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Read MoreIn the latest twist in stimulus talks, Trump says he wants a bigger COVID-19 aid package than Democrats are offering.In the latest twist in stimulus talks, Trump says he wants a bigger COVID-19 aid package than Democrats are offering.

Read More Less than two weeks ago, using the words cranberry juice, skateboarding and Fleetwood Mac in the same sentence might have only seemed possible in a game of Mad Libs. But thanks to Nathan Apodaca, or as he’s known on TikTok, 420doggface208, they’re now synonymous with one of the best viral videos of 2020.…

Read More<p>Coroner described former police chief’s death as an ‘unexpected accident’&nbsp;</p><p>Coroner described former police chief’s death as an ‘unexpected accident’&nbsp;</p>

Read More Authors Stephen King and Margaret Atwood are among hundreds of writers who added their names to an open letter in support of trans rights, following other artists’ defense of JK Rowling, who was targeted by trans activists online. The letter is the “companion” to an earlier message of trans support from the UK…

Read More On Oct. 1, New York state released an app that can notify you if you’ve come into contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19. Called “COVID Alert NY,” the app is one of 10 currently active in states around the U.S. that are based on Google and Apple’s decentralized contact…

Read More<p>Department of Forestry urged people to ‘#SocialDistance away’ from creature</p><p>Department of Forestry urged people to ‘#SocialDistance away’ from creature</p>

Read More To hear Judge Amy Coney Barrett tell it, she is the intellectual heir to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. “His judicial philosophy is mine, too,” Barrett said at her nomination ceremony at the White House Rose Garden on Sept. 26. In important ways, that is true. Like Scalia, Barrett practices originalism, which interprets…

Read More When people want to seem smart, they often profess a preference for films that are filled with ideas, as if mere stories about human beings living their lives could never be enough. Writer-director-producer Radha Blank’s effervescent debut The Forty-Year-Old Version—she also stars in the film—is first and foremost a story, a semiautobiographical riff…

Read More<p>Pandemic appears to be hitting regional cities hardest</p><p>Pandemic appears to be hitting regional cities hardest</p>

Read More NAIROBI, Oct 09 (IPS) – “We need to build back better.”  This has been the rallying call on the COVID-19 response by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to leaders and communities around the world. It has been echoed in conference rooms and in the numerous Zoom meetings organized to discuss the pandemic. It will…

Read More The U.N.’s World Food Program was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, with the Norwegian Nobel Committee praising the agency’s “impressive ability to intensify its efforts” during the COVID-19 pandemic. The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency focused on hunger. It seeks to tackle both chronic food insecurity—the long-term lack…

Read MoreBrazil’s poor are struggling to cope as the government halves pandemic aid and food prices soar.Brazil’s poor are struggling to cope as the government halves pandemic aid and food prices soar.

Read More Dangerous sea crossings are occurring in unprecedented numbers. “I can’t believe that we’ve become that country where people feel like they have to escape,” says a Lebanese software engineer. (Image credit: Hussein Malla/AP) Dangerous sea crossings are occurring in unprecedented numbers. “I can’t believe that we’ve become that country where people feel like…

Read More Bipartisan commission would gauge president’s capability Nancy Pelosi insists proposal is not about Trump Democrats provoked an angry tirade from Donald Trump on Friday by proposing a congressional commission to assess whether US presidents are capable of performing their duties or should be removed from office. The gambit came a week after Trump…

Read More When Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Indigenous Canadian woman, began experiencing stomach pains, she checked herself into a hospital in Joliette, Quebec. But she did not get the help she needed. Instead, hospital staff told Echaquan she was stupid, only good for sex, and that she would be better off dead. Screaming and crying…

Read More Inquest criticises failures by police and paramedics to protect life of Kevin Clarke, 35 The police’s inappropriate use of restraints on a mentally ill man contributed to his death, an inquest jury has found. Kevin Clarke, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2002, was living in supported housing at the Jigsaw…

Read More Open letter calling for new Covid-19 strategy also signed by ‘Prof Cominic Dummings’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage An open letter that made headlines calling for a herd immunity approach to Covid-19 lists a number of apparently fake names among its expert signatories, including “Dr Johnny Bananas” and “Professor…

Read More GENEVA/ PARIS/ NEW YORK, Oct 09 (IPS) – The authors are executive leaders of UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women, respectively.The International Day of the Girl Child on 11th October is a call for us to reflect on our responsibilities. Twenty-five years ago, governments adopted the historic Beijing Declaration and the Platform…

Read More<p>A court this week may have ruled that Golden Dawn is a criminal organisation but that does not mean the ideas which made it popular have disappeared, reports Venetia Rainey in Greece</p><p>A court this week may have ruled that Golden Dawn is a criminal organisation but that does not mean the ideas which made…

Read More<p>The FBI leads all crimes that occur on airplanes that are in-flight</p><p>The FBI leads all crimes that occur on airplanes that are in-flight</p>

Read More This week’s vice presidential debate was a face off not only between Vice President President Mike Pence and California Senator Kamala Harris, but a head-to-head matchup of two ways of understanding the United States’ COVID-19 pandemic. As Pence framed it, the Donald Trump Administration had been dealt a bad hand, but has risen…

Read More The UN Secretary General’s latest report on COVID-19 contains a chilling statement: “gains on gender equality risk being reversed by decades” by the pandemic. The numbers paint a stark picture of a possible 2 million additional cases of female genital mutilation globally by 2030, 13 million additional child marriages, an additional 15 million…

Read MoreThe great New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford has diedThe great New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford has died

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Read More DAKAR, Oct 09 (IPS) – Ismaila Badji could not bring himself to leave his house for weeks after returning to Senegal. “I failed twice; at school and on the road,” he said. “What’s wrong with me? I’m still looking for the answer.” After spending time in a Libyan detention centre, Badji returned to…

Read More For a number of months, the world’s largest refugee camps appeared to have been spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. But human rights groups now say COVID-19 infection rates are on the rise in the temporary settlements that house millions of the world’s most vulnerable people, with alarming consequences both for those…

Read More For a number of months, the world’s largest refugee camps appeared to have been spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. But human rights groups now say COVID-19 infection rates are on the rise in the temporary settlements that house millions of the world’s most vulnerable people, with alarming consequences both for those…

Read More<p>Hundreds of Syrians said to be fighting in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan</p><p>Hundreds of Syrians said to be fighting in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan</p>

Read More “Until the day we have a vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos.” View Entire Post › “Until the day we have a vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos.”View Entire Post ›

Read MoreWith successful tours and platinum albums, Grammy-nominated English pop star Ellie Goulding’s career was skyrocketing, but inside she was crumbling amid anxiety and the “mad chaos.” Stepping out of the spotlight, Goulding focused on herself, and the result, “Brightest Blue,” demonstrates her new found confidence and maturity.With successful tours and platinum albums, Grammy-nominated English…

Read MoreSamir Hamidi, 27, was killed by Israeli soldiers near the northern West Bank settlement of Einav on Monday.Samir Hamidi, 27, was killed by Israeli soldiers near the northern West Bank settlement of Einav on Monday.

Read More The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic, recognition that shines light on vulnerable communities across the Middle East and Africa that the U.N. agency seeks to help, those starving and living in war zones that may rarely get the…

Read MoreViolent protests have flared in the Central Asian country after a disputed parliamentary election.Violent protests have flared in the Central Asian country after a disputed parliamentary election.

Read More Prosecutor demands maximum sentence for Helga Wauters over Xynthia Hawke’s death in France An anaesthetist who had been drinking before an emergency caesarian that led to the death of a British woman should serve the maximum three years in jail if convicted and should be banned from working as a doctor, a French…

Read More Firefighters and civil defense crews are scrambling to contain a massive blaze that erupted overnight in the Syrian countryside in the Latakia Governorate. A Syrian Army helicopter has been drafted in to assist the operation. Massive wildfires engulfed the Syrian countryside near Latakia and local firefighters battled to contain the blaze. Local media…