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Trump orders pullout of most USA personnel from Somalia
- December 05, 2020
The withdrawal was to be completed by an unspecified date in early 2021, according to the statement . Earlier this month, Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced that US forces stationed in Afghanistan would "be cut by roughly half in Afghanistan to 2,500, and by 500 troops in Iraq to 2,500" by the same January 15, 2021 deadline. (more...)
- December 05, 2020
The withdrawal was to be completed by an unspecified date in early 2021, according to the statement . Earlier this month, Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced that US forces stationed in Afghanistan would "be cut by roughly half in Afghanistan to 2,500, and by 500 troops in Iraq to 2,500" by the same January 15, 2021 deadline. (more...)
EXPLAINED: Why island fire response is in new hands
- December 05, 2020
About two-thirds of Queensland, including K'gari, is now gripped by drought. Now, firefighters on Fraser Island are not only struggling with hard weather conditions but are also stumped by limited access to a fire in the far north of the island. (more...)
- December 05, 2020
About two-thirds of Queensland, including K'gari, is now gripped by drought. Now, firefighters on Fraser Island are not only struggling with hard weather conditions but are also stumped by limited access to a fire in the far north of the island. (more...)
U.S. in Talks With Huawei Finance Chief About Resolving Criminal Charges
- December 04, 2020
It's hard to pinpoint when tensions between the United States and Huawei began, but Wanzhou was arrested in December 2018 as a result of fraud that dated back as early as 2007 . Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular briefing that Meng was innocent and that the USA had "choreographed" the case to contain Chinese high-tech companies, without commenting directly on the reports. (more...)
- December 04, 2020
It's hard to pinpoint when tensions between the United States and Huawei began, but Wanzhou was arrested in December 2018 as a result of fraud that dated back as early as 2007 . Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular briefing that Meng was innocent and that the USA had "choreographed" the case to contain Chinese high-tech companies, without commenting directly on the reports. (more...)
India summons Canada diplomat over Trudeau’s remarks
- December 04, 2020
During the summoning, India also raised the issue of "safety and security" of Indian missions and consulates since the comments, MEA statement said "encouraging gatherings of extremist activities in front of our High Commission and Consulates". (more...)
- December 04, 2020
During the summoning, India also raised the issue of "safety and security" of Indian missions and consulates since the comments, MEA statement said "encouraging gatherings of extremist activities in front of our High Commission and Consulates". (more...)
Fauci warns Thanksgiving travel could worsen Covid-19 surge
- December 04, 2020
Speaking on NBC's Meet the Press programme, Dr Fauci stressed the importance of continuing to take precautions such as mask wearing and social distancing but emphasised that restrictions may be necessary to protect people over Christmas . (more...)
- December 04, 2020
Speaking on NBC's Meet the Press programme, Dr Fauci stressed the importance of continuing to take precautions such as mask wearing and social distancing but emphasised that restrictions may be necessary to protect people over Christmas . (more...)
USA tightens visa rules for Chinese Communist Party members
- December 04, 2020
The Pentagon added four companies including Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. and China National Offshore Oil Corp.to a list of entities deemed to be part of efforts to modernize the ruling Communist Party's military wing, the People's Liberation Army. (more...)
- December 04, 2020
The Pentagon added four companies including Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. and China National Offshore Oil Corp.to a list of entities deemed to be part of efforts to modernize the ruling Communist Party's military wing, the People's Liberation Army. (more...)
Azerbaijan says 2783 troops killed over Nagorno-Karabakh
- December 04, 2020
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has defended the deal as a painful but necessary move that prevented Azerbaijan from overrunning the entire Nagorno-Karabakh region. Scores of Armenian civilians were also killed. Russian Federation deployed almost 2,000 peacekeepers for a period of at least five years to monitor the deal and facilitate the return of refugees. (more...)
- December 04, 2020
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has defended the deal as a painful but necessary move that prevented Azerbaijan from overrunning the entire Nagorno-Karabakh region. Scores of Armenian civilians were also killed. Russian Federation deployed almost 2,000 peacekeepers for a period of at least five years to monitor the deal and facilitate the return of refugees. (more...)
COVID-19 Deaths and Hospitalizations Set Records In New Single-Worst Day
- December 04, 2020
The US is dealing with the worst coronavirus outbreak of any country. The nation - which has logged almost 14 million cases and over 273,000 deaths since the pandemic began - also recorded 200,070 new daily COVID-19 illnesses, though not surpassing a previous daily case record set November 27 at 205,557. (more...)
- December 04, 2020
The US is dealing with the worst coronavirus outbreak of any country. The nation - which has logged almost 14 million cases and over 273,000 deaths since the pandemic began - also recorded 200,070 new daily COVID-19 illnesses, though not surpassing a previous daily case record set November 27 at 205,557. (more...)
A COVID vaccine is coming. Here's how Washington is preparing
- December 04, 2020
His assertion comes amid Pfizer-BioNTech's anti-coronavirus vaccine getting emergency clearance in the United Kingdom, paving the way for mass vaccinations against the deadly novel coronavirus from as early as next week. "For example, we will remove false claims that COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips, or anything else that isn't on the official vaccine ingredient list", the company said in a blog post . (more...)
- December 04, 2020
His assertion comes amid Pfizer-BioNTech's anti-coronavirus vaccine getting emergency clearance in the United Kingdom, paving the way for mass vaccinations against the deadly novel coronavirus from as early as next week. "For example, we will remove false claims that COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips, or anything else that isn't on the official vaccine ingredient list", the company said in a blog post . (more...)
Frances former president Valéry Giscard dies of COVID-19
- December 04, 2020
He had been admitted to hospital in September with respiratory complications, and was hospitalised again in mid-November. At home, Giscard presided over a modernisation of French society, legalising abortion, allowing divorce by mutual consent and lowering the voting age to 18 from 21. (more...)
- December 04, 2020
He had been admitted to hospital in September with respiratory complications, and was hospitalised again in mid-November. At home, Giscard presided over a modernisation of French society, legalising abortion, allowing divorce by mutual consent and lowering the voting age to 18 from 21. (more...)
Namibia Politician 'Adolf Hitler' Uunona Elected in Landslide
- December 04, 2020
Adolf, like other Germanic first names, is not uncommon in the country, which was once a German colony. Not surprisingly, this is not a German dictator but a Namibian politician. My father named me after the German dictator. "As a child I saw it as a totally normal name", said Mr Uunona, who won his seat with 85% of the vote. (more...)
- December 04, 2020
Adolf, like other Germanic first names, is not uncommon in the country, which was once a German colony. Not surprisingly, this is not a German dictator but a Namibian politician. My father named me after the German dictator. "As a child I saw it as a totally normal name", said Mr Uunona, who won his seat with 85% of the vote. (more...)
Swedish woman no longer suspected of holding her son captive for decades
- December 04, 2020
The man in his 40s was found in the apartment by a relative on Sunday in a wounded state, Stockholm prosecutor Emma Olsson told Reuters , saying he may have been held for almost 30 years. Whenever she was asked about her son, they said, she would respond that he was "fine" and change the subject. The man's sister found him inside the unlocked apartment living in filth. (more...)
- December 04, 2020
The man in his 40s was found in the apartment by a relative on Sunday in a wounded state, Stockholm prosecutor Emma Olsson told Reuters , saying he may have been held for almost 30 years. Whenever she was asked about her son, they said, she would respond that he was "fine" and change the subject. The man's sister found him inside the unlocked apartment living in filth. (more...)
Democrats hint willingness towards trimmed-down Covid-19 relief
- December 03, 2020
It's unclear whether the flurry of activity will lead to progress. The compromise plan would cover a shorter period of time than the leaders' earlier proposal, providing aid through the winter, with Democrats hoping the Biden administration will propose another significant relief bill next year. (more...)
- December 03, 2020
It's unclear whether the flurry of activity will lead to progress. The compromise plan would cover a shorter period of time than the leaders' earlier proposal, providing aid through the winter, with Democrats hoping the Biden administration will propose another significant relief bill next year. (more...)
Israel edges towards new national election | MEO
- December 03, 2020
Most political pundits say that one way or another, Israel is again headed toward the fourth round of elections in a bit over a year's time. Gantz said "dragging out this government without a budget is a greater damage to the Israeli nation than elections". (more...)
- December 03, 2020
Most political pundits say that one way or another, Israel is again headed toward the fourth round of elections in a bit over a year's time. Gantz said "dragging out this government without a budget is a greater damage to the Israeli nation than elections". (more...)
California continues census fight over undocumented immigrants as Supreme Court hears case
- December 03, 2020
Both Article 1 of the Constitution and the 14th Amendment require that House seats be allotted according to "the whole number" of persons in each state. Having lost on that front, Trump and his lawyers suggested the Census Bureau would use other government records to determine who was in the country illegally. (more...)
- December 03, 2020
Both Article 1 of the Constitution and the 14th Amendment require that House seats be allotted according to "the whole number" of persons in each state. Having lost on that front, Trump and his lawyers suggested the Census Bureau would use other government records to determine who was in the country illegally. (more...)
Emergency services rush to large explosion at warehouse near Bristol
- December 03, 2020
A fifth person was injured during the explosion at the plant in the industrial area of Avonmouth, but the injuries are not considered life-threatening, Runacres said. "I heard the sound". It was quite short-lived, I'd say about two or three seconds. The witness said there had been "a lot of commotion" in the minutes immediately after, but the incident itself had been "quite short-lived". (more...)
- December 03, 2020
A fifth person was injured during the explosion at the plant in the industrial area of Avonmouth, but the injuries are not considered life-threatening, Runacres said. "I heard the sound". It was quite short-lived, I'd say about two or three seconds. The witness said there had been "a lot of commotion" in the minutes immediately after, but the incident itself had been "quite short-lived". (more...)
U.S. tightens travel rules for Chinese Communist Party members
- December 03, 2020
It said the party, which has more than 90 million members, also "sends agents to the United States to unabashedly monitor, threaten, and report on Chinese nationals and Chinese-American groups". He's blasted China for human rights abuses against its Uighur and other Muslim minorities, its crackdown on Hong Kong's autonomy and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. (more...)
- December 03, 2020
It said the party, which has more than 90 million members, also "sends agents to the United States to unabashedly monitor, threaten, and report on Chinese nationals and Chinese-American groups". He's blasted China for human rights abuses against its Uighur and other Muslim minorities, its crackdown on Hong Kong's autonomy and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. (more...)
Ivanka Trump deposed by DC attorney general in inauguration investigation
- December 03, 2020
Ivanka Trump was deposed on Tuesday as a part of lawsuit by the attorney general's office for Washington, D.C., alleging misuse of funds in the inaugural celebration for President Donald Trump . The order said prosecutors were also investigating a "secret lobbying scheme" in which two unidentified individuals "acted as lobbyists to senior White House officials, without complying with the registration requirement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act". (more...)
- December 03, 2020
Ivanka Trump was deposed on Tuesday as a part of lawsuit by the attorney general's office for Washington, D.C., alleging misuse of funds in the inaugural celebration for President Donald Trump . The order said prosecutors were also investigating a "secret lobbying scheme" in which two unidentified individuals "acted as lobbyists to senior White House officials, without complying with the registration requirement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act". (more...)
California at Covid-19 'tipping point'
- December 03, 2020
Coronavirus hospitalizations are on pace to rise by up to roughly 30% by Christmas Eve in much of the state, according to Newsom, as the state's health care system absorbs a surge of new cases due in part to gatherings on Thanksgiving. It banned most gatherings but stopped short of a full shutdown on retail stores and other nonessential businesses. CA has worked hard to prepare for a surge-but we can't sustain the record high cases we're seeing. (more...)
- December 03, 2020
Coronavirus hospitalizations are on pace to rise by up to roughly 30% by Christmas Eve in much of the state, according to Newsom, as the state's health care system absorbs a surge of new cases due in part to gatherings on Thanksgiving. It banned most gatherings but stopped short of a full shutdown on retail stores and other nonessential businesses. CA has worked hard to prepare for a surge-but we can't sustain the record high cases we're seeing. (more...)
Air Strike Kills IRGC Commander at Iraq-Syria Border
- December 03, 2020
The commander was identified as Muslim Shahdan in some reports on Monday. The reports came less than one week after Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated on Friday while his convoy of bullet-proof vehicles was driving to Absard, east of Tehran . (more...)
- December 03, 2020
The commander was identified as Muslim Shahdan in some reports on Monday. The reports came less than one week after Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated on Friday while his convoy of bullet-proof vehicles was driving to Absard, east of Tehran . (more...)
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