Trump issues stark warning to Iran after reports country is considering plot to assassinate US ambassador

Officials have been reportedly aware of threats against the ambassador since the spring. President Trump took to Twitter late Monday to issue a stern warning to Iran that an assassination attempt or attack against the U.S. in retaliation of the airstrike … Read More

Pentagon Lists Companies Connected to Chinese Military, Including Huawei

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The U.S. Department of Defense listed 20 companies with alleged relationships to the Chinese military, including telecommunications company Huawei, which has already been charged with racketeering by the U.S. Department of Justice. The document cleared the prepublication review process in … Read More

UK’s Johnson Defends Plan to Rewrite Brexit Deal, Says EU ‘Unreasonable’

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a debate on the Internal Market Bill at the House of Commons in London, Britain, September 14, 2020. Photo courtesy UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday defended his … Read More

Testing positive: half of Argentina’s coronavirus checks yield infection

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s coronavirus “positive rate,” the number of daily infections to the number of tests carried out, has topped 50%, underscoring how much work the South American country has to do to bring the virus under control. … Read More

Up in smoke: Brazil’s Pantanal region engulfed by flames

Last year, record-breaking fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest sparked international outrage. But the fallout from this year’s fire season, which lasts until October, could be even worse. This time around, the Pantanal region, in the west of the country, is being engulfed … Read More

More than a dozen police chiefs faced backlash – and left – after George Floyd’s death. Here’s a list.

U. Reneé Hall, the first Black woman to lead the Dallas police force, on Tuesday became the latest police chief to resign amid protests that have swept the country since the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died … Read More

Palestinians strongly condemn Israel-Bahrain deal, withdraw ambassador

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Last month, the Palestinian leadership issued a similar response to the normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki.   (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY) The Palestinian Authority leadership on Friday strongly condemned and … Read More

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi says situation not ‘generally speaking unruly’ while standing outside burning building

An MSNBC journalist attempted to explain that the violence that erupted in Minneapolis on Thursday night was “mostly a protest” despite a building burning right behind him.  Ali Velshi was reporting live from the Twin Cities amid the uproar following the death … Read More

Germany coronavirus: Hundreds arrested in German ‘anti-corona’ protests

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Police in Berlin have arrested 300 demonstrators during protests against Germany’s coronavirus restrictions. Some 38,000 people took to the streets in the city for mostly peaceful demonstrations. Later hundreds of protesters, many from the far right, tried to storm the … Read More

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