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Read More At least eleven people were killed after a large industrial crane toppled over at a shipyard in India. Rescue workers are still trying to save those trapped in the wreckage, according to reports. A short video shows the heavy-duty yellow crane at the Hindustan Shipyard in Visakhapatnam falling over on its side, creating…

Read More Afraid of nuclear war, natural disasters, economic meltdown? The Survival Condo could be the answer “Mechanical level”, “medical level”, “store level” the voice announces as the lift descends into the earth. I’d entered at parking lot level, the building’s apex. I am travelling through an inverted skyscraper, the floor numbers ascending – third,…

Read More Kris Kobach, an immigration hardliner backed by the tech billionaire Peter Thiel, is battling congressman Roger Marshall In usually deep-red Kansas, Democrats have the luxury of a sleepy primary contest for US Senate. Republicans do not. That’s because in the Democratic primary the Kansas state senator Barbara Bollier is the heavy favorite to…

Read More Covid-19 has spread around the planet, sending billions of people into lockdown as health services struggle to cope. Find out where the virus has spread, and where it has been most deadly Coronavirus map of the UK Coronavirus map of the US Coronavirus cases in Australia Continue reading…Covid-19 has spread around the planet,…

Read More The United Arab Emirates has become the first nation in the Arab world to produce nuclear energy, following the start-up of a newly constructed plant in Abu Dhabi. The Barakah Nuclear Power Plant’s Unit 1 is now using nuclear fuel to produce energy after the facility successfully executed initial tests on Saturday. Three…

Read MoreUS president tweets ‘homeland security is not leaving’ until police complete a ‘clean-up of anarchists and agitators!’US president tweets ‘homeland security is not leaving’ until police complete a ‘clean-up of anarchists and agitators!’

Read More A fleet of modern autonomous and unmanned systems visited the flight deck os the Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the HMS Princes of Wales. HMS Princes of Wales provided an impressive setting for the Future Maritime Aviation Force Accelerator Day this week, bringing together experts from the navy, MOD and industry to meet…

Read MoreUS politicians fail to agree on extending the weekly coronavirus aid but talks will continue.US politicians fail to agree on extending the weekly coronavirus aid but talks will continue.

Read More The U.S. Army this week took another step toward replacing the current fleet of towed howitzers, releasing a request for proposals for more mobile, lethal, and survivable 155mm artillery systems. The Pentagon is looking for industry solutions that are able to meet U.S. Army future requirements of the 155mm mobile howitzer program. On…

Read More Ten years ago, Silicon Valley had written off Zoom. Now it’s used by everyone from princes to piano teachers On 6 January, a day after the World Heath Organization first reported a strange cluster of pneumonia-like cases in Wuhan, China, a party invitation dropped online. “Mark your calendars”, read the invite sent out…

Read More UN representative has two months to secure ceasefire but warns that risks are rising The Libyan people are increasingly scared that their future is being taken out of their hands by external actors, and that the risk of a regional war is rising, Stephanie Williams, the acting UN special envoy for Libya, said…

Read More The U.S. Department of Defense and Boeing announced on Friday an agreement worth about $265 million for nine more MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters that employees in its Philadelphia plant will assemble for the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC). “The Boeing Co, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $265,022,000 firm-fixed-price, delivery…

Read More AM General, one of U.S. Army’s highest-volume vehicle producers, was awarded a new contract for High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle diesel engines. The contract, from the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime and announced on Friday, is valued at more than $29 million. “Location of performance is Indiana, with July 30, 2023, ordering period…

Read More Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. has been awarded a $34 million modification to contract for the Republic of Korea’s F-16 aircraft life extension program. The U.S. Department of Defense said Friday that work will be performed in the Republic of Korea and is expected to be completed Aug. 15, 2026. This…

Read MoreOrlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac becomes the first NBA player not to kneel during the national anthem since the league resumed.Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac becomes the first NBA player not to kneel during the national anthem since the league resumed.

Read More Resolution Foundation claims half of those furloughed in April have not returned to work Frustrated firms fume at England’s lockdown U-turn How Covid-19 has reshaped the UK jobs landscape Labour and a leading welfare thinktank have called on the government to extend furlough subsidies for the hardest-hit industries as employers are forced to…

Read More Super-rich join naturalists in fight to halt building of luxury resort on biodiverse headland Usually, at this time of year, Corfu would have submitted to the soporific rhythms of the relentless summer heat. Instead, anger is in the air and battle lines have been drawn, none more so than in the minds of…

Read More From potential vice-presidential candidates to voter suppression and debates, these are the areas the Guardian’s politics team will be following Join us for a live digital event with the former US attorney general Eric Holder to discuss voter suppression in the 2020 election, next Thursday at 5pm ET. Register now Election day in…

Read More From potential vice-presidential candidates to voter suppression and debates, these are the areas the Guardian’s politics team will be following * Join us for a live digital event with the former US attorney general Eric Holder to discuss voter suppression in the 2020 election, next Thursday at 5pm ET. Register nowElection day in…

Read More Packages marked as ‘earrings’ spark biosecurity concerns and global investigations into origins There is not much that Jan Goward does not grow in her small Eastbourne garden. “I grow everything,” she says. “I’ve got the exotics: the aubergines, the chillies …” But some mystery seeds she received in the post this week –…

Read MoreUS security officials fear the Chinese-owned app could be used to collect Americans’ personal data.US security officials fear the Chinese-owned app could be used to collect Americans’ personal data.

Read More Mexico now has the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind the United States and Brazil, while former success story Vietnam is struggling to control an outbreak spreading in its most famous beach resort. China reported a more than 50% drop in newly confirmed cases in a possible sign that its latest…

Read More (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. Trump’s comments came after published reports that the administration is planning to order China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok. There…

Read More Hurricane Isaias ripped shingles off roofs and blew over trees as it carved its way through the Bahamas early Saturday and headed toward the Florida coast, where officials in Miami said they were closing beaches, marinas and parks. Miami Mayor Carlos Giménez said Friday that 20 evacuation centers were on standby that could…

Read More Lee Man-hee’s Shincheonji Church of Jesus was at the centre of an outbreak but police say he hid details on members and their movements California sees record number of deaths on four separate days South Korean authorities have arrested the founder of a secretive Christian sect at the centre of the country’s largest…

Read More Prominent intellectual is credited with rejuvenating crumbling centre into tourist hub Eusebio Leal Spengler, the Cuban historian who oversaw the transformation of Old Havana from a crumbling quarter into an immaculately restored colonial tourist attraction, has died at the age 77. He had been suffering from cancer. Leal and his restoration efforts became…

Read MoreAs inquiry into last year’s bushfires prepares to report, those who lost everything hope others do not suffer same fate.As inquiry into last year’s bushfires prepares to report, those who lost everything hope others do not suffer same fate.

Read More MIAMI, Jul 31 (IPS) – In the cinematic context of the death of the Italian and universal composer, Ennio Morricone, author of the background music of more than four hundred films, as an indirect tribute, Europe took a solid step. Read the full story, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, on globalissues.org…

Read MoreChinese state television says Hong Kong police ordered arrest of the six activists on charges of violating security law.Chinese state television says Hong Kong police ordered arrest of the six activists on charges of violating security law.

Read More Teachers and professors face crackdown as authorities fight for the minds of an antagonistic young generation For thousands of university professors and teachers in Hong Kong, the coming weeks will be a nervous time as they prepare for a new academic year. In just a month’s time, universities, schools and even kindergartens across…

Read MoreMexico reports 46,688 fatalities, overtaking the UK to log the world’s third-highest COVID-19 death toll.Mexico reports 46,688 fatalities, overtaking the UK to log the world’s third-highest COVID-19 death toll.

Read More“You’re putting words into my mouth,” the US infectious disease chief says in a grilling by Congress.”You’re putting words into my mouth,” the US infectious disease chief says in a grilling by Congress.

Read More Seven marines and one navy sailor were missing after their amphibious assault vehicle took on water off the southern California coast Seven US Marines and a navy sailor were missing on Friday, a day after their amphibious assault vehicle sank off the southern California coast during a training mission, Marine Corps officials said.…

Read More Almost 300,000 new infections on Friday, led by US, Brazil and India; Boris Johnson warns of second UK lockdown; Victoria braced for more restrictions in Australia. Follow all the developments live The week Covid-19 roared back in EuropeFauci optimistic about having a vaccine this year 1.29am BST Anaesthetists in the Australian state of…