Oregon Governor Kate Brown activated the state’s National Guard late Wednesday amid police reports of “widespread violence” and riots in Portland, where 11 were arrested, as demonstrators took to city streets including in New York, Seattle, Oakland, and Detroit, demanding that every vote from Tuesday’s presidential election be counted in full and without hindrance after President…
Iranian Supreme Leader speaks during a live televised speech marking the birth of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad in Tehran on November 3. Iran’s supreme leader has mocked the U.S. presidential election, calling the tight race a “spectacle” that has exposed the weakness of democracy. More than 24 hours after polls closed, several battleground states continue to…
As two weeks of intensive Brexit talks draw to a close, the EU and UK’s chief Brexit negotiators said that the level playing field, governance and fisheries remain significant obstacles to reaching an agreement. On Wednesday evening, EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said he had updated the European Parliament and Member States on the…
Eurozone retail sales plunged in September – even before latest Covid lockdowns. A customer passes the closed toy department of a supermarket in Bordeaux on November 4. Supermarkets in the country have banned the sale of ‘non-essential products’. AFP Eurozone retail sales dropped 2 percent on the month in September, a bigger-than-expected decline as purchases across…
Police officers inspect mask compliance at the Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany (Markus Schreiber/AP) Germany has recorded nearly 20,000 new coronavirus cases in one day, its highest level yet. The national disease control centre, the Robert Koch Institute, on Thursday said 19,990 infections had been confirmed in the past…
Judge issues injunction restraining the Gov. from any more unconstitutional orders. Assemblymen Kiley and Gallagher. (Photo: Katy Grimes for California Globe) California Assemblymen Kevin Kiley and James Gallagher sued to stop California Governor Gavin Newsom’s “one-man rule,” as California Globe has reported over several months. They were in Sutter County Superior Court October 21st, arguing that…
Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner for Customs and Border Protection, touted President Donald Trump’s border policies during a press conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson on 2 November 2020 – Rafael Carranza/The Republic. TUCSON — Two senior Homeland Security officials traveled to southern Arizona Monday to decry censorship and tout the Trump administration’s achievements…
A report by the UK Conservative Party says the British government should inform China that it will impose severe consequences on Beijing if it were to invade Taiwan. The report published on Monday was written by former British diplomat Charles Parton. Parton said that the UK should take on a different strategy towards China in…
In past weeks, Israeli forces raided Syrian border fortifications on the contact line in Syria’s Golan Heights, Israeli Brigadier General Roman Gofman told TASS on Friday. “We conducted an operation against Syrian fortifications, built directly at the border and partially on our territory. That’s why we attacked them and carried out an operation,” said Gofman,…