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Read More Follow latest updates from ‘Time Flies’ event amid speculation of announcements for the Apple Watch 6, Apple Watch SE and iPad Air 4 6.17pm BST It’s not all about health measurement. The watch also has a new, brighter, always-on screen, and an always-on altimeter for measuring elevation. Perfect if you, say, live in…

Read More<p>Vanessa Bryant is suing the LA Sheriff’s Department over photos she claims they took at the site of her husband and daughter’s fatal helicopter crash</p><p>Vanessa Bryant is suing the LA Sheriff’s Department over photos she claims they took at the site of her husband and daughter’s fatal helicopter crash</p>

Read More Vitali Shkliarov’s “only offense,” his wife, Heather Shkliarov, said, was writing articles critical of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s administration. View Entire Post › Vitali Shkliarov’s “only offense,” his wife, Heather Shkliarov, said, was writing articles critical of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s administration.View Entire Post ›

Read More CHOKWE, Mozambique, Sep 15 (IPS) – High fuel prices and transportation costs isolated Mozambique’s farmers from one of their biggest markets while the country’s growing debt and economic crisis strained the budgets of many. But restrictions imposed by President Filipe Nyusi’s government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened food security as…

Read More The U.N. human chief warned Tuesday “the specter of famine” has returned to conflict-torn Yemen and for the first time singled out Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait for giving nothing to this year’s $3.4 billion appeal. Mark Lowcock told the U.N. Security Council that famine in Yemen, the Arab world’s…

Read MoreMore than 10,000 fires have broken out across the Pantanal region since the start of September – three times as many as last year.More than 10,000 fires have broken out across the Pantanal region since the start of September – three times as many as last year.

Read More<p>Statement came just hours before signing of historic accords&nbsp;</p><p>Statement came just hours before signing of historic accords&nbsp;</p>

Read MoreConvicted murderer “Johnny the Gypsy” is caught in Sardinia after escaping for the seventh time.Convicted murderer “Johnny the Gypsy” is caught in Sardinia after escaping for the seventh time.

Read MoreThe health worker’s family reportedly agree a settlement after she was fatally shot by US police.The health worker’s family reportedly agree a settlement after she was fatally shot by US police.

Read More City officials expected to announce settlement in civil suit stemming from fatal shooting by police of Taylor, 26, inside her apartment in March The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has reached a “substantial” settlement with the family of Breonna Taylor in a civil suit stemming from the fatal shooting by police of the 26-year-old…

Read More The Hollywood actor’s much-viewed public service announcement in character urges young New Yorkers to heed Covid-19 dangers While Paul Rudd could just about pass as millennial, at 51 the Hollywood actor is really a few years off. In an irony-laden public service announcement for New York state, released online on Monday, the Ant-Man…

Read MoreRecent Florida polls show Biden and Trump nearly tied, with slumping support for Biden among Latinos in the key state.Recent Florida polls show Biden and Trump nearly tied, with slumping support for Biden among Latinos in the key state.

Read MoreThe settlement is expected to be the largest sum paid by the city for a police misconduct, and includes police reforms.The settlement is expected to be the largest sum paid by the city for a police misconduct, and includes police reforms.

Read More<p>California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state</p><p>California has become a warming, burning, epidemic-challenged and expensive state</p>

Read More Josep Borrell, the European Union’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, turned many heads while trying in the EU Parliament to question Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko’s legitimacy, confusing his country with neighboring Ukraine. The minister was visibly confused when his forceful remarks were met with some loud commotion in the audience. It was really hard…

Read More<p>Slow-moving storm could dump up to 30 inches of rain and bring ‘extreme life-threatening flash floods’</p><p>Slow-moving storm could dump up to 30 inches of rain and bring ‘extreme life-threatening flash floods’</p>

Read More<p>Scientists say the mammals adapted more rapidly than expected to the quiet seas, offering a glimmer of hope for falling populations</p><p>Scientists say the mammals adapted more rapidly than expected to the quiet seas, offering a glimmer of hope for falling populations</p>

Read More * US intelligence said to fear attack on US envoy to South Africa * Trump claims he had discussed plan to assassinate Syria’s AssadDonald Trump has warned that the US will retaliate with “1,000 times greater” force against any Iranian attack on its interests.Posting on Twitter late on Monday, Trump referred to media…

Read More On March 26, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he was closing the country’s borders and shutting down tourism to help curb the spread of COVID-19, Kayla Wilkens thought of only one thing: How was she going to feed the elephants? Wilkens, the general manager of the privately-owned Fairy Glen safari…

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Read More<p>States become pandemic hotspots as debates over masks rage on&nbsp;</p><p>States become pandemic hotspots as debates over masks rage on&nbsp;</p>

Read More<p>Attorney representing Breonna Taylor’s family confirms settle has been reached in wrongful death lawsuit</p><p>Attorney representing Breonna Taylor’s family confirms settle has been reached in wrongful death lawsuit</p>

Read More BERLIN and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 15 (IPS) – In recent decades, many contemporary macroeconomic and financial problems have been blamed on ‘soft budget constraints’ (SBCs), with the term becoming quite popular in the economics lexicon, financial media and political discourse. Read the full story, “Myths of Soft Budget Constraints”, on globalissues.org → BERLIN…

Read More YOKOSUKA CITY, Japan, Sep 15 (IPS) – Maritime security in Asia Pacific is often viewed through a traditional security lens, where the main responsibility falls on maritime law enforcement agencies to protect maritime borders and territorial sovereignty. Read the full story, “Maritime Security in Asia-Pacific Region Under Threat”, on globalissues.org → YOKOSUKA CITY,…

Read More If you pick up the newspaper these days, it’s hard not to be overwhelmed by the headlines: historic wildfires, a deadly pandemic and an impending U.S. election unlike any in recent memory. When you take a step back, it seems a bit like the fabric of society is fraying. Climate change isn’t entirely…

Read More Around 400 people to be housed in Kent as UK deals with record levels of arrivals crossing Channel Migrants who have crossed the Channel in small boats are to be housed in former military barracks while their asylum claims are processed, it has emerged. Around 400 people including families are to be housed…

Read More ‘Humanity at a crossroads’ after a decade in which all of the 2010 Aichi goals to protect wildlife and ecosystems have been missed The world has failed to meet a single target to stem the destruction of wildlife and life-sustaining ecosystems in the last decade, according to a devastating new report from the…

Read MoreMr. Trump will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to the White House.Mr. Trump will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to the White House.

Read MoreAs the opposition leader recovers from a nerve agent attack, and his spokeswoman says there’s no reason to think he won’t return to Russia.As the opposition leader recovers from a nerve agent attack, and his spokeswoman says there’s no reason to think he won’t return to Russia.

Read More U.N.-backed investigators pointed Tuesday to signs that Syria’s government continues to perpetrate rape, torture and murder as the country’s nine-year conflict grinds on, while citing possible war crimes by a Turkey-backed coalition of rebel groups and calling on Ankara to do more to help prevent them. The report from the Commission of Inquiry…

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Read More Since July, multiple reports of attacks on sailboats by marauding pods of orca whales have been reported off Spain and Portugal’s shores, with injuries and significant damage reported, and the assaults showing no signs of abating. Spain’s maritime rescue service uploaded video of fresh attacks Monday, sharing haunting footage of the killer whales…

Read More Combining Klein’s analysis with a focus on the necropolitical dimensions of digital capitalism shows how the digital-capitalist logic relies on the exploitation of human bodies.Combining Klein’s analysis with a focus on the necropolitical dimensions of digital capitalism shows how the digital-capitalist logic relies on the exploitation of human bodies.

Read More<p>Police had to hike through mountains for 10 hours to reach the grave in remote Panama.</p><p>Police had to hike through mountains for 10 hours to reach the grave in remote Panama.</p>

Read More Donald Trump, the US president, warned Tehran it would face severe military retaliation if reports that it is planning to assassinate a US diplomat prove to be true. “Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater…