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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images The general’s portrait hangs in the cadet mess hall. One of the main barracks bears his name, as does an entrance gate and even an academic award for the highest grades in math. The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is full of ghosts. But […]

The Winston Churchill statue and the Cenotaph were boarded up ahead of Black Lives Matter protest as police fear clashes with far-right groups The Winston Churchill statue and the Cenotaph were boarded up ahead of Black Lives Matter protest as police fear clashes with far-right groups Winston Churchill’s statue was boarded up last night as […]

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Son-gwon. Yonhap North Korea sees little use maintaining a personal relationship between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump if Washington sticks to hostile policies, state media reported on Friday – the two-year anniversary of the leaders’ first summit. U.S. policies prove Washington remains a long-term threat to […]

  A nurse prepares to test patients for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a clinic at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia, May 12, 2020. (Reuters Photo)  An experimental drug developed by an Australian researcher could help prevent deaths from COVID-19 by controlling the formation of blood clots responsible for breathing difficulties, organ failure, stroke and […]

A member of security forces affiliated with the GNA’s Interior Ministry surveyed the reported site of a mass grave in the town of Tarhuna, southeast of the capital Tripoli, Libya, June 2020. © Mahmud Turkia, AFP The United Nations voiced “horror” after reports of the discovery of eight mass graves in an area recently seized by […]

The Pentagon’s top two leaders, after stumbling last week in their response to racial unrest across the country, are now actively pushing back against their commander in chief in their renewed quest to keep politics out of the military. But in distancing themselves from their boss, both are risking their jobs as the Pentagon faces […]

People listen as a band plays a free show in front of the Seattle Police Departments East Precinct in the so-called “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” Seattle, U.S., June 10, 2020. (AFP Photo)  After days of violent clashes between protesters and police in the U.S. city of Seattle, President Donald Trump threatened to “take back” the […]

Engineers at Sinovac Biotech in Beijing have been working on an experimental coronavirus vaccine (enlarged monkey kidney cells being used in tests are seen here) — and that vaccine will be produced in Brazil, officials say NICOLAS ASFOURI AFP/File Brazilian officials on Thursday announced an agreement with China’s Sinovac Biotech to produce its coronavirus vaccine in […]

Aaden  Farax  speaker ethiopian parliament ADDIS ABABA – The upper house of Ethiopia’s parliament has elected Aden Farah as its new speaker on Wednesday. Aden replaced Keria Ibrahim who resigned from the post on Monday after serving only two years. The house also elected Etsegent Mengistu as Deputy Speaker of the Federation, replacing Mohammed Reshid. […]