Former chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has been freed by Indian authorities, more than a year after her detention. She was detained on 5 August last year, when the Indian government stripped the region of its partial autonomy. She was put under house arrest under a controversial law that allows detention without charge […]
Roughly 3 out of 4 American billionaires have seen a rise in their net worths. Elon Musk alone has tripled his net worth during the pandemic. By Michael Hobbes, HuffPost US Other than Netflix, Andrew Cuomo and the virus itself, no one has benefited from the COVID-19 pandemic more than American billionaires. Over the last six months, roughly 3 out […]
The Supreme Court nominee would not weigh in on President Donald Trump’s threats to delay the election — a power he does not have. By Sara Boboltz, HuffPost US Judge Amy Coney Barrett refused to say during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings Tuesday whether she believes President Donald Trump has the power to move an […]
Democrats are trying in vain to delay the fast-track confirmation by raising fresh concerns about the safety of meeting during the pandemic. Mark Sherman, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Michael Balsamo WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans’ health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the […]
Native women are disappearing and being killed. Savanna’s Act and the Not Invisible Act will finally help bring them some justice. By Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost US President Donald Trump signed two bills into law Saturday night that will finally do something about a terrifying and largely invisible crisis in America: Hundreds of Indigenous women are […]
Coronavirus pandemic US President Donald Trump has been flown to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. His doctor said Mr Trump was “fatigued but in good spirits” and, in a later update, that he was doing well. Mr Trump has so far been treated with an experimental drug cocktail injection and the antiviral medication remdesivir […]
US election 2020 The commission that oversees US presidential debates says it will change the format to ensure the remaining two encounters between Donald Trump and Joe Biden are more orderly. One new measure could be to cut the microphones if the candidates try to interrupt each other, US media report. The announcement follows Tuesday’s […]
The verdict, delivered almost 30 years after the destruction of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, has acquitted Bharatiya Janata Party veterans LK Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati. By Akshay Deshmane NEW DELHI—India’s former Home Secretary Madhav Godbole, who was in charge when the Babri mosque was demolished by mobs on 6 December 1992, […]
The Delhi Police waited for five months before asking the Delhi Metro for surveillance footage pertaining to the Delhi riots in February 2020. By Betwa Sharma At least three separate investigations into the 2020 Delhi Riots seek to establish exactly what transpired at the Jafrabad metro station in the last few days of February. […]
WORLD Several people were injured after water cannons were fired and more than ten people had been taken into custody. Reuters WORLD Minsk: Belarusian security forces began detaining people and fired water cannon to disperse crowds as thousands took to the streets of Minsk in protest against the abrupt inauguration of veteran President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday. Ignoring calls for an end […]
