Month: September 2020

Read More<p><strong>Journalism is not a crime: </strong>NPR correspondent while covering ‘ambush’ of sheriff’s deputies&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Journalism is not a crime: </strong>NPR correspondent while covering ‘ambush’ of sheriff’s deputies&nbsp;</p>

Read More<p>At least eight dead and thousands forced to evacuate in America’s West</p><p>At least eight dead and thousands forced to evacuate in America’s West</p>

Read More More than 100,000 demonstrators calling for the authoritarian president of Belarus to resign marched through the capital of Minsk on Sunday as the daily protests that have gripped the nation entered their sixth week. Many in the crowd, which the human rights group Viasna estimated as numbering more than 150,000, carried placards critical…

Read MoreComing a year before parliamentary elections Sunday’s vote is seen as a key test of the Kremlin’s electoral machine.Coming a year before parliamentary elections Sunday’s vote is seen as a key test of the Kremlin’s electoral machine.

Read More<p>Surveillance footage captures suspect firing into parked patrol car</p><p>Surveillance footage captures suspect firing into parked patrol car</p>

Read More Elfi Strauber was 11 years old when she boarded the USS Henry Gibbins in Naples, Italy. It was the summer of 1944, and she was traveling with her parents and sister, hundreds of wounded soldiers and close to 1,000 other Jewish war refugees. The overcrowded troop ship was heading to New York, escorted…

Read More WENDAKE, QC, Sept. 13, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ – The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) wishes to mark, as it does every September 13, the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Declaration recognizing and affirming the rights of Indigenous Peoples. WENDAKE, QC, Sept. 13, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ – The…

Read MoreThe following is a transcript of an interview with Oregon Governor Kate Brown that aired Sunday, September 13, 2020, on “Face the Nation.”The following is a transcript of an interview with Oregon Governor Kate Brown that aired Sunday, September 13, 2020, on “Face the Nation.”

Read More More than 3 million Syrian students started school in government-held areas Sunday, marking the first school day amid strict measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, state media reported. Syria, which had a population of 23 million before its conflict began in March 2011, has registered 3,506 confirmed coronavirus cases as well…

Read MoreFox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that climate change was a liberal fabrication on his show Friday as he reported on the ongoing destruction of the west coast forest fires. &nbsp;Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that climate change was a liberal fabrication on his show Friday as he reported on the ongoing destruction…

Read More<p>Postponement comes days after defence secretary reveals UK officials ‘exploring every legal avenue’ to settle 50-year-old fiscal dispute</p><p>Postponement comes days after defence secretary reveals UK officials ‘exploring every legal avenue’ to settle 50-year-old fiscal dispute</p>

Read MoreHousing Minister Yaacov Litzman says the measure will affect key religious holidays later this month.Housing Minister Yaacov Litzman says the measure will affect key religious holidays later this month.

Read More (MIAMI) — Residents of Bermuda were urged to prepare to protect life and property ahead of Hurricane Paulette, which was forecast to become a dangerous hurricane Sunday as Tropical Storm Sally intensified in the Gulf of Mexico. Paulette gained hurricane status late Saturday and was expected to bring storm surge, coastal flooding and…

Read More (MIAMI) — Residents of Bermuda were urged to prepare to protect life and property ahead of Hurricane Paulette, which was forecast to become a dangerous hurricane Sunday as Tropical Storm Sally intensified in the Gulf of Mexico. Paulette gained hurricane status late Saturday and was expected to bring storm surge, coastal flooding and…

Read More From France to Germany, Spain to the Netherlands, Europe’s media united in their condemnation of Boris Johnson Boris Johnson’s internal market bill is a “threat to democracy” by a government on an “ideological crusade” that is driving Britain into ever-increasing isolation, while the world “stares on in disbelief”, European media have concluded. “In…

Read More Six months after the United States signed an historic accord with the Taliban of Afghanistan, the Islamic militant group has entered into talks with the Afghan government in Doha, Qatar. Meeting with the Afghan government was a condition of the U.S.-Taliban deal.That deal will end America’s deadly and costly 19-year war in Afghanistan.…

Read More<p>Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton said he was “extremely grateful” to president Rodrigo Duterte for pardoning him</p><p>Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton said he was “extremely grateful” to president Rodrigo Duterte for pardoning him</p>

Read MoreDemonstrators hit the streets of the capital ahead of talks between Alexander Lukashenko and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.Demonstrators hit the streets of the capital ahead of talks between Alexander Lukashenko and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Read More Twenty-seven people stranded on Danish tanker for 38 days finally allowed to disembark The odyssey of 27 migrants stranded onboard a tanker for 38 dayshas finally come to an end, as the passengers were finally allowed to disembark in Sicily in what has been described as ‘‘the longest standoff in European maritime history”.’…

Read More The Covid-19 pandemic is already making a comeback in Austria, where infection rates are surging and the forthcoming winter promises to be “tough for us all,” Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has warned in an appeal to the nation. The Alpine country recorded 350 new infections per day two weeks ago, but this figure had…

Read More The country’s military leadership is accused of ignoring demands made by other groups during talks. The country’s military leadership is accused of ignoring demands made by other groups during talks.

Read MoreThe country’s military leadership is accused of ignoring demands made by other groups during talks.The country’s military leadership is accused of ignoring demands made by other groups during talks.

Read More Death toll of 31 expected to rise in California, Oregon and Washington while air pollution reaches all-time high Wildfire smoke that posed a health hazard to millions choked the west coast of the US as firefighters battled deadly blazes that obliterated some towns and displaced tens of thousands of people. The death toll…

Read More A fundamentalist Christian church at the heart of a right-wing movement is clashing with the South Korean government over COVID-19. A fundamentalist Christian church at the heart of a right-wing movement is clashing with the South Korean government over COVID-19.

Read More Sheriff expresses dismay as protesters gather at hospital Donald Trump tweet says ‘animals must be hit hard’ The shooting of two Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputies in an apparent ambush prompted a manhunt, reaction from the president and protests outside the hospital where the wounded deputies were being treated on Saturday night. The…

Read More A whistleblower’s allegation that he was pressured to suppress intelligence about Russian election interference is the latest in a series of similar accounts involving former Trump administration officials, raising concerns the White House risks undercutting efforts to stop such intrusions if it plays down the seriousness of the problem. There is no question…

Read MoreHospitalisations and intensive care admissions also rise across the country as infections soar.Hospitalisations and intensive care admissions also rise across the country as infections soar.

Read More<p>The elderly snake had not been around a male for at least two decades</p><p>The elderly snake had not been around a male for at least two decades</p>

Read More<p>Crowd of several thousand – mostly maskless – people gathered in Minden for event</p><p>Crowd of several thousand – mostly maskless – people gathered in Minden for event</p>

Read MoreGreek government calls the departure of the Oruc Reis from disputed area after weeks of tension ‘a positive step’.Greek government calls the departure of the Oruc Reis from disputed area after weeks of tension ‘a positive step’.

Read More Belarus moved police vans and barbed wire into the centre of the capital Minsk on Sunday ahead of a new mass demonstration called for the eve of crunch talks between President Alexander Lukashenko and his main ally, Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Belarus moved police vans and barbed wire into the centre of the capital…

Read More Police ‘making inquiries’ after photographs of officer wearing US flag bisected by thin blue line circulated on social media Queensland police have said they are “making enquiries” after an officer was photographed allegedly wearing a patch associated with far-right extremism at a Black Lives Matter protest on Friday. Photographs circulating on social media…

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Read More A post-Brexit trade agreement can still be secured, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said adding that no deal would represent a failure of politics. The Irish Government has said the British Government’s plans represents a “serious risk” to the peace process amid acrimony in the negotiations with the EU.…

Read MoreCharter says soldier could be interim leader, despite objections from group that led protests before last month’s coup.Charter says soldier could be interim leader, despite objections from group that led protests before last month’s coup.