Looters damage property in Chicago, more than 100 arrested
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As Amazon tree loss worsens, political pressure grows, and Brazil hedges: Critics
posted in: News, World News
Government data released last Friday shows that from August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020 forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon totaled 9,205 square kilometers (3.554 square miles), an increase of 34.5% over the previous comparative period (2018/2019), when 6,844 … Read More
China Builds Space-Monitoring Base in the Americas
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A space tracking, telemetry, and command facility operated by a unit of China’s People’s Liberation Army is nearing completion at a site in Patagonia, Argentina. The new base, the first of its kind outside of China, includes steerable parabolic antennas … Read More
Entire Lebanese Cabinet resigns as Beirut explosion death toll surpasses 200
posted in: Middle East, News
Prime Minister Hassan Diab is expected to resign when he addresses the nation Monday night, reports said. Lebanon‘s entire Cabinet resigned on Monday, a day after the death toll in last week’s devastating explosion at Beirut‘s port climbed to more than 200 people, according … Read More
Avoiding the Japanification of Europe
posted in: European Union, News
BOLOGNA — As monetary and fiscal authorities have acted aggressively to blunt the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic impact, public debt and central-bank balance sheets have swelled rapidly. In the European Union, this trend is compounded by a new 750 billion euros … Read More
British government steps up efforts to stop migrants crossing Channel
posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe
Priti Patel and Gerald Darmanin signed an agreement to share intelligence in the fight against migrant traffickers trying to cross the Channel. AFP The British government on Sunday appointed a former Royal Marine to lead efforts to tackle illegal migration in … Read More
Britain’s COVID-19 daily infections rise to highest level since June
posted in: News, United Kingdom of Great Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported 1,062 new positive tests for coronavirus on Sunday, the highest daily rise in new COVID-19 infections since late June, at a time of new local lockdowns in some areas and worries over a second wave … Read More
German far-right leader welcomes US troop withdrawal
BERLIN (AP) — The leader of Germany’s biggest far-right party has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw thousands of American troops from the European Union country. Tino Chrupalla, the co-chairman of Alternative for Germany, told public broadcaster ZDF … Read More
Thousands Of Israeli Protesters Call For PM Netanyahu To Resign
As coronavirus cases soar and unemployment hits 20%, Israeli protesters accuse Netanyahu of corruption and mishandling pandemic response. Thousands of Israeli protesters took to the streets of Jerusalem Saturday night — calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation. Holding signs … Read More
Israeli airstrikes kill 14 Iranian forces in eastern Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack hit rural Deir Ezzor this morning Seven fighters were wounded in the attack, a Syrian military spokesman said. AFP At least 14 people from Iranian forces and affiliate militias have … Read More