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United States researchers claim to find new species of beaked whale off Mexico_china
- December 12, 2020
A team of scientists and conservationists aboard a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship found three beaked whales in the waters north of Mexico's San Benito Islands last month while attempting to identify the source of an unknown acoustic signal recorded in the area in 2018. (more...)
- December 12, 2020
A team of scientists and conservationists aboard a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship found three beaked whales in the waters north of Mexico's San Benito Islands last month while attempting to identify the source of an unknown acoustic signal recorded in the area in 2018. (more...)
Journalist shot dead by unknown gunmen in Afghanistan
- December 12, 2020
Maiwand's death comes as targeted killings of prominent figures becomes increasingly common as violence surges, despite ongoing peace talks between the government and the Taliban . Sami Patmen, one of Maiwand's former colleague, expressed grief over the attack and said the targeted killing of the journalist has sent shockwaves across the fraternity in the war-ridden country. (more...)
- December 12, 2020
Maiwand's death comes as targeted killings of prominent figures becomes increasingly common as violence surges, despite ongoing peace talks between the government and the Taliban . Sami Patmen, one of Maiwand's former colleague, expressed grief over the attack and said the targeted killing of the journalist has sent shockwaves across the fraternity in the war-ridden country. (more...)
EU makes deal on tough 2030 climate goal
- December 12, 2020
Following talks through the night between member state leaders at the latest EU Council meeting, EU Council President Charles Michel tweeted that "Europe is the leader in the fight against climate change ". According to trade unions, 11 million jobs in Europe are at risk from the transition to a net-zero economy, majority located in Eastern EU countries. (more...)
- December 12, 2020
Following talks through the night between member state leaders at the latest EU Council meeting, EU Council President Charles Michel tweeted that "Europe is the leader in the fight against climate change ". According to trade unions, 11 million jobs in Europe are at risk from the transition to a net-zero economy, majority located in Eastern EU countries. (more...)
California murder mystery: Zodiac Killer's '340 Cipher' finally solved - after 51 years
- December 12, 2020
Code-breakers from the United States, Australia, and Belgium solved the cipher, which was dubbed the "340 Cipher" as it contains 340 characters. Sent in 1969 after a schoolteacher and his wife cracked the Zodiac Killer's first cipher, the 340-character cipher was more complex and remained unsolved, even by a supercomputer created to think like the killer. (more...)
- December 12, 2020
Code-breakers from the United States, Australia, and Belgium solved the cipher, which was dubbed the "340 Cipher" as it contains 340 characters. Sent in 1969 after a schoolteacher and his wife cracked the Zodiac Killer's first cipher, the 340-character cipher was more complex and remained unsolved, even by a supercomputer created to think like the killer. (more...)
Canada was ‘disgraceful’ accomplice of U.S. in Meng arrest: China ambassador
- December 12, 2020
China's ambassador to Canada says Canada acted as a "disgraceful" accomplice to the United States in arresting Chinese high-tech executive Meng Wanzhou on an American extradition warrant. Beijing's response comes just a week after reports said the USA government was discussing a deal with Huawei that could see Meng be allowed to return to China. (more...)
- December 12, 2020
China's ambassador to Canada says Canada acted as a "disgraceful" accomplice to the United States in arresting Chinese high-tech executive Meng Wanzhou on an American extradition warrant. Beijing's response comes just a week after reports said the USA government was discussing a deal with Huawei that could see Meng be allowed to return to China. (more...)
Driver ploughs into 50 protesters in NY, injuring six
- December 12, 2020
Authorities say the driver remained at the scene at 39th Street and Third Avenue. As per reports, the people were protesting against the detention of immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The auto then drove into the protesters, injuring at least six of them, ABC added. New York Police Department officials told broadcaster NBC New York that the protesters had surrounded the auto while tapping and pounding on it. (more...)
- December 12, 2020
Authorities say the driver remained at the scene at 39th Street and Third Avenue. As per reports, the people were protesting against the detention of immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The auto then drove into the protesters, injuring at least six of them, ABC added. New York Police Department officials told broadcaster NBC New York that the protesters had surrounded the auto while tapping and pounding on it. (more...)
Bloomberg news assistant detained by Chinese authorties
- December 12, 2020
Chinese authorities have detained a Bloomberg News staffer in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security, Bloomberg reports . Bloomberg said it has been seeking information about Fan's whereabouts from the Chinese government and from China's embassy in Washington, D.C. (more...)
- December 12, 2020
Chinese authorities have detained a Bloomberg News staffer in Beijing on suspicion of endangering national security, Bloomberg reports . Bloomberg said it has been seeking information about Fan's whereabouts from the Chinese government and from China's embassy in Washington, D.C. (more...)
Hezbollah rejects charges against caretaker PM in port blast
- December 12, 2020
Lebanon's grand mufti and top cleric for Sunni Muslims, Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, also said the charges targeting the prime minister's position is political and, unacceptable and a violation of the constitution. The judicial source Thursday said parliament had not responded to Sawwan's request, prompting him to press charges, AFP reported. Several officials have been detained since the blast, including the port and customs chiefs, with dozens testifying as witnesses, including Diab. (more...)
- December 12, 2020
Lebanon's grand mufti and top cleric for Sunni Muslims, Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, also said the charges targeting the prime minister's position is political and, unacceptable and a violation of the constitution. The judicial source Thursday said parliament had not responded to Sawwan's request, prompting him to press charges, AFP reported. Several officials have been detained since the blast, including the port and customs chiefs, with dozens testifying as witnesses, including Diab. (more...)
Hong Kong media publisher Jimmy Lai charged under national security law
- December 12, 2020
Boris Johnson announced a new BNO visa scheme in July to welcome more than three million eligible Hong Kongers to Britain, after declaring a new security law a "clear and serious breach" of the Sino-British declaration that guarantees the former British colony autonomy from Beijing. (more...)
- December 12, 2020
Boris Johnson announced a new BNO visa scheme in July to welcome more than three million eligible Hong Kongers to Britain, after declaring a new security law a "clear and serious breach" of the Sino-British declaration that guarantees the former British colony autonomy from Beijing. (more...)
European Union rejects imposing economic sanctions on Turkey
- December 11, 2020
One of the US officials said one of the reasons Trump was finally willing to move ahead with Turkey sanctions was to "decouple" the issue from NDAA bill, which carries a provision that would require him to impose measures on Ankara . Reuters reported Thursday that the outgoing administration will impose the long-awaited sanctions, with sources telling the news agency an announcement could come any day. (more...)
- December 11, 2020
One of the US officials said one of the reasons Trump was finally willing to move ahead with Turkey sanctions was to "decouple" the issue from NDAA bill, which carries a provision that would require him to impose measures on Ankara . Reuters reported Thursday that the outgoing administration will impose the long-awaited sanctions, with sources telling the news agency an announcement could come any day. (more...)
Biden to campaign for fellow Democrats Warnock, Ossoff — GASen
- December 11, 2020
Greene said at a rally in Marietta for the two GOP incumbents, Sens. Attorneys for Gov. Tony Evers and the bipartisan state elections commission say the cases are without merit and should be dismissed. Similar lawsuits, all filed by Trump's former campaign attorney Sidney Powell, have been dismissed in Arizona, Georgia and MI. Hearings were scheduled for both federal and state lawsuits Thursday that were an effort to invalidate thousands of ballots in both Dane County and Milwaukee County. (more...)
- December 11, 2020
Greene said at a rally in Marietta for the two GOP incumbents, Sens. Attorneys for Gov. Tony Evers and the bipartisan state elections commission say the cases are without merit and should be dismissed. Similar lawsuits, all filed by Trump's former campaign attorney Sidney Powell, have been dismissed in Arizona, Georgia and MI. Hearings were scheduled for both federal and state lawsuits Thursday that were an effort to invalidate thousands of ballots in both Dane County and Milwaukee County. (more...)
Hanukkah celebrations bring light during the darkness of the pandemic
- December 11, 2020
This and other lightings were organized by Rabbi Benny Zippel, executive director of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah . "Hanukkah has become a happy island of time in the Jewish year". "It was difficult to purchase, difficult to get it - going outside in general is a very difficult thing this year", he said. But each and every one of these picks, from Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights to new Hallmark movie Love, Lights, and Hanukkah, was made with love. (more...)
- December 11, 2020
This and other lightings were organized by Rabbi Benny Zippel, executive director of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah . "Hanukkah has become a happy island of time in the Jewish year". "It was difficult to purchase, difficult to get it - going outside in general is a very difficult thing this year", he said. But each and every one of these picks, from Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights to new Hallmark movie Love, Lights, and Hanukkah, was made with love. (more...)
Hong Kong to get Sinovac, Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines in Q1
- December 11, 2020
AstraZeneca and Oxford University have more work to do to confirm if their Covid-19 vaccine can be 90 per cent effective, a peer-reviewed paper in The Lancet showed on Tuesday, potentially slowing its roll-out in the fight against the pandemic. (more...)
- December 11, 2020
AstraZeneca and Oxford University have more work to do to confirm if their Covid-19 vaccine can be 90 per cent effective, a peer-reviewed paper in The Lancet showed on Tuesday, potentially slowing its roll-out in the fight against the pandemic. (more...)
Axios Exclusive: Suspected Chinese Spy Targeted California Politicians
- December 11, 2020
Swalwell sits on the House Intelligence Committee, which investigated whether members of the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with Russian Federation to influence the 2016 presidential election. "And I have to say that, with 97% of scientists stating that climate change is manmade, I'm encouraged to see that some of my colleagues from across the aisle have given voice to the minority 3%", Swalwell continued, his voice dripping with sarcasm. (more...)
- December 11, 2020
Swalwell sits on the House Intelligence Committee, which investigated whether members of the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with Russian Federation to influence the 2016 presidential election. "And I have to say that, with 97% of scientists stating that climate change is manmade, I'm encouraged to see that some of my colleagues from across the aisle have given voice to the minority 3%", Swalwell continued, his voice dripping with sarcasm. (more...)
Germany reports 29,875 new COVID-19 cases
- December 11, 2020
The number of deaths from Corona has risen to 598, so far the total deaths have gone up to 20,970. "If we wait until Christmas, we'll have to struggle with high numbers for months", he added. People in Baden-Wuerttemberg, in southwest Germany, will be banned from Saturday from going outside between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. except for work and essential reasons and will also be encouraged to stay at home during the day, state premier Winfried Kretschmann said on Friday. (more...)
- December 11, 2020
The number of deaths from Corona has risen to 598, so far the total deaths have gone up to 20,970. "If we wait until Christmas, we'll have to struggle with high numbers for months", he added. People in Baden-Wuerttemberg, in southwest Germany, will be banned from Saturday from going outside between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. except for work and essential reasons and will also be encouraged to stay at home during the day, state premier Winfried Kretschmann said on Friday. (more...)
Biden selects Vilsack as Ag Secretary nominee
- December 11, 2020
She enjoys the strong backing of South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, the No. 3 House Democrat who gave Biden a key nod of support in the primaries. The President-elect's picks were announced on Thursday by his transition team. Vilsack is a former two-term governor of Iowa who served as secretary of agriculture during all eight years of the Obama-Biden administration. The congresswoman represents a district where almost a quarter of households were on food stamps in 2018. (more...)
- December 11, 2020
She enjoys the strong backing of South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, the No. 3 House Democrat who gave Biden a key nod of support in the primaries. The President-elect's picks were announced on Thursday by his transition team. Vilsack is a former two-term governor of Iowa who served as secretary of agriculture during all eight years of the Obama-Biden administration. The congresswoman represents a district where almost a quarter of households were on food stamps in 2018. (more...)
Netanyahu Will Be First to Get Pfizer Vaccine in Israel
- December 11, 2020
Overall, the country with 9 million population is expected to receive some 8 million doses of Pfizer vaccine, enough to vaccinate about 4 million people. "I have been serving as prime minister of Israel for more than few years, and this is one of the most moving moments", said Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu also said that the Health Ministry was working on the development of the "green passport". (more...)
- December 11, 2020
Overall, the country with 9 million population is expected to receive some 8 million doses of Pfizer vaccine, enough to vaccinate about 4 million people. "I have been serving as prime minister of Israel for more than few years, and this is one of the most moving moments", said Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu also said that the Health Ministry was working on the development of the "green passport". (more...)
US Sends Bombers to Middle East as Signal to Iran
- December 11, 2020
Adversaries often complain about bomber flights in their region, deeming them a provocative show of force. "Potential adversaries should understand that no nation on earth is more ready and capable of rapidly deploying additional combat power in the face of any aggression", U.S. (more...)
- December 11, 2020
Adversaries often complain about bomber flights in their region, deeming them a provocative show of force. "Potential adversaries should understand that no nation on earth is more ready and capable of rapidly deploying additional combat power in the face of any aggression", U.S. (more...)
Azerbaijan Holds Nagorno-Karabakh Victory Parade
- December 11, 2020
To the unversed, Erdogan provided military and diplomatic support to Azerbaijan during the conflict and even praised Baku's operations. "Azerbaijan's saving its lands from occupation does not mean that the struggle is over", Mr. When new clashes erupted in late September, Azerbaijan liberated several cities and almost 300 settlements and villages from the Armenian occupation. (more...)
- December 11, 2020
To the unversed, Erdogan provided military and diplomatic support to Azerbaijan during the conflict and even praised Baku's operations. "Azerbaijan's saving its lands from occupation does not mean that the struggle is over", Mr. When new clashes erupted in late September, Azerbaijan liberated several cities and almost 300 settlements and villages from the Armenian occupation. (more...)
Biden Hits Back at Criticism Over Choosing Retired General for SecDef
- December 11, 2020
I believe very strongly there needs to be civilian control, civilian oversight of the military", Duckworth said Wednesday. Austin, who would be the Pentagon's first Black leader, said he would bring military experience to the role along with "a deep appreciation and reverence for the prevailing wisdom of civilian control of our military". (more...)
- December 11, 2020
I believe very strongly there needs to be civilian control, civilian oversight of the military", Duckworth said Wednesday. Austin, who would be the Pentagon's first Black leader, said he would bring military experience to the role along with "a deep appreciation and reverence for the prevailing wisdom of civilian control of our military". (more...)
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