Former US First Lady Michelle Obama, in an 18-minute speech on Day One of the virtual Democratic convention, tore into Donald Trump’s presidency painting a picture of a man who simply does not understand what she described as the “immense weight and awesome power of the presidency”. “Donald Trump is the wrong president for our […]
Journalist, commentator and essayist, Mark Gevisser says he likes the word “queer” because of its “double valence”. As well as having been “reappropriated by people across the world to describe themselves, ‘queer’ means different or skewed: to see things from a queer perspective is to look at the world askance, to see it afresh. But […]
US stocks ended mixed on Friday as investors pored through the newly-released July jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 46.50 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 27,433.48. The S&P 500 was up 2.12 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 3,351.28. The Nasdaq Composite Index slid 97.09 points, or 0.87 per cent, to 11,010.98, […]
Sixteen employees at the Port of Beirut have been arrested over the two deadly explosions in the Lebanese capital that claimed the lives of over 135 people and left thousands others injured, a top official announced. On Thursday evening, Government Commissioner to the Military Tribunal Judge Fadi Akiki said that more than 18 […]
China was completely isolated at the UN Security Council (UNSC) in its latest attempt to raise the Kashmir issue and the US countered it by pointing to cross-border terrorism, according to diplomatic sources. Besides the US, Germany, France and Russia made a strong defence of India at the informal meeting on Wednesday and opposed the […]
US President Donald Trump said that his administration is working on what he called “a big immigration bill”. Speaking to reporters on Friday at the White House before a trip to Florida, Trump said the bill will be “merit-based”, reports Xinhua news agency. In addition, he said the administration is working with representatives of the […]
A safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine will be a “reality” by the end of the year, Anthony Fauci, America’s leading authority on the pandemic, said on Friday. “I don’t think it is dreaming, I believe it is a reality and will be shown to be a reality,” Fauci told a House of Representatives committee about […]
US Congressman Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican who has been walking around the Washington Capitol without a mask, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. A 66-year-old was scheduled to fly to Texas with President Donald Trump Wednesday morning, but tested positive in a pre-screen at the White House, Politico news said in a report […]
Canadian Tibetans, Uyghurs and Indians led a major protest against Beijing outside the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver. Sources said the three diaspora communities came together on Sunday to protest the atrocities committed against their people by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime. People wearing masks and holding placards saying “China Against Democracy”, “Boycott China” “Free […]
The face-off between the US government and tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google on July 27, where the CEOs Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai were to testify before the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, is set to be postponed, the media reported on Friday. According to a report in Protocol, the […]