Month: November 2020

Read More The president-elect announces senior communications team, led by campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, led by campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield. Bedingfield will serve as Biden’s White House communications director, and Jen Psaki, a longtime Democratic spokeswoman, will be his…

Read More 4 December 1970 Standing water lay in hollows in the saturated pastures creating ponds of all shapes and sizes KENT: Along the green track, the puddles reached over our boots and the riverside trees grew straight out of the water joining their own reflection in an unbroken pattern. Standing water lay in hollows…

Read More She hit the big time playing the high-powered political fixer Olivia Pope. In real life, she has spent years campaigning for Kamala Harris and her fellow Democrats. So what’s someone who lives and breathes politics doing in Ryan Murphy’s musical The Prom? In a rational world, somewhere deep in the Democratic National Committee…

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Read MoreA fake image posted by a Chinese government official depicts an Australian soldier murdering a child.A fake image posted by a Chinese government official depicts an Australian soldier murdering a child.

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Read More Scott Morrison says China should be ‘totally ashamed’ of digitally altered image depicting Australian soldier posted by foreign ministry The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, has demanded the Chinese government apologise and take down a “repugnant” foreign ministry tweet that depicted an Australian soldier cutting the throat of a civilian in Afghanistan. As…

Read MoreDraft EU plan calls for US cooperation on tech, COVID-19, deforestation and challenges posed by China, report says.Draft EU plan calls for US cooperation on tech, COVID-19, deforestation and challenges posed by China, report says.

Read More Digital secretary says he is setting ‘clear path for complete removal of high risk vendors’ from 5G networks Telecoms providers must stop installing Huawei equipment in the UK’s 5G networks from next September, the government has said. The digital secretary, Oliver Dowden, set out a roadmap to remove high-risk vendors ahead of the…

Read MorePandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka’s prisons as the number of virus cases surge.Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka’s prisons as the number of virus cases surge.

Read More Australian PM has demanded an official apology from China, after its foreign ministry spokesman called for justice over the recent war crimes report – with an illustration of a soldier holding a knife to a child’s throat. “Shocked by murder of Afghan civilians and prisoners by Australian soldiers,” Beijing’s foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao…

Read More President-elect to wear a boot after after accident while playing with German shepherd Major American president-elect Joe Biden has fractured his right foot after slipping while playing with his dog Major. The injury was discovered in a scan on Sunday and will likely require him to wear a boot for several weeks, his…

Read More (WILMINGTON, Del.) — President-elect Joe Biden fractured his right foot while playing with one of his dogs, an injury discovered in a scan Sunday and that will likely require him to wear a boot for several weeks, his doctor said. Biden suffered the injury on Saturday and visited an orthopedist in Newark, Delaware,…

Read MoreAccount thought to be part of effort to boost royalist messages after months of anti-establishment protests.Account thought to be part of effort to boost royalist messages after months of anti-establishment protests.

Read MoreJoe Biden has pledged to shape one of the most diverse US presidential cabinets ever.Joe Biden has pledged to shape one of the most diverse US presidential cabinets ever.

Read MoreSome 22 people died when the volcano suddenly erupted last December with tourists on it.Some 22 people died when the volcano suddenly erupted last December with tourists on it.

Read MoreThe story of unrequited love set in 1960s Hong Kong, romanticised the image of a city in constant flux.The story of unrequited love set in 1960s Hong Kong, romanticised the image of a city in constant flux.

Read MoreMillions of people are returning home following the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.Millions of people are returning home following the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.

Read MoreThe conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is over, but some are still waiting for news of missing relatives.The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is over, but some are still waiting for news of missing relatives.

Read More Turkey suffers seventh straight day of record deaths; Lebanon to slowly relax restrictions; New York begins reopening schools. Fauci warns of ‘surge upon surge’ in US cases after Thanksgiving Life after Covid: will our world ever be the same? A year after Wuhan alarm, China seeks to change Covid origin story See all…

Read MoreCollector William Fagan finds 70-year-old photographs in a camera.Collector William Fagan finds 70-year-old photographs in a camera.

Read MoreFive challenges of distributing a Covid-19 vaccine to billions of people.Five challenges of distributing a Covid-19 vaccine to billions of people.

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Read MoreThe campaign to save a 100-year-old tree shows cultural fears can make politicians listen in Kenya.The campaign to save a 100-year-old tree shows cultural fears can make politicians listen in Kenya.

Read More Ten parties charged under health and safety laws and three charged as directors or individuals over Whakaari explosion which killed 22 New Zealand’s workplace safety watchdog has charged 13 parties as part of its investigation into last December’s White Island/Whakaari volcano eruption, according to reports. Twenty two people died in the disaster. Ten…

Read More Sincere Pierce, 18,  was one of two teenage victims in the 13 November killing by a Brevard County deputy officer Sincere Pierce, 18,  was one of two teenage victims in the 13 November killing by a Brevard County deputy officer

Read MoreSeeking to end the rift in the Gulf region, Kushner will meet Qatari emir and Saudi crown prince, say US media reports.Seeking to end the rift in the Gulf region, Kushner will meet Qatari emir and Saudi crown prince, say US media reports.

Read More PM remains at The Lodge after trip to Japan; pressure grows for tougher anti-corruption body; 2020 emissions figures to be released; and office workers return in limited numbers in Melbourne. Follow all the latest updates Follow our global live blog Australia’s restrictions explained: state by state 10.18pm GMT Apparently the replicant tests are…

Read MoreThe two nations had expelled each other’s envoys over a historical dispute dating back a century.The two nations had expelled each other’s envoys over a historical dispute dating back a century.

Read More In Ethiopia, the 2019 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is now embroiled in a blood war. So, what happened to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed? In Ethiopia, the 2019 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is now embroiled in a blood war. So, what happened to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed?

Read MoreThe measure would have made businesses financially and legally liable for human rights violations.The measure would have made businesses financially and legally liable for human rights violations.

Read More An Australian couple whose child was reportedly seized by state authorities is appealing a magistrate’s ruling finding them abusive and “dangerous” for resisting testosterone therapy for their daughter, who identifies as male. Lawyers for the unidentified parents filed papers last week seeking to appeal a magistrate’s October decision, setting up what appears to…

Read More“Without this, I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact,” said culture secretary Oliver Dowden.”Without this, I fear a generation of viewers who did not live through these events may mistake fiction for fact,” said culture secretary Oliver Dowden.