Gun sales surge 80% in May, says research firm
In this March 15, 2020, file photo, people wait in line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who was sued by gun-rights groups after trying to shut down firearms dealers in … Read More
80% of Americans support maintaining or increasing current levels of police funding, poll shows
Roughly eight in 10 Americans want to maintain or increase funding to police departments, according to the results of a recent poll conducted for the National Sheriff’s Association. The survey data shows that 53% of respondents support boosting funding, 26% … Read More
Trump vows he won’t ‘let Seattle be occupied by anarchists,’ will ‘straighten it out’ if local leaders don’t
President Trump told Fox News’ Harris Faulkner in an exclusive interview Thursday that his administration is “not going to let Seattle be occupied by anarchists.” “If there were more toughness, you wouldn’t have the kind of devastation that you had in Minneapolis … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 12 June 2020
Greetings from Tyler, Who dares not take a knee? It’s beginning to look as if much of society is ready to give up. All the networks are bowing down, in all their woke righteousness. They’re all running statements … Read More
The Explanation for U. S. ANARCHY
You obviously don’t need to find out the details of rioting, looting, and arson, as it’s playing out LIVE wherever you look. But the truth behind this anarchy is another matter. There are powerful individuals, institutions, and maybe most important … Read More
Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes southern Iran
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Fars province in southern Iran on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported. There was no immediate information about possible casualties or damage from the quake, which hit near the town of Beyram. … Read More
Heavy Rain, Flooding in China Force Evacuation of Nearly 80,000
Residents stand on a bank of a river as they look at the rubble of a bridge damaged by flood following heavy rainfall in Nanjing, Fujian province, China, July 9, 2019. BEIJING – The heaviest average rainfall to lash a … Read More
Applications for asylum in EU plummet during pandemic
(Reuters) – Asylum applications in Europe fell to the lowest level in April for over a decade as borders closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, European Union figures show, compounding the challenges of people fleeing conflict and persecution. … Read More
How South America became the new centre of the coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus cases are rising sharply in South America, made worse by inequality, reports Luke Taylor from Bogotá, Colombia. A demonstrator’s placard reads “30,000 deaths, ‘so what?’” at a pro-democracy protest in Manaus, Brazil, on 2 June – BRUNO KELLY/Reuters/PA Images CONFIRMED … Read More
European countries face biggest economic hit from COVID-19: OECD
Countries like Italy have taken a massive economic hit thanks to the coronavirus pandemic | Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images Spain, France, Italy, and UK stand to fare worst with the US also hit harder than average. Spain, France, Italy, … Read More
Boris Johnson Warned Of ‘Appalling’ Record On Social Mobility – Even Before COVID-19 Crisis
There are 600,000 more children living in relative poverty than in 2012. Boris Johnson has been warned to make social mobility a central plank of his response to the coronavirus crisis, as the scale of government failure even before the pandemic was … Read More
UK needs four more weeks of intense lockdown, says expert
Michael Baker advised New Zealand, where lockdown restrictions have now been lifted ( REUTERS ) Britain could quickly beat coronavirus but needs at least another four weeks of intense lockdown, according to a professor who advised New Zealand on defeating the infection. Michael Baker, a public … Read More