WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s push to crackdown on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republican’s winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda. Former Vice President Joe Biden, the likely Democratic challenger in this year’s presidential election, promises to rescind many of…
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 ($886 billion) COVID-19 recovery fund, which includes the issuance of so-called “recovery bonds” guaranteed by…
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 of infections. Official data showed 1,062 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, going over…
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 with slogans like “Crime Minister” and “out of touch” — the estimated 15,000 protesters took…
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 been killed in the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor by Israeli bombing, according to a…
Science is almost never “settled.” Science is a collection of hypotheses and theories that are challenged repeatedly to determine whether they can withstand re-examination with new tools, techniques, and methodologies. Over the course of history, hypotheses and theories have been abandoned when the results or conclusions were later found to be based on falsified data, faulty methodology,…
Greetings from Tyler, It was one of the biggest bangs this side of Nagasaki. The explosion at the Beirut port was so powerful that it killed at least 135 instantly, wounded thousands and rendered some 300,000 suddenly homeless. We heard conflicting reports, whether fireworks factory, storage for missiles imported by Hezbollah from Iran, or a…
Contact tracing for the coronavirus is the subject of colorful conspiracy theories. In fact, contact tracing is a straightforward process of notifying people if they’ve been exposed to someone who is sick. —Hannah Norman/KHN In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing is downright buzzy, and not always in a good way. Contact tracing…
A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building in Minneapolis. —AP “AMERICA is burning. But that’s how forests grow.” So spoke Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. “Riots are an integral part of the country’s march towards progress.” So read a now-deleted tweet from the Democratic Committee of…
Houses of worship have a hard cap of 50 people, while casinos may allow 50 percent capacity. President Trump‘s campaign is holding an “Evangelicals for Trump” event on Thursday at a Las Vegas hotel and casino, amid a controversial ban in the state on gatherings of more than 50 people in houses of worship while places like casinos are subject…