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Read More Britain’s biggest defense company BAE Systems reported that sales increased by 4% on a constant currency basis and excluding the impact of acquisitions, to £9.9bn or $13 billion. “We have delivered a robust performance in the first half of the year, thanks to the efforts of all of our employees. We started the…

Read More She’s trying to topple a political superstar, but Judith Collins says she isn’t daunted. The new leader of New Zealand’s opposition National Party — nicknamed “Crusher Collins” after her spell as a hard-line police minister — will need all her resolve to beat Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the Sept. 19 election. “It’s…

Read More She’s trying to topple a political superstar, but Judith Collins says she isn’t daunted. The new leader of New Zealand’s opposition National Party — nicknamed “Crusher Collins” after her spell as a hard-line police minister — will need all her resolve to beat Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in the Sept. 19 election. “It’s…

Read More General Dynamics, one of the largest U.S. defense contractors, reported its second-quarter results. Net earnings of $625 million on revenue of $9.3 billion. The details were given in a 29 July media release, to announce net cash provided by operating activities in the quarter totaled $843 million, $552 million better than the year-ago…

Read More Melbourne facility breached care and management standards and poses a ‘severe and immediate risk to residents’, regulator says Victoria may introduce more restrictions with 1 in 4 Covid-19 cases not isolating and 627 new cases recorded Australian stats interactive; Vic cases map; NSW cases map; NSW hotspots list; border restrictions explained Follow our…

Read More Measures mean people from different households in Greater Manchester, parts of East Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Leicester cannot meet indoors Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage 7.23am BST The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said the Government was right to take action in the north of England after…

Read More Patients on island camps face long wait for specialist help and mental health services, while in Athens others are left destitute In a fresh blow to refugees and migrants experiencing dire conditions in Greece, frontline medical charity Médecins San Frontières (MSF) on Thursday announced it has been forced to closed its Covid-19 isolation…

Read MoreThe new hurricane could to hit Florida over the weekend.The new hurricane could to hit Florida over the weekend.

Read More For centuries, sultans and princes, saints and scholars, elites and commoners have been buried in two sprawling cemeteries in Egypt’s capital, creating a unique historic city of the dead. Now in its campaign to reshape Cairo, the government is driving highways through the cemeteries, raising alarm from preservationists. In the Northern Cemetery last…

Read More Xinjiang records 112 local transmissions; UN says millions could be forced into poverty in south-east Asia; Indonesia extends restrictions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage China has recorded its highest daily total of new Covid-19 cases since early March, as the United Nations warned the pandemic could force tens of…

Read More Donald Trump says closing schools across the country is causing death. “Keeping them out of school and keeping work closed is causing death also,” he said. “Economic harm, but it’s causing death for different reasons, but death. Probably more death.” After 150,000 coronavirus deaths in the country, Trump added the country “understands what…

Read More The European Union on Thursday imposed travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service and on firms from North Korea and China over their suspected participation in major cyberattacks across the world. In its first ever sanctions related to cybercrime, the EU targeted the department for special technologies of…

Read More President Donald Trump repeatedly tests the Republican Party’s limits on issues including race, trade and immigration. GOP officials from New Hampshire to Mississippi to Iowa quickly pushed back against Trump’s suggestion that it might be necessary to delay the November election — which he cannot do without congressional approval — because of the…

Read More Oregon police took over protecting a federal courthouse in Portland that’s been a target of violent protests as local authorities try to tamp down demonstrations that have wracked the city every night for more than two months following the killing of George Floyd. Having state and local officers step up their presence was…

Read More (SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — New Hurricane Isaias kept on a path early Friday expected to take it to the U.S. East Coast by the weekend as it approached the Bahamas, parts of which are still recovering from the devastation of last year’s Hurricane Dorian. Isaias had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph…

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Read More Donald Trump has denied he is pushing to delay the US election in November, repeating his claim voting by mail from home would cause extensive problems determining the result. ‘Do I want to see a date change? No. But I don’t want to see a crooked election. This election will be the most…

Read MoreLee successfully pushed for more democracy, but took a controversially hard line against China.Lee successfully pushed for more democracy, but took a controversially hard line against China.

Read More Exclusive: British-Australian academic will meet diplomat for first time since sudden move to a new notorious prison The imprisoned British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert is set to be granted a meeting with Australia’s ambassador to Iran as soon as Sunday. Following reports in the Guardian that Dr Moore-Gilbert was seriously unwell in Qarchak prison…

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Read MoreThe killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson triggered protests across the US in 2014.The killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson triggered protests across the US in 2014.

Read More (LOS ANGELES) — Ellen DeGeneres apologized to the staff of her daytime TV talk show amid an internal company investigation of complaints of a difficult and unfair workplace. “On day one of our show, I told everyone in our first meeting that ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ would be a place of happiness —…

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Read More As the economy falters, President Emmerson Mnangagwa blames foreign interference, issues warnings to ‘rogue Zimbabweans’ Hundreds of police and soldiers have been deployed on the streets of cities across Zimbabwe ahead of planned anti-corruption demonstrations on Friday. Recent weeks have seen rising tensions in the poor southern African country as security agencies have…

Read More Cache of papers unsealed on Thursday night Maxwell has been charged with involvement in Epstein crimes A cache of documents in civil litigation against the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell were unsealed on Thursday night. The documents include early 2015 correspondence with her longtime confidant Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.…

Read MoreVietnam reports 45 new infections in city of Da Nang, marking highest daily jump since pandemic began.Vietnam reports 45 new infections in city of Da Nang, marking highest daily jump since pandemic began.

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Read MoreThe explosion came on the eve of a ceasefire declared by the Taliban during the festival of Eid.The explosion came on the eve of a ceasefire declared by the Taliban during the festival of Eid.

Read More The annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations is going virtual this year for the first time in its 75-year history because of the COVID-19 pandemic — except for the likely personal appearance by President Donald Trump. “We’re hoping that President Trump will actually be speaking in person in the General…

Read More A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night. Trump, seeking to already undermine the results of an election he could lose, demanded that the winner of the Nov. 3 contest be known that night. ”I don’t want to…

Read More Eulogies delivered by Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and others at the funeral of John Lewis honored the man — and the power of the spoken word. Eulogies delivered by Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and others at the funeral of John Lewis honored the man — and the…

Read More (LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.) — Players and coaches from the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz knelt alongside one another before the first game of the NBA restart on Thursday night, an unprecedented image for the league in unprecedented times. The coaches — New Orleans’ Alvin Gentry and Utah’s Quin Snyder — were…

Read More Decision to bar pro-democracy candidates is a sign that even moderate dissent will not be tolerated Hong Kong’s decision to bar 12 pro-democracy candidates from standing for office sets a sweeping precedent and may signal the end of meaningful political opposition in the city. The group disqualified from contesting upcoming elections to the…

Read More New measures around Manchester introduced with ‘heavy heart’; Spain records highest Covid-19 cases since lockdown lifted; US GDP contracts 32.9%. Follow latest updates Lockdown tightened in parts of northern England US economy suffers worst quarter since the second world war French and Spanish cases at highest level in weeks Australia – live updates…

Read More Jul 30 (IPS) – Over the next seven years, Google will invest a whopping $10 billion in India to improve technology, health and education, according to CEO Sundar Pichai. This is unprecedented and could be a game changer that could improve health, education and economic empowerment.  Read the full story, “Google’s $10 billion Investment in…