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Read More (WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — India on Thursday reported nearly 25,000 new coronavirus infections, as the disease continued its ominous spread through the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people. The virus is showing no signs of slowing in the worst-affected countries: the United States, Brazil and India. The three nations are accounting for more…

Read MoreThe court will test claims from President Trump’s lawyers he enjoys total immunity while in office.The court will test claims from President Trump’s lawyers he enjoys total immunity while in office.

Read More Sheriff’s department launches search after actor’s son found alone on boat in Lake Piru Authorities in California say the former Glee star Naya Rivera is missing and being searched for at a lake in the south of the US state. The Ventura County sheriff’s department confirmed on Wednesday that Rivera, 33, was the…

Read More Prime minister Scott Morrison cancels extradition treaty citing the new national security law as ‘a fundamental change of circumstances’ China has accused Australia of “gross interference” after Scott Morrison granted a range of visa holders from Hong Kong a five-year extension and suspended an extradition treaty with the city. The prime minister announced…

Read More (LOS ANGLES) — Authorities say former “Glee” star Naya Rivera is missing and being searched for at a Southern California lake. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department late Wednesday confirmed that Rivera, 33, is the person being searched for in the waters of Lake Piru, which is approximately 56 miles (90 kilometers) northwest of…

Read More China’s top diplomat blasted U.S. policy toward Beijing while also proposing a blueprint for getting spiraling relations between the world’s biggest economies back on track. “Current U.S. policy toward China is based on strategic misjudgments that lack factual evidence, and is full of emotional catharsis and McCarthy-style paranoia,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi…

Read More China’s top diplomat blasted U.S. policy toward Beijing while also proposing a blueprint for getting spiraling relations between the world’s biggest economies back on track. “Current U.S. policy toward China is based on strategic misjudgments that lack factual evidence, and is full of emotional catharsis and McCarthy-style paranoia,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi…

Read MoreA search is under way after the actress’s four-year-old is found alone in a boat on a California lake.A search is under way after the actress’s four-year-old is found alone in a boat on a California lake.

Read More Employers are avoiding paying maternity benefits and purging union members as orders plummet during Covid-19, say activists A few weeks ago, Kalpona Akter’s phone started vibrating. She watched with mounting dread as message after message poured in. First there was the garment worker who had been sacked for demanding personal protective equipment for…

Read More Efforts by the United Arab Emirates to fight the coronavirus have renewed questions about mass surveillance in this U.S.-allied federation of seven sheikhdoms. Experts believe the UAE has one of the highest per-capita concentrations of surveillance cameras in the world. From the streets of the capital of Abu Dhabi to the tourist attractions…

Read More WARNING: SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THIS FOOTAGE DISTRESSING. Body-camera footage released by the City of Vallejo shows the deadly police shooting of Sean Monterrosa on 2 June 2020. The footage, taken from three officers present, has raised new questions about why a Vallejo officer fired a round of bullets from inside his vehicle at…

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Read More This chapter describes the author’s travel, stories and experiences teaching and publishing 20th Century Russian history books in Cambridge and Moscow.This chapter describes the author’s travel, stories and experiences teaching and publishing 20th Century Russian history books in Cambridge and Moscow.

Read MoreNewly released transcripts show the unarmed black man said more than 20 times he could not breathe.Newly released transcripts show the unarmed black man said more than 20 times he could not breathe.

Read MoreThe airline has warned almost half of its frontline US workforce that their jobs are at risk.The airline has warned almost half of its frontline US workforce that their jobs are at risk.

Read More (CANBERRA, Australia) — Australia’s prime minister says his country has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and extended visas for Hong Kong residents in response to China’s imposition of a tough national security law on the semi-autonomous territory. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday announced a range of visas that will be…

Read More (CANBERRA, Australia) — Australia’s prime minister says his country has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and extended visas for Hong Kong residents in response to China’s imposition of a tough national security law on the semi-autonomous territory. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday announced a range of visas that will be…

Read MoreChina’s new national security law “undermines” Hong Kong’s current freedoms says Canberra.China’s new national security law “undermines” Hong Kong’s current freedoms says Canberra.

Read More (SAN DIEGO) — The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed empowering border authorities to deny asylum to people from countries with widespread communicable disease, its latest in a string of regulations before the November elections to dramatically raise the bar on who qualifies for humanitarian protections. The Homeland Security and Justice departments said in…

Read More The best comedies often come with a whisper of melancholy, an acknowledgment that so much in life is a leap of faith. Palm Springs, directed by Max Barbakow and out on Hulu July 10, starts off, seemingly, as one of those unruly and unhinged escapades in which characters do anything they want just…

Read More Because action-fantasies—particularly those produced under the Marvel umbrella—have become such huge money-makers, few filmmakers seem motivated to make better ones. These blockbusters seem designed to fill expectations rather than to surprise and delight. Their action sequences get faster and louder, but never smarter. Their pathos feels lab-created. Yet these movies make so much…

Read MoreTotal number of COVID-19 cases has surpassed 12 million but 6.5 million have recovered while death toll nears 550,000.Total number of COVID-19 cases has surpassed 12 million but 6.5 million have recovered while death toll nears 550,000.

Read More Different rules in different states could cause confusion, Gareth Evans says after traveller who flew into Sydney refuses Covid-19 check Jetstar’s chief executive, Gareth Evans, has blamed NSW Health for a failure to screen passengers on a flight from Melbourne to Sydney, saying the Sydney screening was just “a double-check” of one already…

Read More One resident of the city who took part in pro-democracy demonstrations feels he can never return home but hopes one day to be reunited with his family “Leaving a place that I love was very difficult. We’re all Hong Kong people who come out to protest because we love Hong Kong. But now…

Read MoreOpposition politician Jawar Mohammed has been detained after being accused of inciting violence.Opposition politician Jawar Mohammed has been detained after being accused of inciting violence.

Read MoreTarana Burke says jailing Harvey Weinstein was “astonishing” but not what the campaign is about.Tarana Burke says jailing Harvey Weinstein was “astonishing” but not what the campaign is about.

Read More Footage reveals officer fired shots before stopping his vehicle and police were uncertain whether Monterrosa was armed Body-camera footage of the deadly police shooting of Sean Monterrosa has raised new questions about why a Vallejo officer fired a round of bullets from inside his vehicle at the unarmed 22-year-old. The 2 June killing…

Read MorePolice investigate after the statue of the US first lady was targeted in her hometown on 4 July.Police investigate after the statue of the US first lady was targeted in her hometown on 4 July.

Read More The social media company said four different networks were removed for inauthentic coordinated behavior. View Entire Post › The social media company said four different networks were removed for inauthentic coordinated behavior.View Entire Post ›

Read More The NSW premier is expected to announce new restrictions today as the state tries to contain ‘high-risk situation’. Follow live news and updates ‘This lockdown seems different’: Melbourne on edge Senior students to return despite Victorian school cluster Follow our global live blog Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email 12.34am BST Oh…

Read More Trump’s Tulsa rally ‘likely contributed’ to city’s surge in cases; global infections near 12m; 3,000 miners infected in Chile. Follow the latest updates US cases rise by world record 60,000 in one day Scientists join forces to investigate airborne risk of coronavirus Trump criticises Fauci and says US in a ‘good place’ as…

Read More A Russian bid to get the United Nations to reduce cross-border humanitarian aid to war-torn Syria was voted down by the Security Council Wednesday, an official said. Authorization for the aid, which comes through two crossing points on the Turkish border — at Bab al-Salam, which leads to the Aleppo region, and Bab…

Read More ABUJA, Jul 08 (IPS) – Recently, Barcelona’s Liceu opera opened its 2020-2021 season by serenading a full house of plants with classical music. The plants will then be given to over 2,200 health workers who serve at the frontlines to battle the pandemic. The performance was both an appreciation for the workers and it also celebrated…

Read MorePresident Andrzej Duda, who is accused of running on an anti-LGBT platform, is seeking re-election on Sunday.President Andrzej Duda, who is accused of running on an anti-LGBT platform, is seeking re-election on Sunday.

Read More The Ivy League on Wednesday became the first Division I conference to suspend all fall sports, including football, because of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving open the possibility of moving some seasons to the spring if the outbreak is better controlled by then. “We simply do not believe we can create and maintain an…