Category Archives: Headlines

Alex Forbes: Discussing Terroir And Appellation In Connoisseur Cannabis At The Bakeréé In Seattle 

We started our business 9 years ago in Medical Cannabis, serving the highest quality cannabis available in Washington State and appealing to the Connoisseur in search of perfectly grown exotic genetics.

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Discovery Channel To Air New Special, ‘Why We Hate: The Reckoning,’ June 21 

To respond to the wake-up call presented by recent political events across the United States, Discovery Channel tomorrow night will present a special, Why We Hate: The Reckoning, which will revisit complexities originally explored in its 2019 series, Why We Hate, and highlight current events.

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Greta Thunberg: Climate change ‘as urgent’ as coronavirus 

Greta Thunberg says the world needs to treat climate change with similar urgency to Covid-19.

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2nd former officer charged in George Floyd’s death released on bail 

Alexander Kueng posted a $750,000 bond and was released late Friday afternoon. He was charged in connection to the death of George Floyd.

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Pakistan registers record single-day coronavirus deaths: Live 

Pakistan’s total death toll from coronavirus reaches 3,382 after record 153 casualties reported on Saturday.

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Cities Brace For ‘Collision Course’ Of Summer Heat Waves And COVID-19 

As cities weather the first blasts of excessive summer heat, officials weigh the benefits of opening cooling centers and spray parks against the risks of letting people gather in public spaces.

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Coronavirus has widened America’s vast racial wealth gap, study finds 

Bonanza for billionaires as combined wealth surges to $3.581tnBezos, Gates and Zuckerberg get richer as unemployment risesThe coronavirus pandemic has proved a bonanza for billionaires and further widened the enormous racial wealth gap in the US, according to a new report released Friday. Related: ‘I’m squeaking by right now’: voices of Americ […]

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Goldman hikes gold price forecast on debasement fears and a weaker dollar 

Despite struggling for direction since its sharp gains at the height of the coronavirus crisis, Goldman Sachs analysts are backing gold to rally further on the back of debasement fears and a weakening dollar.

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Companies That Have Pledged to Address Racism Since the George Floyd Protests 

Corporate America has pledged millions to social justice efforts since the killing of George Floyd. But some businesses have gone further, committing to concrete changes in their practices.

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Russia cuts interest rates to a post-Soviet Union low 

The Central Bank of Russia said that lockdown measures had weighed on economic activity for longer than expected, with GDP likely to contract by more than previously thought in the second quarter.

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Facebook bans Donald Trump campaign ad for ‘organized hate’ 

Facebook removed political ads from President Donald Trump’s campaign, saying they violated the company’s policy against ‘organized hate.’ But campaign said red triangle is symbol of Antifa. 

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Advocates worry blacks, Hispanics falling behind in census 

Halfway through the extended effort to count every U.S. resident, civil rights leaders worry that minority communities are falling behind in responding to the 2020 census

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How will evangelicals feel about Trump after SCOTUS rulings? 

While discussing new national polling that finds Joe Biden leading the president, the panel discusses what the evangelical vote could look like in the coming weeks following the Supreme Court’s ruling on DACA and LGBTQ workplace rights.

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UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson suggests social distancing will change after alert level cut 

News updates: Prime minister says changes likely as result of lower transmission rate; Johnson also says ‘watch this space’ over reducing 2 metre distancing in schoolsCoronavirus alert level cut from 4 to 3Black men three times more likely to die of Covid-19 than white menSouth Asians in Britain more likely to die in hospital, study findsCoronavirus global u […]

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Anxiety in Beijing as officials battle new coronavirus outbreak 

Chinese capital abruptly imposes lockdowns after fresh cases threaten official narrative of successCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageZhang Le, 25 has been waiting for more than two hours outside a car park to be tested for coronavirus. Police officers stand behind a cordon, futilely shouting through loudspeakers for people not to ga […]

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