(Reuters) – New cases of COVID-19 rose by over 69,000 across the United States on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a record for the third consecutive day as Walt Disney Co stuck to its plans to reopen its flagship theme park in hard-hit Florida. A total of nine U.S. states – Alaska, Georgia,…
ANGELA MERKEL has been dealt a blow after an economic expert warned five million Germans are at risk of unemployment amid a bankruptcy wave due to the coronavirus crisis. The EU’s largest economy is preparing for an economic downturn as German consultant Professor Roland Berger said millions would be left out of work. While a…
The precise location of Friday’s explosion was unclear, but analysts said there are several military and training facilities in the area. A satellite photo shows damage to a building housing an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at the Natanz nuclear site in Iran where a major explosion occurred on July 2.Credit…Planet Labs Inc., via Associated Press…
Greetings from Tyler, Despite every news report pumping viral fear, we’ve got a few other matters to discuss. One is that Tehran has experienced its third major explosion in as many weeks. The latest is said to have blown up a missile storage warehouse of the Revolutionary Guard. The blast was said to have caused…
The U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision Thursday in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma, ruling in favour of Jimcy McGirt in a 5-4 decision. [Kjetil Ree/Wikimedia Commons] The US Supreme Court said this week that a large swath of eastern Oklahoma in the US remains an American Indian reservation, a decision with potential implications…
Roger Stone told Fox News he is ‘praying’ for Trump to intervene ahead of his prison sentence. The White House announced Friday that President Trump signed an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting the “unjust sentence” of Roger Stone, just days before the longtime political operative was slated to report to prison to serve more than…
The British Retail Consortium has piled pressured on the UK government to agree a Brexit trade deal that does not lead to price increases in shops. In May, the government published the UK Global Tariff – the new tariff schedule that will apply from 1 January 2021 if a Brexit deal with the European Union is not agreed. It…
FILE – This April 22, 2020, file photo, shows Juarez, Mexico, and the Rio Grande from El Paso Texas. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File) WASHINGTON – The number of migrants detained along the Mexico border jumped 40 percent in June, defying a Trump administration emergency crackdown that has cited the coronavirus pandemic to swiftly “expel” those…
Migrants intercepted by Border Force are usually bought to Dover where they can apply for asylum – PA Media Migrants who cross the Channel in small boats should be returned to France before they can apply for asylum, the former head of the Border Force said. Tony Smith said it would be the only way…
Some of the Syrians who have received subsidiary protection in Germany| Photo: picture-alliance /dpa / H. Schmidt The German newspaper Die Welt reported that Germany accepted almost 10,000 migrants and asylum seekers between 2016 and March 2020 under the EU-Turkey deal. The numbers were released following a question to the interior ministry from a member…