Month: October 2020

Read More Many liberals don’t believe President Trump has COVID-19. Plenty of QAnon conspiracy theorists don’t either. Many liberals don’t believe President Trump has COVID-19. Plenty of QAnon conspiracy theorists don’t either.

Read More While foreign leaders largely wished President Trump well after his positive coronavirus test, global media took the opportunity to criticize and even mock his response to the pandemic. While foreign leaders largely wished President Trump well after his positive coronavirus test, global media took the opportunity to criticize and even mock his response…

Read More With just a month to go until the election, President Trump had a busy schedule during the week the coronavirus hit home with him With just a month to go until the election, President Trump had a busy schedule during the week the coronavirus hit home with him

Read More The billionaire has been accused of intervening on behalf of the LNP and his own business interests rather than his United Australia party The canary yellow billboards are back in Queensland. Ahead of the state election this month, the mining billionaire Clive Palmer has launched another anti-Labor spoiler campaign. No analyst or pollster…

Read More Beijing is worried about what the so-called Quad could become and has previously labelled the group ‘an anti-China frontline’ When Australia’s foreign minister, Marise Payne, travels to Tokyo next week to “deepen ties with like-minded partners” Japan, India and the United States, she is sure to be swapping notes with her counterparts on…

Read More<p>Harold Easter lay collapsed on the floor of an interview room for nearly eight minutes before an officer arrived</p><p>Harold Easter lay collapsed on the floor of an interview room for nearly eight minutes before an officer arrived</p>

Read More<p>Shamed Hollywood mogul currently serving 23 years following conviction in New York</p><p>Shamed Hollywood mogul currently serving 23 years following conviction in New York</p>

Read More<p>Could Saturday’s Rose Garden event be the key to tracking spread?</p><p>Could Saturday’s Rose Garden event be the key to tracking spread?</p>

Read MoreA small plane that crashed near Corfu in upstate New York is owned by Steve Barnes, best known as one of the celebrity personal injury legal team Cellino &amp; Barnes, according to a report.A small plane that crashed near Corfu in upstate New York is owned by Steve Barnes, best known as one of…

Read MoreThe disgraced film mogul was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault in March.The disgraced film mogul was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault in March.

Read MoreAl Jazeera asks the same key questions about the presidential election to voters across the United States.Al Jazeera asks the same key questions about the presidential election to voters across the United States.

Read More<p>Health agency recommends not kissing or snuggling hedgehogs&nbsp;</p><p>Health agency recommends not kissing or snuggling hedgehogs&nbsp;</p>

Read MoreSome of the 8,800 unaccompanied migrant children U.S. border officials have expelled during the pandemic were held in hotels.Some of the 8,800 unaccompanied migrant children U.S. border officials have expelled during the pandemic were held in hotels.

Read More BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 02 (IPS) – Sarudzai Moyo, a former teacher, has begun a new career as a fishmonger. Once a week she makes the 450km journey from Bulawayo to Binga, on the shores of Lake Kariba, where she buys between 100 and 150 kilograms of fish for resale as the demand for…

Read More Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, was believed to have COVID-19 earlier this year, according to multiple people close to her. Two friends of Barrett, who were granted anonymity because they did not feel comfortable discussing Barrett’s personal medical history on the record, confirmed to TIME that the judge had been…

Read MoreRusesabagina had been living in exile for years and became a high-profile government critic.Rusesabagina had been living in exile for years and became a high-profile government critic.

Read MoreThe president tweeted his diagnosis early on Friday morning. Here’s how American news reacted.The president tweeted his diagnosis early on Friday morning. Here’s how American news reacted.

Read More Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will stand with Azerbaijan in its conflict with Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, calling on it to continue the assault and drive the Armenian forces out. Erdogan reiterated Ankara’s “full support” for Baku during his Friday speech at the inauguration of a city hospital in…

Read More<p>Rare release of officer testimony reveals details from police killing of black woman inside her Louisville apartment</p><p>Rare release of officer testimony reveals details from police killing of black woman inside her Louisville apartment</p>

Read More BERLIN, Oct 02 (IPS) – Farah Daibes is the Programme Manager of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Political Feminism project in the MENA region.Since before the COVID-19 pandemic, feminists across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been increasingly shedding light on the global shifts that will shape the Future of Work. From their perspective, those…

Read More Scheduled talks between UK and EU have ended and only 90 days remain until end of transition period This week the last scheduled talks were held between EU and UK negotiators on a Brexit trade and security deal. Only 90 days remain until the end of the transition period, when Britain will leave…

Read MoreThe US president and his wife have tested positive for the virus, a month before elections.The US president and his wife have tested positive for the virus, a month before elections.

Read More YOLA, Nigeria, Oct 02 (IPS) – Lake Chad is an extremely shallow water body in the Sahel. It was once the world’s sixth largest inland water body with an open water area of 25,000 km2 in the 1960s, it shrunk dramatically at the beginning of the 1970s and reduced to less than 2,000…

Read More Irina Slavina dies following self-immolation she blamed on Russian Federation A Russian journalist has died after setting herself on fire in front of the local branch of the interior ministry in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, a day after her apartment was searched by police. Prior to her self-immolation, Irina Slavina wrote on…

Read MoreThe strike in the city of Stepanakert comes as fighting over the disputed region continues for a sixth day.The strike in the city of Stepanakert comes as fighting over the disputed region continues for a sixth day.

Read More Tourism Minister Asaf Zamir quit the Israeli government on Friday, citing his opposition to new rules which restrict people’s right to protest amid the pandemic, as well as his lack of trust in PM Benjamin Netanyahu. “My conscience does not allow me to stay in a government that prevents de facto protests against…

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Read More<p>Financial markets were volatile in the wake of the news with many analysts unsure of the economic implications</p><p>Financial markets were volatile in the wake of the news with many analysts unsure of the economic implications</p>

Read More There is no way to mourn a parent in advance, but that doesn’t stop some of us from trying. When documentary filmmaker and cinematographer Kirsten Johnson noticed a decline in the health of her aging father, Dick, living alone in Seattle and still working at his lifelong profession as a psychiatrist, she opted…

Read MoreA self-described member of the Proud Boys, a far-right group, pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges Thursday in Portland, Oregon related to clashes between right- and left-wing demonstrators earlier this summerA self-described member of the Proud Boys, a far-right group, pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges Thursday in Portland, Oregon related to…

Read MoreOpinion polling on US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is now a key driver for the ruble.Opinion polling on US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is now a key driver for the ruble.

Read MoreThousands of Ethiopian detainees are facing “unimaginable cruelty”, Amnesty International says.Thousands of Ethiopian detainees are facing “unimaginable cruelty”, Amnesty International says.

Read More Boris Johnson will speak to European commission president via video-conference call on Saturday Ursula von der Leyen has described the most difficult parts of the Brexit negotiation as remaining “completely open” but backed an intensification of talks ahead of a crunch video-conference call with Boris Johnson. After the latest and last scheduled round…

Read More Benjamin Thomas pleaded guilty to 40 offences over 30 years, mainly against teenage boys A former pastor and BBC television presenter has been jailed for 10 years and four months after he admitted abusing boys and men over almost three decades. Ben Thomas, 44, carried out many of his attacks while his victims…

Read More As Belarus’s largest and most sustained opposition protests in decades continue, a 73-year-old veteran activist and grandmother has emerged as one of the movement’s iconic figures. In August, a video of Nina Baginskaya pushing past two masked riot policemen went viral on social media. “I’m going for a walk,” she told the officers,…