Month: August 2020

Read MoreThe Republic of Ireland’s cabinet reverses some corovavirus lockdown relaxation measures.The Republic of Ireland’s cabinet reverses some corovavirus lockdown relaxation measures.

Read MoreCritics said the policies, now suspended, would have “sabotaged” the 2020 presidential election.Critics said the policies, now suspended, would have “sabotaged” the 2020 presidential election.

Read More Even without a flashy virtual Democratic National Convention to formally introduce his presidential campaign, Joe Biden would be well known worldwide. He was President Barack Obama’s second-in-command for eight years and sat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for decades, chairing it for several years. Yet for all his foreign policy credentials, Biden’s…

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Read MoreAstronomers didn’t even know about the asteroid until after it had already crossed our path.Astronomers didn’t even know about the asteroid until after it had already crossed our path.

Read More Wednesday: Australians will get the University of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine for free if it clears clinical trials. Plus, electric vehicle sales triple Good morning, this is Emilie Gramenz bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Wednesday 19 August. Continue reading…Wednesday: Australians will get the University of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine for free if…

Read More EU warns mutiny could destabilise whole region after unrest sparked nine miles outside Bamako The president and prime minister of Mali, have been arrested by mutinous soldiers in what the European Union described as an attempted coup. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and prime minister, Boubou Cissé were seized on Tuesday evening after a…

Read More On Monday, the US recorded almost 38,000 new cases of COVID-19. New Zealand recorded just nine. View Entire Post › On Monday, the US recorded almost 38,000 new cases of COVID-19. New Zealand recorded just nine.View Entire Post ›

Read More On Monday, the US recorded almost 38,000 new cases of COVID-19. New Zealand recorded just nine. View Entire Post › On Monday, the US recorded almost 38,000 new cases of COVID-19. New Zealand recorded just nine.View Entire Post ›

Read More Bipartisan intelligence panel says that Russian who worked on Trump’s 2016 bid was career spy, amid a stunning range of contacts A report by the Senate intelligence committee provides a treasure trove of new details about Donald Trump’s relationship with Moscow, and says that a Russian national who worked closely with Trump’s presidential…

Read More Bipartisan intelligence panel says that Russian who worked on Trump’s 2016 bid was career spy, amid a stunning range of contactsA report by the Senate intelligence committee provides a treasure trove of new details about Donald Trump’s relationship with Moscow, and says that a Russian national who worked closely with Trump’s presidential campaign…

Read More With the Trump administration openly trying to undermine mail-in voting this fall, some election officials around the country are hoping to bypass the Postal Service by installing lots of ballot drop boxes in libraries, community centers and other public places. Such boxes have been used with success for several years in states like…

Read More A quarter century after Israeli spies, a Canadian activist and a Syrian rabbi smuggled nine rare medieval Jewish manuscripts out of Damascus, an Israeli court decided the books will remain under the National Library’s custodianship for their preservation. The decision ends a protracted legal battle over the ownership of the Damascus Crowns, illuminated…

Read MoreDeveloping situation comes amid large opposition protests demanding the departure of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.Developing situation comes amid large opposition protests demanding the departure of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

Read More WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (IPS) – In 1990, Latin America’s average GDP per capita was a little over a quarter of the United States’ income level, while emerging and developing Asian countries’ GDP per capita was only 5 percent. In 2019, Asian countries had grown fourfold, but Latin America was still at the same…

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Read More Gunfire has been heard at an army base, and a government-owned building has been torched. Gunfire has been heard at an army base, and a government-owned building has been torched.

Read MoreGunfire has been heard at an army base, and a government-owned building has been torched.Gunfire has been heard at an army base, and a government-owned building has been torched.

Read More As millions of Americans consider casting their vote this November, they’re confronted by an abject failure of presidential leadership. Rather than taking the lead in resolving the manageable challenges of voting in a pandemic, President Trump has decided to stoke fears of an illegitimate election. Large majorities of Republicans now indicate that they…

Read More Dozens of women and men who have waited decades for answers will issue victim impact statements in Sacramento Joseph DeAngelo typically crept into his victims’ homes under the cover of night. On Tuesday, he faced them in the light of a Sacramento courthouse. It was the first in three days of testimony from…

Read More The government of President Alexander Lukashenko is coming under increasing pressure as demonstrations sparked by a disputed election showed signs of expanding. (Image credit: Viktor Drachev/Viktor Drachev/TASS) The government of President Alexander Lukashenko is coming under increasing pressure as demonstrations sparked by a disputed election showed signs of expanding.

Read MoreThe fifth and final chapter spans nearly 1,000 pages and deals with counterintelligence concerns.The fifth and final chapter spans nearly 1,000 pages and deals with counterintelligence concerns.

Read More Dr Neil Redfern on the shameful and jingoistic celebrations of the victory over Japan The complacent (jingoistic is perhaps a better word) celebrations of VJ Day shamefully overlook two matters. First, Japan surrendered after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where tens of thousands were maimed or killed. A matter apparently…

Read More Claimants to receive up to $24,700 in historic settlement Police encircled 1,100 people and carried out mass arrests About 1,100 protesters who were wrongfully detained at the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto will receive compensation from the city’s police force after a historic C$16.5m settlement in a class-action lawsuit. Under the settlement, which…

Read MoreSupporters chant “happy birthday” to Sergei Tikhanovsky as anger mounts over a disputed election.Supporters chant “happy birthday” to Sergei Tikhanovsky as anger mounts over a disputed election.

Read More Agency apologises for spelling out four-letter word in answer to code based on names of planets The intelligence agency GCHQ, home to Britain’s elite codebreakers, has apologised after it clearly spelled out a swear word on social media in an answer to a puzzle it had set on Monday morning. Its Twitter followers…

Read MoreThe new rule is set to apply to shared spaces in offices and factories and comes as infections rise.The new rule is set to apply to shared spaces in offices and factories and comes as infections rise.

Read More Going to the toilet used to be a public activity. Will Japan’s see-through stalls take us back to the days before the S-bend brought lavatories indoors? At the Happiness and Prosperity service station in the rural reaches of Sichuan province, I prepared to face the public toilet. We had been driving for hours,…

Read More Verdict on 2005 assassination of former Lebanese PM exonerates two other members A senior member of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has been convicted for helping orchestrate the 2005 assassination of the country’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri, after a five-year international trial in the Hague. The judges exonerated two other members of…

Read MoreThe famous Suffragette was convicted by an all-male jury of illegally voting when women were barred.The famous Suffragette was convicted by an all-male jury of illegally voting when women were barred.

Read More Obama delivered the climactic speech on the first night of the Democratic convention, and Trump responded with snark Obama’s rebuke and anti-Trump Republicans: key takeaways In her keynote speech to the Democratic national convention on Monday night, Michelle Obama reprised a message from the 2016 campaign in which she urged Democrats not to…

Read More President rewards 300 officers for ‘impeccable service’ as he attempts to maintain loyalty Alexander Lukashenko has given awards to 300 members of his riot police force and KGB for “impeccable service” as the Belarusian president attempts to maintain the loyalty of security services in the gravest crisis of his 26 years in power.…

Read MoreBeijing-approved leader was among top Hong Kong officials hit with sanctions, which she says have “hampered” her own transactions.Beijing-approved leader was among top Hong Kong officials hit with sanctions, which she says have “hampered” her own transactions.

Read More Ceon Broughton was found guilty of killing Louella Fletcher-Michie, who died after taking 2C-P The rapper Ceon Broughton has had his conviction for the manslaughter of his girlfriend overturned by the court of appeal. Louella Fletcher-Michie, 24, died after taking the drug 2C-P at the Bestival music festival in September 2017. Continue reading…Ceon…

Read More Andreas Kalbitz under investigation for reportedly rupturing colleague’s spleen A German far-right politician suspended by Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is under investigation by authorities after sending a party colleague to hospital with a “friendly” punch to the torso. Andreas Kalbitz, a former neo-Nazi who is fighting for his party membership in the courts,…