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Read MoreThe Indian actress and her daughter had been isolating since testing positive earlier this week.The Indian actress and her daughter had been isolating since testing positive earlier this week.

Read MoreA quarter of a billion people are set to lose their job this year, Microsoft’s president tells the BBC.A quarter of a billion people are set to lose their job this year, Microsoft’s president tells the BBC.

Read More None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. CLAIM: A photo from this week shows House Speaker Nancy Pelosi huddled with other members of Congress and none are wearing masks. THE FACTS: Social media users making the false claim shared a December photo from The Associated Press…

Read More Google has announced that it will ban advertisements from web pages that promote coronavirus conspiracy theories, or challenge the “authoritative scientific consensus” on the deadly virus. Google has already banned adverts promoting phony coronavirus cures or touting “medical misinformation,” but the tech giant went one step further on Friday, telling CNBC that as…

Read More (NEW YORK) — Former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman has toppled 16-term U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel in New York’s Democratic primary in another upset victory for the party’s insurgent wing. A political novice who has never held public office before, Bowman, 44, is a progressive African American challenger who said Engel, the 73-year-old…

Read More Turkey sent between 3,500 and 3,800 paid Syrian fighters to Libya over the first three months of the year, the U.S. Defense Department’s inspector general concluded in a new report, its first to detail Turkish deployments that helped change the course of Libya’s ongoing war. The report comes as the conflict in oil-rich…

Read More News that graffiti on a memorial to Nazi soldiers is being treated as a “hate crime” has stunned many Canadians, who were not only baffled by the police’s logic but also seemingly unaware that their country hosted such a monument. The object in question, which was erected for Ukrainian nationalists who fought for…

Read MoreThe splashdown will mark the first water landing for U.S. astronauts in 45 years.The splashdown will mark the first water landing for U.S. astronauts in 45 years.

Read More A U.N. report recommends a number of ways to reduce the environmental damage A U.N. report recommends a number of ways to reduce the environmental damage

Read More Katharine Murphy sits down with Guardian reporter Paul Karp and Nine senior economics correspondent Shane Wright to discuss the Australian economy and the government’s various stimulus packages. As conditions remain grim, with 992,300 Australians out of work, and the unemployment rate rising to 7.4% in June, how will the government navigate Australia’s recovery?…

Read More Scientists have found it is possible to produce water by heating interstellar organic matter, leading to the theory that life from space was the cause of water on Earth, casting further doubt on the idea that it came from ice. Water is essential to life on Earth; without its soluble qualities, the chemical…

Read More European leaders hunkered down on Friday for two days of tortuous negotiations to thrash out the terms of a huge post-coronavirus economic rescue plan. There is stern resistance from a group of richer and smaller nations led by the Netherlands and Austria that are loath to hand out cash to countries such as…

Read More Scientists in Russia and Germany have developed a new way to ‘stack’ sodium to create cheaper and more efficient batteries that could eventually be an alternative to the mass-produced and environmentally unfriendly lithium type. Lithium batteries are essential to the world today. From mobile phones to laptops, almost all electronics leverage lithium and…

Read MorePolice had been hunting for a man in the Black Forest who seized weapons from officers last Sunday.Police had been hunting for a man in the Black Forest who seized weapons from officers last Sunday.

Read More Texas gave public schools Friday permission to keep campuses closed for more than 5 million students well into the fall as the state scrambles to contain one of the largest resurgences of the coronavirus in the country. The changes were announced a day after Texas set its daily record for virus deaths, with…

Read MoreComet Neowise isn’t the only cosmic phenomenon visible in the sky this weekend.Comet Neowise isn’t the only cosmic phenomenon visible in the sky this weekend.

Read More SEATTLE, Washington, Jul 17 (IPS) – Ann McLaughlin has been a psychotherapist and social worker for over 20 years helping people untangle human problems and to accomplish goals. For the last 15 years she has directed NGOabroad: International Careers and Volunteering, a unique service to match skills to humanitarian needs and help people…

Read More An Azerbaijani protest outside Armenia’s embassy in London became heated after being met with a counter-rally of Armenians living in the British capital, amid a major escalation between the two former Soviet republics. The demonstrators, carrying their country’s national flags, stood on opposite sides of the road on Friday, chanting slogans. However, at…

Read More A paper published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests a low-cost steroid may be a valuable treatment for severe COVID-19, building upon encouraging preliminary findings from last month. In June, U.K. researchers reported that dexamethasone—a cheap, widely available steroid that can lower inflammation in the body—appeared to reduce by a…

Read MoreThe court’s most senior liberal justice has a recurrence of cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.The court’s most senior liberal justice has a recurrence of cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.

Read More Supreme court justice, 87, has begun chemotherapy Ginsburg reports ‘positive results’ and is continuing to work The supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has announced a recurrence of cancer, for which she is being treated. She will continue to work. In a statement released on Friday, the 87-year-old said: “On 19 May I…

Read More India has been breaking its own record for new cases almost every day. Only the United States and Brazil have more confirmed cases, and India is slowly climbing toward Brazil’s figures. (Image credit: Mahesh Kumar A/AP) India has been breaking its own record for new cases almost every day. Only the United States…

Read MoreSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is undergoing chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of liver cancer.Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is undergoing chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of liver cancer.

Read More Former British colony locked in legal and political impasse over election result The UK is under pressure to join the US in imposing sanctions on the president of Guyana, who has refused to stand after a disputed election in March. The former British colony, which borders Venezuela, has been locked in a legal…

Read MoreCBS News given access to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, the epicenter of a COVID-19 outbreak that has almost doubled Okinawa’s case count.CBS News given access to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, the epicenter of a COVID-19 outbreak that has almost doubled Okinawa’s case count.

Read MoreQueen Elizabeth II attended the nuptials.Queen Elizabeth II attended the nuptials.

Read More According to research, some of the population may already have immunity to the deadly coronavirus without having been infected. If this proves to be true, it could limit the further mortal consequences of the disease worldwide. A group of scientists from Oxford University conducted a new study which suggests exposure to seasonal coronaviruses…

Read More 77,255 new cases reported in US yesterday, data shows Poll finds 38% of Americans approve of president’s handling of pandemic Teachers’ chief denounces Trump plan to reopen schools Millions fret as Republicans threaten to halt $600 weekly lifesaver Sign up to our First Thing newsletter 4.07pm BST Trump said on Wednesday that he…

Read More George McMichael and son Travis McMichael formally charged Neighbor William Bryan also charged over Arbery’s killing The three white suspects accused of murdering the unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia have pleaded not guilty to nine counts that include malice murder and felony murder. George McMichael, 64, his son, Travis McMichael, 34,…

Read More (LONDON) — Princess Beatrice got married in a private ceremony Friday, with her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, in attendance, Buckingham Palace said Friday. Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor. The monarch, the Duke of Edinburgh and other close family members attended. Guidelines in…

Read More (LONDON) — Princess Beatrice got married in a private ceremony Friday, with her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, in attendance, Buckingham Palace said Friday. Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor. The monarch, the Duke of Edinburgh and other close family members attended. Guidelines in…

Read MoreFederal forces have hospitalised and ‘kidnapped’ protesters, whom DHS head Chad Wolf called ‘violent anarchists’.Federal forces have hospitalised and ‘kidnapped’ protesters, whom DHS head Chad Wolf called ‘violent anarchists’.

Read More An international team of experts have uncovered a vast temple complex they believe may have been the one-time ceremonial center of prehistoric Europe, at a site with deep roots in Irish folklore and mythology. Researchers from Northern Irish, Scottish, and German institutes uncovered a vast subterranean temple complex at Navan Fort in County…

Read More Michael Neff sensed what was about to happen. It was late March, and Texas had surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. He braced as governor Greg Abbott announced that many businesses—including gyms, restaurants and bars—would be prohibited from serving customers indoors. The Cottonmouth Club, his Houston cocktail bar, would have to close. “We…

Read MoreHuman civilization has relied on the Nile for millennia, but the modern ability to control the mighty river’s flow is behind a tense 3-way standoff in Africa.Human civilization has relied on the Nile for millennia, but the modern ability to control the mighty river’s flow is behind a tense 3-way standoff in Africa.