The United States unilaterally proclaimed on Saturday that UN sanctions against Iran were back in force and promised to punish those who violate them, in a move other major countries — including its allies — said lacked legal basis. The so-called snapback — announced last month — also drew a sharp rebuke from Tehran, which […]
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would nominate a woman to succeed late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, after her sudden passing on Friday, where she fell to her long fight with pancreatic cancer. The president’s desire to “to move quickly” on the process, despite Democrats’ vehement opposition, is likely to dominate […]
British Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday a second national lockdown was one possible step to curb the spread of the coronavirus, but it was not what he wished for. “If everybody follows the rules then we can avoid further national lockdowns, but we, of course, have to be prepared to take action if […]
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received a phone call from President of France, Emmanuel Macron, on Saturday, to discuss bilateral ties. During the call, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and President Macron discussed ways to enhance their […]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Her death comes just over six weeks before Election Day and is likely to set off […]
Life on Venus: Hope or HoaxIs ‘unnatural’ phosphine on Venus a potential sign of life? An international team of astronomers, on Monday, scoped out an unexpected E.T mine — a hazy cloud atop Venus containing traces of phosphine. Toxic and rancid, it may be, but the gas is also a bi-product of microbial life (and […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday warned that Russia is interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections with a steady stream of misinformation aimed at Democrat Joe Biden as well as sapping Americans’ confidence in the election process. He said his biggest concern is a “steady drumbeat of misinformation” that he feared could undermine confidence […]
A federal judge on Thursday blocked controversial changes to the United States postal service, saying they were “a politically motivated attack” that had slowed the nation’s mail and likely would slow the delivery of ballots in the upcoming presidential election. U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was issuing a nationwide injunction […]
TikTok, already under scrutiny over its Chinese ownership and threatened with a possible ban by U.S. President Donald Trump, is facing another major challenge: how to handle content around its first U.S. presidential election. Originally known for teenagers’ viral dance routines and prank videos, Tiktok is now increasingly a destination for political content from its […]
China, on Thursday, released a State Council white paper claiming that its far western Xinjiang region – that is currently under international fire and scrutiny – has provided ‘vocational training’ to nearly 1.3 million workers every year, between 2014 to 2019. The ‘Xinjiang backlash’ has mounted over the weeks, with several Western countries imposing product […]
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe has crossed 30 million, according to latest figures by America’s Johns Hopkins University. More than 940,000 have died due to Covid-19 since the outbreak began in China late last year. The US, India and Brazil have the most confirmed cases, but there is a fresh surge […]
