-time Hurricane and now Tropical Storm Marco could be first to make landfall with now-Tropical Storm Laura a couple of days behind, likely as powerful hurricane.

Read MoreDynamite is the first video in YouTube history to gain over 100 million views in a 24-hour period.Dynamite is the first video in YouTube history to gain over 100 million views in a 24-hour period.

Read More The recent explosion at a pipeline outside Damascus was likely an attack by Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL), US envoy for Syrian affairs James Jeffrey has said. The blast triggered power outages across the country. “We are still looking into that. But it was almost certainly a strike by ISIS,” Jeffrey said, as cited…

Read More President and VP Mike Pence to be formally nominated by RNC this morning Kellyanne Conway set to leave White House at end of month Wisconsin protests after video appears to show police shooting black man in back 446 deaths and 32,340 new cases of Covid-19 reported in US on Sunday Pompeo to meet…

Read More The North Korean leader’s health is back in the spotlight, with Western media repeating a claim that Kim Jong-un is in a coma. He’s probably just faking it to avoid watching the Republican National Convention, skeptics joked. The recurring story about Kim Jong-un being dead or incapacitated is one of the most enduring…

Read MoreA curfew is imposed on the city of Kenosha in the US state, after the man is seriously injured.A curfew is imposed on the city of Kenosha in the US state, after the man is seriously injured.

Read More Prime minister tries to reassert his grip over education after days of chaos, saying risk of contracting virus in schools is ‘very small’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage 9.13am BST Pupils in Northern Ireland have returned to school for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown began in March.…

Read More Legal groups argue parliament should favour the ‘most limited possible option’ when granting extraordinary powers Australian stats interactive; NSW cases trend map Coronavirus world map; NSW hotspots Cases and deaths over time by country Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email Legal groups have warned against Victoria’s plan to extend its state of…

Read MoreAt least 10 people killed, 17 injured in southern Mindanao town that was also hit by a huge blast in January 2019.At least 10 people killed, 17 injured in southern Mindanao town that was also hit by a huge blast in January 2019.

Read MoreInterior minister says 153 people so far were rescued and nearly 1,000 aid workers are searching for missing people.Interior minister says 153 people so far were rescued and nearly 1,000 aid workers are searching for missing people.

Read MoreTaliban chief Mullah Akhunzada has hand-picked a 20-member team for the planned talks, lead Taliban negotiator told AP.Taliban chief Mullah Akhunzada has hand-picked a 20-member team for the planned talks, lead Taliban negotiator told AP.

Read More From panic buying to lack of freedom, the pandemic is an opportunity to understand the lives of those forced to flee Covid-19 has transformed the world beyond imagination, affecting almost everyone in some way. Yet for me the changes have felt familiar – from movement restrictions to quarantines, every measure taken to prevent…

Read More Photographer Melissa Ianniello’s long-term project investigates the double taboos of homosexuality and old age in Italy. The subjects of her intimate portraits are a group of gay men and lesbians between 60 and 90 years old, captured as couples or alone in their own homes Continue reading…Photographer Melissa Ianniello’s long-term project investigates the…

Read More President will appear throughout a partly in-person convention which must follow the Democrats’ virtual success Buffeted by America’s most severe public health and economic crises in decades, Donald Trump will this week stand before the Republican party and again seek to persuade the nation that he alone can fix it. The celebrity salesman…

Read More Exclusive: MoD data shows 660 army personnel were dismissed in 2019 after failing a drug test Hundreds of British army personnel are being dismissed every year after testing positive for drugs in compulsory tests, with the number of sackings rising steadily, the Guardian can reveal. Ministry of Defence data released under Freedom of…