US to extend economic relief to unemployed as country’s top health official offered hints of vaccine by year-end.
US COVID-19 cases hit 5 million; Brazil deaths at 100,000: Live
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Monthly Archives: August 2020
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing
The August 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world’s first ever nuclear attack that killed 140,000. On August 15, Japan surrendered, ending World War II. Many survivors developed cancer or other illnesses due to radiation.
The President abruptly left after being challenged on a lie he’s told more than 150 times
President Donald Trump abruptly ended a Saturday news conference after a reporter challenged him on a lie about veterans health care he has told more than 150 times.
Who will stop the torturers of Beijing wiping Tibet from the face of the Earth?
NORMAN BAKER: At last the world is waking up to the horrors inflicted by the Chinese Communist party upon the people it has colonised. Recently, we have seen chained and blindfolded Uighurs.
Coronavirus live news: US nears 5m cases as Australian border closures ramp up
US approaches horrific milestone; border restrictions tightened in Australian state of New South Wales; Brazil passes 100,000 deathsEx-health minister attacks Bolsonaro as Brazil Covid-19 deaths tops 100,000Trump signs order for relief, with less help for jobless ‘Queensland first’: Palaszczuk closes the borders and amps up election rhetoric Boris Johnson ‘w […]
It doesn’t look like Trump’s executive actions on coronavirus relief will actually do much
REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Since Congress can’t come to an agreement, President Donald Trump on Saturday signed four executive actions aimed at providing Americans economic relief during the coronavirus pandemic. But they face both the possibility of being challenged in the courts and of being difficult to implement. He touted that his “administration […]
Newspaper tips: Sun Racing’s Each-Way Thief and today’s horse racing NAPs
NOT managed to pick up your copy of The Sun today? Fear not. You can catch all of our top tips right here. Each-way Thief HAVE an each-way double at Windsor. DREAMING OF PARIS (3.15) can hit the frame at this level so pair him with BINYON (5.30) who is coming down the weights. Longshot […]
Emerging Designer Hannah Fielder Brings The Fine Art Of Tailoring To The Digital Realm
An emerging designer, Hanna Fielder has figured out how to bring back the fine art of tailoring and craft into a digital world.
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Trump said people of color ‘just set a record for new jobs.’ Data show the unemployment rate for Black Americans has barely changed in the last month.
JIM WATSON / Contributor / Getty Images Speaking at a Saturday news conference, President Donald Trump commemorated the US economy for seeing “a new record for jobs” for people of color. But the monthly jobs report the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday said the unemployment rate for the Black population “showed little change.” Th […]
What social distancing? 250,000 bikers begin descending on South Dakota for 10-day festival
Sturgis, South Dakota – population 7,000 – is welcoming 250,000 people this weekend for a motorbike rally. Mayor Carstensen said he was determined to encourage ‘responsibility.’
Blackmon stays hot, Rockies pitch 1-hitter, top Mariners 5-0
Charlie Blackmon added three more hits to his major league-leading total and drove in three runs, and four Colorado Rockies pitchers combined to one-hit the Seattle Mariners in a 5-0 win
Frank Lampard targets more transfer business as Chelsea crash out of the Champions League
Frank Lampard will turn his attention to Chelsea’s recruitment drive now that the Blues’ marathon season is at an end.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false push on preexisting conditions
President Donald Trump is teasing the possibility of executive action to require health insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions
Is it ethical to infect volunteers with Covid-19 to test a vaccine?
Seán McPartlin, from Rathoath, Co Meath in the Irish Republic is one of 1,100 people under the age of 30 who have signed up to test the effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine.
Beirut explosion: World leaders to hold aid summit
French President Emmanuel Macron has organised Sunday’s online talks to generate aid for Lebanon.
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