Month: October 2020

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Read MoreTaiwan air force scrambled more than twice as much in 2020 to intercept Chinese planes crossing island’s buffer zone.Taiwan air force scrambled more than twice as much in 2020 to intercept Chinese planes crossing island’s buffer zone.

Read More Nobody gives out awards for Worst Planet in the Galaxy—and it would be a dubious honor at best. Somewhere out there may be other garden planets like Earth. Somewhere too may be near-miss worlds like Mars. And somewhere out there are planets like 51 Pegasi b which, if it didn’t win the Worst…

Read More Dizzy with a soaring fever and unable to breathe, Scott Sedlacek had one thing going for him: He was among the first people to be treated for COVID-19 at Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center, and the doctors and nurses were able to give him plenty of attention. Hearing of President Donald Trump’s advice by…

Read More About 25 residents from remote Easter Island who have been stranded far from their loved ones for more than six months because of the coronavirus will finally be able to return home this week on a French military plane. The group has been stranded on Tahiti in French Polynesia. Many arrived in March…

Read More The Zimbabwean novelist, shortlisted for this year’s Booker prize for This Mournable Body, is accused of intending to incite public violence in Harare Authors including Kazuo Ishiguro, Carol Ann Duffy and Philippe Sands have called for charges against the Booker prize-shortlisted writer Tsitsi Dangarembga to be dropped ahead of her latest appearance in…

Read More Conservative and Labour MPs are unhappy with lack of evidence behind 10pm closing time Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage MPs could signal growing discontent with the government’s coronavirus restrictions at key votes on the regulations this week, amid growing calls for the government to publish the scientific advice behind…

Read More In a suburb of Chicago, the world’s first government-funded slavery reparations programme is beginning. Robin Rue Simmons helped make it happen – but her victory has been more than 200 years in the making It began with an email. On an especially cold day in Evanston, Illinois, in February 2019, Robin Rue Simmons,…

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Read More Democratic presidential candidate tells Florida town hall that ‘tough guy’ president should be afraid for those around him after taking off mask Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, has said he was not surprised by Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection and delivered a blunt rebuke:…

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Read MorePolice used water cannon, stun grenades and tear gas to disperse crowd who forced their way into a government building.Police used water cannon, stun grenades and tear gas to disperse crowd who forced their way into a government building.

Read MoreUS president returns to White House to continue treatment as virus spreads through the administration.US president returns to White House to continue treatment as virus spreads through the administration.

Read MoreSouth Indians who got UK citizenship in 1997, find spouse income rules an impossible hurdle in effort to find security.South Indians who got UK citizenship in 1997, find spouse income rules an impossible hurdle in effort to find security.

Read More Entrepreneur has been arrested in Spain after US prosecutors alleged he hid millions, including in assets such as real estate and a yacht John McAfee, the antivirus software entrepreneur, has been charged with evading taxes after failing to report millions earned promoting cryptocurrencies, consulting work, speaking engagements and the sale of the rights…

Read MoreFootage shows people throwing papers from windows and entering President Sooronbai Jeenbekov’s office.Footage shows people throwing papers from windows and entering President Sooronbai Jeenbekov’s office.

Read More President Trump left the hospital on Monday, though his battle with COVID-19 is far from over. President Trump left the hospital on Monday, though his battle with COVID-19 is far from over.

Read More<p>Gov Andrew Cuomo plans to meet with the Orthodox community to ‘see if they will agree to live by the rules’</p><p>Gov Andrew Cuomo plans to meet with the Orthodox community to ‘see if they will agree to live by the rules’</p>

Read MoreThe White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration guidelines on bringing potential vaccines for COVID-19 to market that would almost certainly have prevented their approval before the Nov. 3 electionThe White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration guidelines on bringing potential vaccines for COVID-19 to market that would almost certainly…

Read More The White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration guidelines on bringing potential vaccines for COVID-19 to market that would almost certainly have prevented their approval before the Nov. 3 election. At issue was the FDA’s planned requirement that participants in the ongoing mass clinical trials for nearly a half-dozen vaccine candidates…

Read More President Donald Trump didn’t want to go to the hospital in the first place. Trump was admitted only after Chief of Staff Mark Meadows insisted he leave the White House when he spiked a fever Friday morning, was coughing and his blood oxygen level threatened to dip dangerously low, say two current White…

Read More<p>Forced from their homes by gangs and violence, families travel thousands of miles to Mexico only to suffer the same fate in refugee scamps. Chantal da Silva talks to them</p><p>Forced from their homes by gangs and violence, families travel thousands of miles to Mexico only to suffer the same fate in refugee scamps. Chantal…

Read More Ireland’s health chiefs called for highest level of restrictions late on Sunday; restaurants in Paris can stay open but bars cannot Europe struggles to contain surge of coronavirus cases UK ministers accused of putting lives at risk with Covid data error New York governor agrees to shut schools and businesses in hotspots Trump…

Read MoreAmy Coney Barrett will face confirmation hearings from October 12 to decide her appointment to the top US court.Amy Coney Barrett will face confirmation hearings from October 12 to decide her appointment to the top US court.

Read More Former software guru and one-time presidential candidate John McAfee has been nabbed in Spain on tax evasion and cryptocurrency fraud, ending his year long stint as a globetrotting fugitive. He now faces extradition to the US. The US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission both announced charges for McAfee on Monday,…

Read MoreThe blogger explains why he stopped outing gay celebrities and changed the tone of his website.The blogger explains why he stopped outing gay celebrities and changed the tone of his website.

Read More The health workers going to great lengths to deliver vital supplies in the fight against measles in DR Congo. The health workers going to great lengths to deliver vital supplies in the fight against measles in DR Congo.

Read MoreThe health workers going to great lengths to deliver vital supplies in the fight against measles in DR Congo.The health workers going to great lengths to deliver vital supplies in the fight against measles in DR Congo.

Read More Josh Frydenberg prepares to deliver a budget delayed and utterly derailed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Follow all today’s news right through to the aftermath of the treasurer’s speech 11.30pm BST Centre Alliance MP Rebekha Sharkie has confirmed her party will pass the government’s jobs ready graduate package. Sharkie, whose colleague Stirling Griff holds…

Read MoreThe president says he is returning to the White House, where he will continue receiving medical careThe president says he is returning to the White House, where he will continue receiving medical care

Read More A few weeks ago, as the temperature soared to 105 in Oakland, Calif., and despite the gray air outside, I decided upon the revolutionary act of cracking opening a window overnight. At midnight I woke to smoke inside my apartment, a snowstorm of ash swirling into my room coating every surface in delicate…

Read More<p>A fourth individual reported injured and taken to a nearby hospital</p><p>A fourth individual reported injured and taken to a nearby hospital</p>

Read More Here’s where we are: Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States and the most powerful person on the planet, is sick with COVID-19. We do not know with any confidence how ill he truly is; both his physician and White House officials have been unclear and evasive. Journalists’ fascination with Trump’s…

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Read More As President Donald Trump recovers from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is capitalizing on having the campaign trail largely to himself by hitting critical swing states and investing in longtime Republican bastions that he hopes might expand his path to victory. The Democratic presidential nominee made his second trip to Florida in a little…