French President E,mmanuel Macron outlines his strategy to fight “Islamist separatism” in a speech near Paris on October 2, 2020. © Ludovic Marin REUTERS French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said his government will unveil a proposed law to fight “Islamist separatism” later this year, a particularly sensitive issue in a country strongly attached to secularism. In […]
Continue reading …President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport for the first presidential debate, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland. | AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump announced early Friday that he tested positive for coronavirus, upending his presidency and the 2020 race just 32 days before Election Day. The […]
Continue reading …A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a ‘Vaccine COVID-19’ sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. [File: Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters] A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a ‘Vaccine COVID-19’ sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. [File: Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters] Antonio Guterres, the […]
Continue reading …President Donald Trump spent his first 2020 presidential debate heckling his opponent at every turn. His supporters are hoping he got it out of his system — for good. Trump aides and allies saw Tuesday night’s event, a 90-minute schoolyard brawl featuring incessant interruptions from the incumbent Republican and pleas from his Democratic opponent to […]
Continue reading …(CNN)President Donald Trump turned his first debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden into a chaotic disaster. Trump bullied, bulldozed and obfuscated his way through the 90-minute showdown, interrupting Biden and moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News at every turn. He ignored substantive questions and Biden’s policy arguments, and instead swung at a straw-man version of Biden, taking aim at both Biden’s […]
Continue reading …An artist’s impression of Turkey’s first anti-ship missile Atmaca. It is expected to be delivered to the Naval Forces at the end of this year, Sept. 26, 2020. (Photo by Roketsan via AA) Turkey is currently in the final stages of testing its first domestically manufactured maritime missile, Atmaca, Defense Industries Presidency (SSB) Chairperson Ismail […]
Continue reading …Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, known for his regional mediation and humanitarian efforts, died Tuesday at the age of 91. He was sworn into the role of Kuwait’s leader in 2006 following the death of his half-brother Sheikh Jaber al-Sabah. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. […]
Continue reading …MThere were 7,143 new cases of the virus recorded in the past 24 hours (Picture: Metro.co.uk) The UK has recorded 7,143 more Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, while a further 71 people have died with the virus. The number of daily new cases is the highest ever recorded in the UK. It is […]
Continue reading …Undercover videos published by Project Veritas over the weekend allege, citing a Somali political operative, that special ballot harvesters were hired in the community in July for the Democrats to take advantage of elderly and other vulnerable community members. The politicians named in the allegations have denied them. Minneapolis police have started investigating reports of […]
Continue reading …A North Korean vessel on patrol near Daeyongpyongdo in June 2020. / Image: Yonhap A Daily NK military source has reported that the day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un apologized for the shooting of a South Korean fisheries official on the West Sea, he ordered the Korean People’s Army to “unwaveringly complete preparations […]
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