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Read MoreBrazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has previously been criticised for calling the virus a “little flu”.Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has previously been criticised for calling the virus a “little flu”.

Read More (RICHMOND, Va.) — Work crews on Tuesday took down a monument to Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, the third major statue to be cleared away in less than a week as the Confederacy’s former capital rushes to remove symbols of oppression in response to protests against police brutality and racism. As a crowd cheered,…

Read MoreDonald Trump on Tuesday called therapeutic drugs to treat coronavirus “more important” than a vaccine just hours after his administration cut a $1.6bn deal to give taxpayer funds to a Maryland company that has never brought a product to market to develop 100m does of a vaccine.Donald Trump on Tuesday called therapeutic drugs to…

Read More Guardian obtains copy of Too Much and Never Enough Author thanks president’s sister for ‘enlightening information’ Mary Trump has appealed attempt to block publication Donald Trump’s extraordinary character and outrageous behaviour “threaten the world’s health, economic security and social fabric” and were shaped by his “high-functioning sociopath” father during childhood, according to a…

Read MoreMary Trump claims her uncle hired someone to take the SAT college entrance exam for him in secondary school in the US.Mary Trump claims her uncle hired someone to take the SAT college entrance exam for him in secondary school in the US.

Read MorePompeo doesn’t recommend downloading the app unless “you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.”Pompeo doesn’t recommend downloading the app unless “you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.”

Read More Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Donald Trump, who meet face to face for the first time Wednesday, have parallel — and dismal — records on human rights. Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Donald Trump, who meet face to face for the first time Wednesday, have parallel — and dismal — records…

Read MoreThe president, who has belittled the risks posed by the virus, took the test after developing symptoms.The president, who has belittled the risks posed by the virus, took the test after developing symptoms.

Read More Exclusive: Australia’s big four banks have loaned $7bn to 33 new or expansionary fossil fuel projects between 2016 and 2019, analysis finds Since the Paris agreement was signed, Australia’s big four banks have financed new fossil fuel projects that would cancel out the national emissions reduction target 21 times over, according to analysis…

Read More Labor seeks briefing from Christian Porter – who accuses party of saying one thing in public and another in private Crossbench senators are pushing for a parliamentary inquiry into the treatment of the lawyer Bernard Collaery and Witness K, while Labor has pressed the attorney general to explain his decision to approve the…

Read More Christopher Wray condemns Operation Fox Hunt campaiagn ‘A sweeping bid to target Chinese nationals Xi sees as threats’ Chinese agents have been pursuing hundreds of Chinese nationals living in the US in an effort to force their return, as part of a global campaign against the country’s diaspora, known as Operation Fox Hunt,…

Read More President Donald Trump is setting a brisk pace lately in issuing executive orders and he’s just getting started as he tries to position himself as a man of action on everything from foreign policy to racial justice in an election year. Trump has so far issued 33 executive orders this year, though he…

Read More Hisham al-Hashimi backed action to tackle Iraqi’s powerful militias, despite knowing risks As Hisham al-Hashimi pulled up outside his Baghdad home on Monday night, a gunman strode purposefully towards the Iraqi official’s white four-wheel drive, drew a pistol and fired four shots through the driver’s window. Each jolting flash was captured by security…

Read More As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in South America, it is the poorest who are worst affected. The pandemic has highlighted the societal problems that countries have been unable to eradicate. At roughly 7:30am on July 6, a gasoline truck overturned on a perilous stretch of Colombia’s Caribbean highway known for accidents.…

Read More HYDERABAD, India, Jul 07 (IPS) – Growing up in Senegal’s southern Casamence region — a conflict zone —  Fatou Ndiaye, now 43, often heard gunfire and watched fearfully as she saw people flee their villages. But what she dreaded more than a flying bullet was Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Read the full story,…

Read More Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for Covid-19 in an escalation of the health crisis that has engulfed Latin America’s largest economy. “I’m perfectly well,” Bolsonaro told CNN Brasil in a live interview, after announcing the result of his test. He added he is taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria medicine he’s been touting as…

Read More The 65-year-old leader revealed the result Tuesday on national TV. Bolsonaro has repeatedly downplayed the virus’ dangers, despite Brazil suffering the world’s second-largest outbreak. (Image credit: Andressa Anholete/Getty Images) The 65-year-old leader revealed the result Tuesday on national TV. Bolsonaro has repeatedly downplayed the virus’ dangers, despite Brazil suffering the world’s second-largest outbreak.

Read More For months, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said COVID-19 spreads mainly via direct contact with large respiratory droplets, like those expelled in a sick person’s cough or sneeze. In a letter published this week in Clinical Infectious Diseases, 239 scientists say the agency may be wrong. It’s only the latest chapter in…

Read MoreBrazilian president Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for coronavirus.Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for coronavirus.

Read More We are documenting the lives of every US medical worker who has died helping patients during the pandemic. These are those who died from Covid-19 in April If you know of a healthcare worker who died fighting coronavirus that we should include, please contact us America’s healthcare workers are dying. From doctors to…

Read More The Daily Beast says it has identified a network of fake personas used to sneak opinion pieces aligned with UAE government policy to legitimate media outlets. Twitter agreed to suspend some of their accounts. The network is centered around two websites, the Arab Eye and Persia Now, and has been operating since at…

Read More Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has revealed he tested positive for the coronavirus. Bolsonaro, who has been criticized for downplaying the virus, was tested on Monday after developing symptoms including a fever. The bombshell revelation was made by Bolsonaro during a televised interview on Tuesday. The president said he started feeling unwell over the…

Read MoreIt says the confirmed case of a herdsman in China’s Inner Mongolia is being “well managed”.It says the confirmed case of a herdsman in China’s Inner Mongolia is being “well managed”.

Read More (BALTIMORE) — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson announced he will hold his annual “Funday with LJ” event in Florida amid the state’s spike in coronavirus cases. Jackson’s third annual event will be held Saturday and Sunday in his hometown of Pompano Beach, Florida, according to a flyer shared on his Instagram page Monday.…

Read More Cats tend to be in the news when they are evil, cunning escape artists, or vying for the title of “the world’s worst cat.” A new TikTok challenge where cats are given eggs to protect may be changing that narrative by showing that cats can be gentle protectors when given the opportunity. Of…

Read More The firm behind the designs says it is putting a positive twist on a negative phenomenon. The firm behind the designs says it is putting a positive twist on a negative phenomenon.

Read MoreAs coronavirus cases continue to rise in the U.S., mathematician and epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explores how outbreaks of all kinds spread in his new book “The Rules Of Contagion.” Kucharski joins “CBS This Morning” to explain the factors that drive outbreaks, from infections to fake news.As coronavirus cases continue to rise in the U.S.,…

Read More A leading expert on the Islamic State group who had recently turned his attention to Iran-backed militias in Iraq was gunned down outside his home in Baghdad on Monday night, triggering outpouring of grief among Iraq-watchers and analysts. Husham Al-Hashimi, 47, was ambushed by four men on two motorcycles who shot him several…

Read More The analyst was known for his work on ISIS, but he had more recently turned his attention to the country’s powerful Iran-backed militias. The analyst was known for his work on ISIS, but he had more recently turned his attention to the country’s powerful Iran-backed militias.

Read MoreFormer journalist Ivan Safronov is suspected of passing secrets to a Nato country.Former journalist Ivan Safronov is suspected of passing secrets to a Nato country.

Read More Nothing says you represent an internationally recognized government like telling people who mock you on Twitter that the FBI is after them and that there is a “price” on their heads. Just ask Juan Guaido’s ‘ambassador’ to the UK. Last Friday, the personal account of Vanessa Neumann, the Venezuelan businesswoman who serves as…

Read More NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 07 (IPS) – More than three months after UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres made an urgent appeal for a global ceasefire in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Security Council has finally passed a resolution supporting his call. Read the full story, “Security Council’s Overdue COVID-19 Ceasefire Resolution Must…

Read More Network says it mistakenly eliminated Donald Trump from photo with Maxwell and Epstein at Mar-a-Lago in February 2000 Fox News has apologised for cropping Donald Trump out of a picture of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Related: ‘Where are you Roger Ailes?’ Trump appears to ask dead Fox News chairman for help Continue…

Read More A Washington, D.C. federal court has ordered the Islamic Republic of Iran to pay $879 million in its decision after finding the Iranian defendants directed the 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia where U.S. forces were housed, according to MM~LAW LLC and co-counsel. A Washington, D.C. federal court has…

Read More The US drone strike that killed Iran’s top general Qasem Soleimani was “unlawful”, the United Nations expert on extrajudicial killings concluded in a report released Tuesday. Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, concluded it was an “arbitrary killing” that violated the UN charter. The US had provided…