More than 10% of Oregon’s population are fleeing, according to the Oregon Office of Emergency Management – Reuters More than half a million people in the US state of Oregon are fleeing deadly wildfires that are raging across the Pacific … Read More
Xi’s description of food waste as ‘shocking and distressing’ could portend looming food shortage. Flooding of Yellow River in Shangluo, Shaanxi Province on August 6. (Weibo photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping’s call for an end to … Read More
London: All social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in England, under new limits to be announced by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday, as coronavirus cases grow. At a press conference, Johnson will confirm that police … Read More
Protesters have set up chairs in Berlin to represent residents of the overcrowded Moria camp in Greece. They say the first positive coronavirus test at the camp has made the need for intervention even more urgent. NGOs stage refugee protest … Read More
Only just over half of Poles (56%) say they would take a vaccine for COVID-19 if one were available, a global survey by Ipsos on behalf of the World Economic Forum has found. That puts Poland second from bottom among … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Finally, some clarity. We’ve learned that the riots are real, who’d have thought? People are getting killed right and left, even though we only hear of those matching the mainstream narrative. We’d hate to know how many … Read More
Due to two glitches, more than 10,000 Germans and residents of other nationalities were waiting for their overdue Corona test results on Friday. Two hundred and fifty of them will never receive their results. In Bavaria, more than 10,000 travelers … Read More
Two women use their laptops. (Photo: #WOCinTech Chat/Flickr) The internet is a critical component of modern life, and never has that been clearer than during the COVID-19 pandemic, where online connectivity has proven an essential lifeline to telework, distance learning, … Read More
Economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected the report to show that unemployment dropped to 9.8% The U.S. economy added 1.4 million jobs in August as the unemployment rate unexpectedly tumbled, indicating the nation’s labor market is continuing a slow but steady recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The … Read More
LeBron James has been an outspoken critic of President Trump. KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAGES Some basketball fans are souring on the NBA’s support of teams and players bringing politics onto the court, tossing an assist to President Donald Trump in his … Read More