Month: September 2020

Read MoreTwo Australian men fight to live a life free of multiple sclerosis with the help of stem cell treatment in Russia.Two Australian men fight to live a life free of multiple sclerosis with the help of stem cell treatment in Russia.

Read More It seemed like Billy Joe Driver, 84, was always around in this Alabama city after 36 years as mayor. Most weekdays you’d find Driver working at a first-floor conference table at Clanton City Hall, and many nights he’d eat at Green’s Small Town Diner with friends. The new coronavirus is just as dangerous…

Read More Major oil firms plan to grow plastic supply to counter impact of shift against fossil fuels The war on plastic waste could scupper the oil industry’s multi-billion dollar bet that the world will continue to need more fossil fuels to help make the petrochemicals used in plastics, according to a new report. Major…

Read More The T Rex singer captivated generations with his strutting music and hyper-sexual charisma. As a tribute album is released, stars explain why he is glam’s greatest icon In early 1971, a nine-year-old called David Evans was sitting at home in the suburbs of Dublin watching Top of the Pops. He was already a…

Read MoreRecord rains inundated Pakistan’s largest city, paralysing city authorities as people were left to fend for themselves.Record rains inundated Pakistan’s largest city, paralysing city authorities as people were left to fend for themselves.

Read More Trump said Thursday that the story is “totally false.” The allegations were first reported in The Atlantic. A senior Defense Department official with firsthand knowledge of events and a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who was told about Trump’s comments confirmed some of the remarks to The Associated Press, including the 2018 cemetery…

Read More (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — Seven police officers involved in the suffocation death of Daniel Prude in Rochester, New York, were suspended Thursday by the city’s mayor, who said she was misled for months about the circumstances of the fatal encounter. Prude, 41, who was Black, died when he was taken off life support March…

Read More Inequality and underlying health conditions combine to make potentially devastating impact on community, study shows Coronavirus – live updates See all our coronavirus coverage The risk of dying from Covid-19 is at least 50% higher for Māori than New Zealanders from European backgrounds, according to our study published today. Māori and Pacific populations…

Read More Bureau of meteorology says strong south-easterlies could be sending the smell of the sea across the suburbs A salty smell has wafted over Sydney and coastal New South Wales, as residents who live kilometres from the coast reported a strong sea aroma on Friday morning. On a drizzly morning ahead of forecast thunderstorms,…

Read MoreWriter Yang Hengjun says he will “never confess” to spying charges, after being detained for 19 months.Writer Yang Hengjun says he will “never confess” to spying charges, after being detained for 19 months.

Read MoreAgreement reached to end two weeks of action after overnight talks with government on its plans for reform.Agreement reached to end two weeks of action after overnight talks with government on its plans for reform.

Read MoreMexico has highest COVID-19 toll for healthcare workers in the world, with more than 1,300 deaths, says Amnesty.Mexico has highest COVID-19 toll for healthcare workers in the world, with more than 1,300 deaths, says Amnesty.

Read More Rescuers are searching for more than 40 crew on ship carrying 6,000 cattle that went down en route from New Zealand to China The Japanese coastguard has found a second person in its search for more than 40 crew members who went missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China…

Read More The president made the comments as he declined to visit a cemetery outside Paris where US Marines are buried, according to the Atlantic report A new report details multiple instances of Donald Trump allegedly making disparaging remarks about members of the US military who have been captured or killed, including referring to the…

Read MoreLead actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for coronavirus, according to US media reports.Lead actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for coronavirus, according to US media reports.

Read More (KENOSHA, Wis.) — Joe Biden told residents of Kenosha, Wisconsin, that recent turmoil following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, could help Americans confront centuries of systemic racism, drawing a sharp contrast with President Donald Trump amid a reckoning that has galvanized the nation. “We’re finally now getting to the…

Read More As Joe Biden met with community leaders in a Kenosha church on Thursday, roughly four dozen of the voters he needs to win Wisconsin waited on the street outside, several layers of brick away from the man running to be their President. The crowd on the street outside Grace Lutheran Church represented the…

Read More Trump said Thursday that the story is “totally false.” The allegations were first reported in The Atlantic. A senior Defense Department official with firsthand knowledge of events and a senior U.S. Marine Corps officer who was told about Trump’s comments confirmed some of the remarks to The Associated Press, including the 2018 cemetery…

Read More France counts more than 7,000 new infections for second day; US public health officials prepare for October vaccine rollout; Robert Pattinson tests positive for Covid-19. Follow the latest updates French PM says jobs and green economy at heart of recovery plan India logs record 83,883 Covid-19 cases in day GSK and Sanofi to…

Read MoreFalse claims about the Covid-19 death toll in the US have gone viral. Here’s why they’re wrong.False claims about the Covid-19 death toll in the US have gone viral. Here’s why they’re wrong.

Read MoreEPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the agency will push deregulation as a priority in Trump’s possible second term.EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the agency will push deregulation as a priority in Trump’s possible second term.

Read More A bumper litter of kids has helped the distinctive, long-horned wild goats to prosper after being introduced from Spain The population of ibex recently introduced to the French Pyrenees is thriving more than a century after the native species was wiped out in France. Officials have counted 70 newborn ibex this year at…

Read MoreAl Jazeera spoke to the former Bernie Sanders adviser and political consultant on his efforts reach Latino voters.Al Jazeera spoke to the former Bernie Sanders adviser and political consultant on his efforts reach Latino voters.

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Read More As Mexico struggles to pay a water debt to the United States, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he might personally appeal to President Donald Trump for clemency, or invite United Nations experts to audit water payments. Mexico has fallen behind in the amount of water it must send north from its…

Read More National cabinet set to examine alternatives to state border closures and discuss cap on international arrivals. Follow live Australian stats interactive NSW cases map; NSW hotspots list Queensland hotspots list Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email 11.16pm BST Ahead of national cabinet, while there has been a lot of attention on Labor…

Read More Joe Biden visited the Wisconsin town on Thursday, two days after President Trump visited, as their competing messages — racial justice versus ‘law and order’ — roil the presidential campaign. Joe Biden visited the Wisconsin town on Thursday, two days after President Trump visited, as their competing messages — racial justice versus ‘law…

Read More Prude died seven days after officers in upstate New York put a hood over his head then pressed his face into the pavement The Rochester mayor has suspended seven officers involved in the suffocation death of a black man earlier this year. Daniel Prude died on 30 March after he was taken off…

Read More Two Libyan citizens filed suit in a Virginia federal court Thursday against Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, alleging he is responsible for the death of numerous family members, including a three year-old girl. Hafter is the commander of the Libyan National Army, the group that rules much of eastern Libya. Since 2014, Haftar’s LNA…

Read MoreDaniel Prude, who was unarmed, died a week after police in Rochester, New York, restrained him.Daniel Prude, who was unarmed, died a week after police in Rochester, New York, restrained him.

Read MoreThe presidential candidate says the shooting victim said “nothing was going to defeat him”.The presidential candidate says the shooting victim said “nothing was going to defeat him”.

Read More The daughter of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died of asphyxiation in March after police put a ‘spit hood’ on his head and held his face into the ground, said his death was caused by racism in the police force. ‘A racist police officer saw a black man in need and decided…

Read MoreThe Burmese roofed turtle, which looks like it is always smiling, is among the most endangered species in the world. But now, this little guy really does have something to smile about – his species was brought back from the brink of extinction.The Burmese roofed turtle, which looks like it is always smiling, is…

Read MoreBiden’s trip comes two days after President Trump condemned violent protesters there.Biden’s trip comes two days after President Trump condemned violent protesters there.

Read More (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Minutes after pulling into a Florida strip mall parking lot, gunshots rang out in the darkness. Charles McMillon told his 10-year-old son and another passenger to take cover. McMillon, who is Black, said a white couple approached with guns in their hands. That’s when he put his pickup truck into…