Gaming gives the 22-year-old a second chance of achieving his real life racing dreams.
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Friday, 31 July 2020
Coronavirus: The bogus meme targeting Dr Fauci, and other fake claims
A round-up of false and misleading claims circulating on American social media this week.
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Leicester Muslims mark second Eid of extended lockdown
Leicester's religious leaders and council urge people to pray and celebrate the festival at home.
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Coronavirus: Tracking new outbreaks in the sewers
Around 15,000 new cases of the disease have been reported in Spain in the past week.
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India Atkinson: TikTok disability educator goes viral
India Atkinson's videos address misconceptions about a condition that left her without fingers on one hand.
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Coronavirus symptoms: What are they and how long should I self-isolate?
The BBC’s Laura Foster explains how you can recognise the symptoms of coronavirus.
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Week in pictures: 25 July-31 July 2020
A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
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Job-hunting: 'I apply everywhere - few firms reply'
The pandemic has created a desperate hunt for jobs in an increasingly competitive market.
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Jet2 to refund customers returning early from Spain
The airline says it will refund cancelled return flights from Spain and unused holiday dates.
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BA staff and plane fanatics hunt for 747 souvenirs
The retirement of British Airways' fleet of 747s has triggered a bout of nostalgia from its fans.
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Trump news: President threatens Portland protesters with ‘strong offensive force’ as White House condemns delay of Hong Kong elections
Donald Trump has threatened Portland protesters with "very strong offensive force" as the federal government and residents continue to clash in the liberal city. The president warned he might send the National Guard to stop the "terrorists" in the city.In Albuquerque, meanwhile, activists vowed to meet federal agents with peaceful protests and civil disobedience as Trump said the government's response would expand to more cities, including Detroit,...
UK puts lockdown-easing on hold as virus spread accelerates
Prime Minister Boris Johnson put some planned measures to ease the U.K.'s lockdown on hold Friday, just hours before they were due to take effect, saying the number of new coronavirus cases in the country is on the rise for the first time since May. Under the new restrictions, people from different households in Greater Manchester, England’s second largest metropolitan area, have been asked to not meet indoors.
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'You're putting words in my mouth': Fauci and Rep. Jim Jordan clash over police-brutality protests at House coronavirus hearing
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan repeatedly tried to corner Dr. Anthony Fauci into saying the government should limit protests, but Fauci refused to do so.
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For Biden's running mate, the safest pick might be the safe bet
First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
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Are Pap smears 'obsolete'? There's a better option for cervical cancer screening, American Cancer Society says
The American Cancer Society released new guidelines on cervical cancer screenings Thursday, recommending that people with a cervix start testing at age 25.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had to be told to unmute his microphone to answer a question during the big tech antitrust hearing
"Mr. Bezos, I believe you're on mute," one lawmaker told Bezos as the pandemic forced all four CEOs to dial into the inquiry virtually.
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Alan Dershowitz calls Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre a 'serial liar' while once again denying he ever had sex with her
Virginia Giuffre claims that Dershowitz, a Harvard Law professor, had sex with her when she was underage in Jeffrey Epstein's residences.
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Poll puts Biden over Trump in 6 swing states
Former Vice President Joe Biden is still looking good in key swing states across the country.In May, a poll from the British consulting firm Redfield & Wilton Strategies put Biden ahead of President Trump in six states Trump won in 2016: Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Redfield & Wilton Strategies' July poll shows Biden still has a lead in all of those states, and even widened it in three of them.While...
Dr. Fauci and Rep. Jordan have a tense exchange over limiting protests because of the coronavirus
During the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan pressed Dr. Anthony Fauci about limiting protests to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
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Venezuela supreme court approves extradition request to Italy for ex-oil czar
Venezuela's supreme court said on Friday it had approved a request to Italy for the extradition of Rafael Ramirez, a once powerful oil minister and former head of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, on corruption charges. Authorities opened a probe into Ramirez over alleged graft in late 2017 and sought an Interpol red alert for him in early 2018, shortly after he left his later post as Venezuela's United Nations ambassador and began publicly...
Family of Black college student killed by white police officer draws support from Jay-Z, Rihanna and Amy Schumer in bid to reopen case
College football standout Danroy "DJ" Henry Jr., 20, was shot and killed by a white police officer outside a New York bar on Oct. 17, 2010, as he drove away from a disturbance he was not involved in. Nearly 10 years later, celebrities join the victim’s family to demand that the case be reopened.
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Letters to the Editor: Portland protesters, it's time to stop. You're playing into Trump's hands
God forbid President Trump gets another four years in office because of average voters' disgust with violent protests.
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US election 2020: The war hero who could be Biden's running mate
Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Iraq war veteran and the first Thai-American woman elected to Congress.
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Thursday, 30 July 2020
Kylie and Kendall Jenner endorsed 'knock-off' Apple products on Instagram
They promoted AirPods clones, whose design may be in breach of Apple's intellectual property rights.
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What exactly is a 'Karen' and where did the meme come from?
To many the Karen meme - and its male equivalent Ken - sums up a specific type of white privilege.
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Coronavirus: 'Chancellor must protect' jobs of those shielding
Charities are calling on the chancellor to protect the jobs of workers who have been shielding.
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Coronavirus in Wales: Up to 30 can meet outdoors from Monday
Children under 11 will no longer have to keep 2m from one another or from adults.
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Bafta TV Awards: Stars prepare for virtual ceremony
There is no red carpet at this year's virtual ceremony - unless the stars unfurl one in their homes.
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Universal Credit 'failing millions of people', say peers
Lords blame the design of the benefit payment for "soaring rent arrears and use of food banks".
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Prison launches take-away meal deliveries
Brixton prison is taking orders for take-aways from its professional-standard training restaurant.
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Kylie and Kendall Jenner endorsed 'knock-off' Apple products on Instagram
They promoted AirPods clones, whose design may be in breach of Apple's intellectual property rights.
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What exactly is a 'Karen' and where did the meme come from?
To many the Karen meme - and its male equivalent Ken - sums up a specific type of white privilege.
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CNN host says Trump loyalist owes broadcaster an apology over video played at Barr hearing
CNN host Jake Tapper has demanded that Republican congressman Jim Jordan apologise for playing an edited video that misleadingly showed reporters describe the George Floyd protests as “peaceful”.On Tuesday, attorney general William Barr took part in his first congressional hearing since he took the role, and faced questions on topics including his response to the protests and the subsequent deployment of federal law enforcement agents to cities such...
China bars protest leaders from running in upcoming Hong Kong elections
The move is seen as a further sign of Beijing's tightening hold on the city after the passage of a controversial security law.
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Trump Dismisses Russian Support for Taliban, Citing U.S. Tactics during Cold War
President Trump said Tuesday that he has never discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin the intelligence indicating that Russia paid Taliban fighters to kill U.S. troops despite several phone calls between the two heads of state since the intelligence was made known.“I have never discussed it with him,” Trump said in an interview with "Axios on HBO."Asked why he did not confront Putin over the alarming revelation, Trump responded, “That was...
Alabama Republican celebrates KKK member's birthday as state remembers civil rights hero John Lewis
A Republican senator in Alabama celebrated a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member’s birthday at the same time hundreds were honouring the life of civil rights hero John Lewis.State Representative Will Dismukes took part in an event marking the KKK grand wizard and former Confederate Army General, Nathan Bedford Forrest, as Alabama honoured the late Georgia Democrat this weekend.
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CDC: Hundreds sick, 1 dead in nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to chicks, ducklings
One person has died and nearly 1,000 have been sickened, the CDC says. Every state except Hawaii and Rhode Island has now reported at least one case.
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'Last Supper' artwork of feasting Netanyahu irks Israeli leader
A statue in a Tel Aviv square of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoying a "Last Supper" feast added new bite on Wednesday to mounting protests against his handling of the coronavirus crisis. Netanyahu, whose popularity has plunged in opinion polls amid 21.5% unemployment, said his depiction in a mock tableau of Jesus's final meal before his crucifixion, was tantamount to a death threat. In the installation, Netanyahu sits alone at a grand...
US hits Poland, others in Europe over Holocaust claims
The United States is criticizing a number of eastern and central European nations, including Poland, for failing to compensate Holocaust victims and their families and communities for property seized during Nazi occupation in World War II as the numbers of survivors dwindles due to age. In a report issued Wednesday, the State Department called out Bosnia, Belarus, Ukraine and particularly Poland for not having acted on restitution claims. Croatia,...
Spoiler alert? Kamala Harris outed as Biden's VP pick -- maybe
Joe Biden's vice presidential pick has been one of Washington's best kept secrets but a supposedly accidental news publication and Biden's own teasingly displayed notes are raising expectations that the winner is Kamala Harris. Speculation over the choice of VP is a parlor game played every four years in Washington, but this time the stakes are unusually high. Biden would be 78 on taking office -- the oldest US president ever -- and he has hinted...
Chicago Deputy Police Chief Shoots Himself, Latest in Long History of Suicides at the Department
The Chicago Police Department's new deputy chief of criminal networks was found dead on Tuesday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the latest in a history of suicides at the department.Dion Boyd, 57, was sworn into his new post on July 15 after 30-years on the force. Superintendent David Brown urged officers to keep an eye out for colleagues who could be in distress."Let's always remember to take care of ourselves and each other," Brown...
New research suggests COVID-19 can spread via aerosol transmission -- and might affect tall people more
A new survey has found more evidence to suggest that people can become infected with COVID-19 through aerosol transmission, which could be prevented by wearing a mask. Carried out by data scientists in the UK, Norway, and the US, the study is one of the first to investigate which personal and work-related factors can lead to COVID-19 transmission. After surveying 2,000 people in the UK and US, the researchers found that the data from both countries...
Police chief explains decision to back out of Democrat convention security
West Allis Police Department Chief Patrick Mitchell joins 'Fox & Friends' after backing out of a DNC security agreement over a ban on law enforcement's use of chemical irritants during protests.
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Umbrella Man: Minneapolis police link suspect to white supremacists
The man was pictured smashing the windows of an AutoZone store in the city during protests.
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Trump attended a fundraiser in Texas without a mask on the day the US hit 150,000 coronavirus deaths
Trump was expected to attend the fundraiser with GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert, but the congressman tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Wednesday, 29 July 2020
'I recorded fraudsters stealing my money'
Criminals are exploiting the coronavirus pandemic for gain, according to one leading investigator.
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India and China race to build along a disputed frontier
The rival nuclear powers are trying to out-build each other along their disputed Himalayan border.
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UK car production slumps to lowest level since 1954
The SMMT trade group warns Brexit tariffs could deepen woes for a sector already in crisis.
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Offices could relocate to suburbs, survey suggests
Commercial property firms say there could be a high street revival as businesses exit city centres.
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How to ace a video interview
A job coach offers eight tips for performing your best during a video interview.
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AG Barr: DOJ had been drawn into 'political maelstrom'; department used as 'political weapon'
The hearing, billed as an oversight of the Justice Department, will touch on a long list of grievances, including federal deployments to Portland.
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Biden's notes on display: 'Do not hold grudges' against Sen. Kamala Harris
Harris' name was scrawled across the top of his notes, followed by five talking points: “Do not hold grudges.” “Campaigned with me & Jill.” “Talented.” “Great help to campaign.” “Great respect for her.”
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Chicago Deputy Police Chief Shoots Himself, Latest in Long History of Suicides at the Department
The Chicago Police Department's new deputy chief of criminal networks was found dead on Tuesday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the latest in a history of suicides at the department.Dion Boyd, 57, was sworn into his new post on July 15 after 30-years on the force. Superintendent David Brown urged officers to keep an eye out for colleagues who could be in distress."Let's always remember to take care of ourselves and each other," Brown...
Postcard helps Van Gogh family reveal exact spot where artist painted hours before his death
An art expert has pinpointed the exact spot where Vincent van Gogh was painting just hours before he shot himself, museum officials announced on Tuesday at a ceremony commemorating the 130th anniversary of his suicide. The picture, Tree Roots, was identified as the Dutch post-impressionist painter’s last work a few years ago. Now, an early postcard has made it possible to locate the scene it depicts in Auvers-sur-Oise, a village north of Paris. Willem...
Head of China CDC gets injected with experimental vaccine
The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he has been injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to persuade the public to follow suit when one is approved. “I’m going to reveal something undercover: I am injected with one of the vaccines,” Gao Fu said in a webinar Sunday hosted by Alibaba Health, an arm of the Chinese e-commerce giant, and Cell Press, an American publisher of scientific journals....
ACLU asks U.S. court to sanction agents for targeting journalists at Portland protests
U.S. civil liberties advocates on Tuesday asked a federal court in Portland, Oregon, to hold federal agents in contempt for violating a temporary court order barring attacks on journalists and legal observers monitoring protests in the city. The filing by the American Civil Liberties Union came during a wave of protests against police violence and racism in Portland in which federal agents have clashed with protesters who have lit fires and thrown...
When Black Lives Matter protests turn violent, Donald Trump gets just what he wants
Civil rights and Democratic leaders must do what they can to end the chaos in the streets. This is not the time to give ammunition to Trump and the GOP.
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Don't settle: Woman in arranged marriage reflects on colorism, misogyny in 'Indian Matchmaking'
An Indian woman who had an arranged marriage in her early 20s says the new Netflix series reveals some hard truths about the way women are objectified.
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Police investigating Madeleine McCann disappearance start digging up allotment in Germany, near to where suspect lived
German police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have begun digging up land close to a former home of the prime suspect. Detectives using heavy equipment, including an excavator, started work early on Tuesday examining an allotment just outside Hannover, the city where Christian Brückner lived temporarily in 2017. Julai Meyer from the prosecutor's office in nearby Braunschweig told the Telegraph: "I can confirm that the search is...
States resist mask rules as Midwest virus uptick stirs alarm
The baseball season descended deeper into crisis Tuesday, states like Mississippi and South Carolina cast about for more hospital beds, and governors in some of the hardest-hit places staunchly resisted calls to require masks, despite confirmed cases of the coronavirus soaring. Major League Baseball suspended the Miami Marlins’ season through Sunday because of an outbreak that has spread to at least 15 of the team's players, and a series of games...
McConnell draws red line on liability protection in coronavirus bill
McConnell also said that he would leave negotiating with Democrats to Mark Meadows and Steven Mnuchin.
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Democrats Make Mockery of Barr ‘Hearing’
If it’s a “hearing,” Bill Barr asked with an irked tongue in cheek, “aren’t I the one who’s supposed to be heard?”His frustration was more than justified. Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) and the other Democrats who control the House demanded for months that Barr come to a “hearing” and “testify.” But of course, it wasn’t anything like an actual hearing, and they didn’t want him to testify -- as in actually answer questions. The...
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 150,000, among highest in deaths per capita globally
Only the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Peru and Chile have a higher per capita rate, the tally shows, with U.S. deaths making up nearly 23% of the global total of just over 661,000. The increase of 10,000 COVID-19 deaths in 11 days is the fastest in the United States since early June. The pace of infections has accelerated since the U.S. death toll passed 100,000 on May 27.
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Australia's fires 'killed or harmed three billion animals'
The recent bushfires were "one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history", conservationists say.
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Boris Johnson says Europe is being hit by a 2nd coronavirus wave as countries bring back restrictions
The number of daily coronavirus cases has ticked up again in countries including Spain, Belgium, and France.
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Trump COVID Task Force to Guvs: Make Masks Mandatory Before You Fall Into Red Zone
As states in the South and Southwest grapple with how to control the spread of the coronavirus, officials on President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force cautioned the nation’s governors Tuesday that a new set of states is beginning to experience an uptick in positive cases and recommended that local leaders implement mask mandates and close bars to contain the outbreaks.Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator for the task force, said the positivity...
Man arrested on suspicion of setting fire to Democratic Party headquarters in Phoenix, police say
Police have arrested a man in connection with a fire set at the Democratic Party Headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, last week.Officials announced on Wednesday that they had arrested 29-year-old Matthew Egler on arson charges that morning.
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Florida, Texas report record increases in COVID-19 deaths for second day in a row
Florida had 217 fatalities in the last 24 hours and Texas had at least 302 with some counties yet to report. Florida also reported 9,446 new cases, bringing its total infections to over 451,000, the second highest in the country behind California. Florida's total death toll rose to 6,457, eighth highest in the nation, according to a Reuters tally.
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Tuesday, 28 July 2020
New top story on Hacker News: Hiring Without Whiteboards – Companies that don't have a broken hiring process
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New top story on Hacker News: How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
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More free school meals 'would stop diet disaster'
A national food strategy for England calls for an extension of the scheme to end childhood hunger.
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong implements strict measures amid new cases
Dining in restaurants will be banned and only two people from different households can meet.
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Bringing Mars back to Earth
An audacious mission to bring rock samples from Mars back to Earth is about to begin - find our more with our illustrated guide
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More free school meals 'would stop diet disaster'
A national food strategy for England calls for an extension of the scheme to end childhood hunger.
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong implements strict measures amid new cases
Dining in restaurants will be banned and only two people from different households can meet.
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Bringing Mars back to Earth
An audacious mission to bring rock samples from Mars back to Earth is about to begin - find our more with our illustrated guide
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'My first stall was a filing cabinet on wheels'
CEO Tom Mercer says he started his firm, MOMA Foods, using "a filing cabinet on wheels” as a stall.
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Saudi Hajj coronavirus curbs mean 'no work, no salary, nothing'
Covid-19 has hit the annual Hajj and with no international pilgrims, many firms both in Saudi and abroad are suffering.
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AG Barr: DOJ had been drawn into 'political maelstrom'; department used as 'political weapon'
The hearing, billed as an oversight of the Justice Department, will touch on a long list of grievances, including federal deployments to Portland.
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Escape to North Korea: Defector at heart of COVID-19 case fled sex abuse investigation
Last week, a 24-year-old defector returned to North Korea the way he left in 2017, authorities say, but with a coronavirus pandemic raging in the background this time, his illicit trip drew far more attention. Facing a sexual assault investigation, Kim evaded high-tech South Korean border control systems by crawling through a drain pipe and swimming across the Han River to the North on July 19, the South Korean military has said. Kim's story as a...
Trump lawyers renew legal assault on tax records subpoena
President Donald Trump’s lawyers filed fresh arguments Monday to try to block a criminal subpoena for his tax records, saying it was issued in bad faith, might have been politically motivated and calling it a harassment of the president. Lawyers filed a rewritten lawsuit in Manhattan federal court to challenge the subpoena by a state prosecutor on grounds they believe conform with how the U.S. Supreme Court said the subpoena can be contested. The...
Hundreds jam airport as evacuations from Vietnam's Danang begin
The airport in the central Vietnamese tourism hotspot of Danang was packed on Monday after three residents tested positive for the coronavirus and the evacuation of 80,000 people began. The Southeast Asian country is back on high alert after authorities on Saturday confirmed the first community infections since April, and another three cases on Sunday, all in or around Danang. A further 11 cases linked to a Danang hospital were reported late on Monday.
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Ghislaine Maxwell: Lawyers fight to keep evidence secret ahead of trial
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell are trying to stop her accusers from posting evidence online ahead of her trail, according to a proposed protective order submitted to a judge on Monday.The British socialite’s legal team wants to prevent prosecutors working for women who claim she recruited them for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from releasing any information, including “nude, partially nude or otherwise sexualised images, videos or other depictions...
40 infected with coronavirus after Alabama church revival
Services were shut down by Friday after it was learned that one of the members who attended had tested positive for the virus, a church official says.
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