(Reuters) – The European Union is looking into a way of fast-tracking any Brexit deal, a Sky News reporter tweeted on Monday. A Brexit deal is now very likely to be “EU-only” rather than a “mixed” deal, the tweet here said, citing sources. Adam Parsons@adamparsons NEW: am told European Union is looking into way of fast-tracking any…
Fishing is a key point in discussions.Credit: PA This is a crucial week in the Brexit negotiations. Now where have you heard that one before? You know the script by now: both sides want a deal, progress has been made but significant obstacles remain, the EU must respect UK sovereignty, the UK must respect EU free market integrity….
Surjit S Bhalla writes: Lockdowns were an unnatural experiment and, around the world, they have not worked in achieving their major health objective of less infections or slower pace of infections. January 22 was the first unnatural experiment — Wuhan, China entered into a lockdown. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar) It is now slightly more…
As coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths rise in nearly every state, with hospitals overflowing in some, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is trying to get one message out: the power to stop the virus is in our hands, as Americans. We have to work together—and follow the public health fundamentals, doing as…
As COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise nationwide, some states are halting phased reopening plans or imposing new coronavirus-related restrictions. Several are putting limits on social gatherings, adding states to travel quarantine lists, mandating face masks, and encouraging residents to stay home, as many did in the spring. Others are restricting business hours of…
A Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 09/14/2018. Executive Order 13848 of September 12, 2018 Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act…
Greetings from Tyler, The media tells us it’s over. The election, that is. COVID-19 is running amok, or so all the news-breaks say. Just as we thought, the COVID-19 scare is still picking up steam 10 months later. It is setting records every day, maybe every minute. “Hospitals are being overrun with COVID cases,” they…
WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda´s second-in-command, indicted in the US for the 1998 bombings of its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, was secretly killed in Iran in August, foreign media reported. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who was on the FBI´s list of most-wanted terrorists, was shot and killed in Tehran by two Israeli operatives on a motorcycle at the…
Children look at books donated by the Venezuelan charity, “Feed the Solidarity”, at a home where children are tutored by volunteers, in the San Agustin neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela ANEW raft of EU sanctions on Venezuela came into force today, despite President Nicolas Maduro warning that the punitive actions are harming his country’s citizens. The…