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Read MoreThe former US president was delivering the eulogy at civil rights leader John Lewis’s funeral.The former US president was delivering the eulogy at civil rights leader John Lewis’s funeral.

Read MoreResearchers said the microbes could possibly be the planet’s oldest-known organisms.Researchers said the microbes could possibly be the planet’s oldest-known organisms.

Read MoreTop Republicans reject the US president’s suggestion that November’s vote be put back.Top Republicans reject the US president’s suggestion that November’s vote be put back.

Read More Egypt’s president has approved new legal amendments that further exclude any serious competitors from elections and give the military greater control over civilian affairs, a leading rights group said on Thursday. The amendments, published earlier this week in the country’s official gazette, bar retired military officers from running for presidential, parliamentary or local…

Read More Scott Morrison and Daniel Andrews have met to discuss possible further restrictions in Victoria. Follow all the latest news and updates, live Australian stats interactive; Vic cases map; NSW cases map; NSW hotspots list; border restrictions explained Follow the global live blog Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email 11.18pm BST Scott Morrison…

Read MoreDonald Trump has threatened to send the National Guard into Portland if the governor and mayor fail to clear out what he says is a “beehive of terrorists”.Donald Trump has threatened to send the National Guard into Portland if the governor and mayor fail to clear out what he says is a “beehive of…

Read MoreMichael Flynn was the highest ranking official brought down by the 2016 Russian meddling probe.Michael Flynn was the highest ranking official brought down by the 2016 Russian meddling probe.

Read More (CLAYTON, Mo.) — St. Louis County’s top prosecutor announced Thursday that he will not charge the former police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a dramatic decision that could reopen old wounds amid a renewed and intense national conversation about racial injustice and the police treatment of minorities. It was…

Read More The European Union has imposed sanctions on six people and three entities, including a Russian military intelligence unit over their alleged involvement in various hacking activities, in the first ever such move from Brussels. EU officials slapped the “Special Technologies” unit (GTsST) of the Russian military intelligence (also known as GRU) with sanctions,…

Read More U.S. officials frowned upon the opening of an Iranian supermarket in Venezuela’s capital, saying Thursday that any presence of Iran in the Western Hemisphere is “not something we look very favorably on.” Acting Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Michael Kozak told journalists in a call that…

Read MoreApple and Amazon saw sales surge during lockdown, while the number of Facebook users jumped.Apple and Amazon saw sales surge during lockdown, while the number of Facebook users jumped.

Read More Since federal agents entered Portland over the July 4 weekend, national headlines have highlighted how federal officers and Portland police have harmed protesters, medics, legal observers and journalists. The actions have sparked lawsuits and drawn scrutiny from DOH and DOJ internal watchdogs as well as Congress. Many protesters say federal officers from the…

Read More (PORTLAND, Maine) — Seals are thriving off the Northeast coast thanks to decades of protections, and that victory for wildlife has brought a consequence for humans — more encounters with sharks. Seals are a favorite prey of large sharks such as the great white. The death this week of swimmer Julie Dimperio Holowach,…

Read More Friday: US president’s tweet suggesting November’s election be delayed rejected by experts and loyalist Republicans. Plus, Full Story on Portland Good morning, this is Richard Parkin bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Friday 31 July. Continue reading…Friday: US president’s tweet suggesting November’s election be delayed rejected by experts and loyalist Republicans.…

Read More During the funeral of congressman John Lewis, former US president Barack Obama delivered a powerful eulogy in which he praised the late civil rights icon, saying Lewis ‘will be a founding father of a fuller, fairer, better America’.  In his speech, Obama also received standing ovations for his indirect criticism of the Trump…

Read More (NEW YORK) — A German shepherd in New York that had the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a dog in the U.S. has died. Robert and Allison Mahoney of Staten Island told National Geographic that their 7-year-old shepherd, Buddy, developed breathing problems in mid-April after Robert had been sick with the coronavirus…

Read More Bar on households meeting inside in Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and East Lancashire The government has imposed additional lockdown restrictions over large swathes of northern England after a surge coronavirus cases caused largely by people “not abiding to social distancing,” Matt Hancock has said. The health secretary announced that from midnight on Thursday…

Read More Like millions of American workers, Mercedes Taylor, an overnight security guard at Houston’s William P. Hobby International Airport, has been forced amid the worsening pandemic to make a grim calculation. As a 69-year-old asthmatic with high blood pressure, Taylor is susceptible to complications from COVID-19, but her need for a paycheck outweighs her…

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Read More Campaigners blame evictions in Calais for second daily record number of crossings to Britain in a month Five children have been rescued from the Channel as a record number of migrants reached UK shores. At least 202 migrants managed to cross to Britain on Thursday in a surge of 20 boats, the Home…

Read More FREETOWN, Jul 30 (IPS) – Last week, Sierra Leone’s parliament voted to repeal the country’s 55-year-old libel law, which criminalised the publication of information that was deemed defamatory or seditious, and which had been used by successive governments to target and imprison media practitioners and silence dissenting views. But not everyone is convinced…

Read MoreHamed Bakayoko has been named prime minister after acting as interim PM since the sudden death of Amadou Gon Coulibaly.Hamed Bakayoko has been named prime minister after acting as interim PM since the sudden death of Amadou Gon Coulibaly.

Read More Standing on the deck of the Captain Carl, his 34-foot lobster boat, Jeff Woodman reflects on how the rocky shores of Spruce Head, Maine, have become an unlikely frontline in both President Donald Trump’s global tariff wars and America’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic. “Lobstering has been a family business. I’m third-generation,” says…

Read More One in three children globally have dangerous levels of lead in their blood that could cause long-term physical and mental health problems, according to a new report, with the majority of children affected in low and middle-income countries. The research—conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and published by Unicef in…

Read More The U.S. domestic response to the COVID-19 pandemic thus far has been “weak,” Bill Gates believes. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair and Microsoft co-founder told TIME senior health correspondent Alice Park during a TIME100 Talks discussion on Thursday that he’d give the U.S.’s COVID-19 response, “on a relative and absolute basis,…

Read More Trump makes incendiary proposal after repeating false claim that mail-in voting would result in ‘fraudulent’ results Donald Trump on Thursday morning floated the idea of delaying November’s presidential election, justifying the extraordinary suggestion by repeating his false claim that widespread voting by mail from home would result in a “fraudulent” result. Trump’s incendiary…

Read More (BURLINGTON, Vt.) — When the coronavirus pandemic forced the University of Vermont to close and send its students home, the alarm spread: What would happen to the cows? The university’s beloved herd of about 100 dairy cows is normally tended by students taking part in the Cooperative for Real Education in Agricultural Management…

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Read More (ATLANTA) — John Lewis spent his whole life fighting for civil rights — and he wanted to make sure the cause lived on after his death. In an essay he wrote shortly before he died, and that was published in The New York Times on Thursday, Lewis implores younger generations to keep fighting,…

Read MoreSenators enable the prosecution of the ex-interior minister for blocking a migrant ship’s entry.Senators enable the prosecution of the ex-interior minister for blocking a migrant ship’s entry.

Read MoreForecasters say it’s too soon to say whether and where storm would hit mainland but people shouldn’t let their guard down.Forecasters say it’s too soon to say whether and where storm would hit mainland but people shouldn’t let their guard down.

Read More Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday gave his clearest indication yet that the United States would seek to force UN sanctions on Iran if an arms embargo lapses. Russia and China, two of the Permanent Five nations that enjoy veto power on the Security Council, want the UN embargo on selling conventional…

Read More Parts of the capital are deserted ahead of demonstrations that the government calls Western-backed. Parts of the capital are deserted ahead of demonstrations that the government calls Western-backed.

Read More First there was the dress that divided the internet as people around the world argued that viral photo was definitely blue and black or definitely white and gold. (It was blue and black.) Then came the Yanny vs. Laurel divide sparked by an audio clip of a computer-generated voice saying the word ‘Laurel’…