Month: August 2020

Read More Lost children! Angry lovers! Time travel! A show referred to as ‘The Muslim Game Of Thrones” We asked reporters to tell us about the shows that people are obsessing around the world. (Image credit: Youtube/ Screenshots by NPR) Lost children! Angry lovers! Time travel! A show referred to as ‘The Muslim Game Of…

Read More Music tycoon and entertainer having surgery but his spokeswoman says he is ‘doing fine’ Simon Cowell has been taken to hospital with a broken back after falling off an electric bike in California. His spokeswoman said the 60-year-old music mogul, who has a home in Malibu, was undergoing surgery for his injuries but…

Read MoreThe measures include pay for millions of jobless but some are likely to face legal challenges.The measures include pay for millions of jobless but some are likely to face legal challenges.

Read MoreThe decision is intended to facilitate intra-Afghan peace talks but it has proven controversial.The decision is intended to facilitate intra-Afghan peace talks but it has proven controversial.

Read MoreProsecutors in Chad had suggested 44 prisoners killed themselves, but a new report says otherwise.Prosecutors in Chad had suggested 44 prisoners killed themselves, but a new report says otherwise.

Read More Even if the NRA survives New York’s lawsuit, dethroning its CEO and heaping it with humiliation and penalties will be a victory. Even if the NRA survives New York’s lawsuit, dethroning its CEO and heaping it with humiliation and penalties will be a victory.

Read More There are a record high number of women in Congress, but men hold the power over the ERA. There are a record high number of women in Congress, but men hold the power over the ERA.

Read More Shareholder payout to stay despite 73% fall in quarterly profits due to impact of Covid-19 Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant still plans to pay $75bn (£57bn) to its shareholders this year even as the impact of the coronavirus caused its profits for the last quarter to plummet by 73%. The global slowdown in…

Read More Substance abuse specialists and mental health advocates have been pushing to recognize different forms of alcoholism – and there’s one that, while common, is only beginning to get national attention: drunkorexia. The colloquial term is used to describe the habit of engaging in diet-related behavior – such as restricted eating, excessive exercising, or…

Read MoreThe fire in the state of Andhra Pradesh is the second such blaze at a Covid facility in days.The fire in the state of Andhra Pradesh is the second such blaze at a Covid facility in days.

Read More Depicted as a warmonger, the future PM had a very modern dislike of media criticism, reveals new book It is one of the earliest examples of a politician accusing the media of fake news. And it illustrates that, despite having been a journalist himself, Winston Churchill had an ambivalent relationship with the press,…

Read More Footage shows officers dragging away demonstrators outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence. Several people were detained in Jerusalem after a thousands-strong rally. A clip from RT’s Ruptly video agency shows scuffles between activists and police officers on Sunday as they attempt to disrupt a sit-in at the Israeli PM’s official residence in central…

Read More The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with its mayor and the head of the United Nations warning against a nuclear arms race. Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno three days after Hiroshima — twin nuclear attacks that rang in…

Read MoreFormer president sworn in by his brother Gotabaya, who currently holds the presidential seat.Former president sworn in by his brother Gotabaya, who currently holds the presidential seat.

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Read More The prime minister is pitching a mix of steady leadership and big-spending policies to voters after a world-leading coronavirus response Covid report: New Zealand goes 100 days without local transmission On her first public outing since launching her party’s election campaign the day before, New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, spent Sunday morning…

Read More The U.S. Army Next Generation Combat Vehicle – Cross Functional Team and CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center make progress towards integrating unmanned vehicles into ground combat formations and successfully completed the first soldier operational experiment for the Robotic Combat Vehicle effort at Army Fort Carson. This is was the first in a series…

Read More The decision 75 years ago to use atomic bombs was fuelled not by strategy but by sheer inhumanity “If we’d lost the war, we’d all have been prosecuted as war criminals.” So said Curtis LeMay after America obliterated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with two atomic bombs in August 1945. LeMay was no bleeding-heart liberal.…

Read More Survey sparks concern over misconceptions about vaccines and scepticism about science Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Only half the population of Britain definitely would accept being vaccinated against Covid-19. That is the shock conclusion of a group of scientists and pollsters who have found that only 53% of a…

Read More As Beirut mourns its dead after last week’s explosion, foreign meddling has plunged the entire region into chaos The huge explosion that destroyed much of central Beirut is a daunting metaphor for the perils facing failing Middle East states. For years, the region has been described as the world’s most unstable, as a…

Read More Presenter says he can no longer work for broadcaster after ‘slap in the face’ A BBC radio presenter has quit his job after the corporation defended its decision to broadcast the N-word in a television news broadcast. Radio 1Xtra presenter Sideman said he no longer felt comfortable working for the national broadcaster after…

Read More Belarusians are voting on whether to grant their authoritarian president a sixth term in office, following a campaign marked by unusually strong demonstrations by opposition supporters frustrated with the country’s stumbling economy, political repression and weak response to the coronavirus pandemic. Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, in office for 26 years, has made it clear…

Read More A traditional Afghan council concluded Sunday with hundreds of delegates agreeing to free 400 Taliban members, paving the way for an early start to negotiations between Afghanistan’s warring sides. The declaration read out in both of Afghanistan’s official languages of Pashto and Farsi calls for an immediate start to negotiations and cease fire.…

Read More Opposition steps up attacks on coronavirus support measure that allows people in financial distress to withdraw up to $20,000 Young people will bear the brunt of the Covid-19 economic crisis, Labor has said, as it estimates a 25-year-old who withdraws $20,000 from superannuation may be left up to $100,000 worse off in retirement.…

Read More A corruption-riddled government has presided over rising poverty for decades. Could the anger released after the catastrophe in Beirut’s docks finally topple it? The first violent jolt seemed like a neighbourhood accident; a blown generator, or a car crash. Five seconds later, the thundering secondary blast arrived; a crushing surge of energy that…

Read MoreTyphoon Jangmi, the season’s fifth typhoon, is expected to hit the southern region bringing more rain on Monday.Typhoon Jangmi, the season’s fifth typhoon, is expected to hit the southern region bringing more rain on Monday.

Read More65-year-old leader who ruled since 1994 almost certain to win a sixth consecutive term but faces new wave of protests.65-year-old leader who ruled since 1994 almost certain to win a sixth consecutive term but faces new wave of protests.

Read More A week after going into exile, the scandal-hit former monarch is said to be staying in a $12,000-a-night suite in the Emirates palace hotel At first it was Portugal, then the Dominican Republic, but now Abu Dhabi is firming as the most likely place of residence for Spain’s scandal-hit former king Juan Carlos.…

Read More Daniel Andrews reports 394 new cases of Covid-19 and a record number of deaths, most of which are linked to aged care Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic so far, after 17 people died in Victoria in the 24 hours between Saturday and Sunday. Ten of the 17 deaths…

Read More The mercury is set to hit 35C in Kent and Sussex on Sunday before thunderstorms arrive early in the week Many Britons are set to bask in another hot day, with temperatures well above 30C. The mercury looks set to reach as high as 35C on Sunday – with Kent, Sussex and parts…

Read More Several thousand demonstrators have marched in Jerusalem, gathering outside of Israeli Prime Minister’s residence in yet another massive anti-government protest, as Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the media for inciting left-wing riots. Authorities said some 5,000 people joined the protest, while Channel 13 reported up to 15,000 participants in the Saturday night rally taking place…

Read MoreFrench President Emmanuel Macron has organised Sunday’s online talks to generate aid for Lebanon.French President Emmanuel Macron has organised Sunday’s online talks to generate aid for Lebanon.

Read More Australia’s finance minister indicates openness to more economic support and backs state border closures for first time Australia’s finance minister has kept the door open to making further changes to economic support measures such as the jobkeeper wage subsidy, saying the government would act “if facts change”. Mathias Cormann foreshadowed the Coalition’s openness…

Read More The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a nuclear weapons ban. At 11:02 a.m., the moment the B-29 bomber Bockscar dropped a 4.5-ton (10,000-pound) plutonium bomb dubbed “Fat…

Read More North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the distribution of aid to the border city of Kaesong after the area was locked down last month to fight the coronavirus, state media said on Sunday. Authorities raised the state of emergency to the maximum level for the city in July, saying they had discovered…