“There is already a sense of nostalgia.” By Betwa Sharma NEW DELHI — On 5 August, 2019, the Narendra Modi government revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s semi autonomous status guaranteed under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, demoted India’s only Muslim majority state to a Union Territory, and placed it under a months-long lockdown without any internet. Thousands including […]
Trump wants you to believe he’s like the “Old Lion” Theodore Roosevelt. But he’s just lyin’. By Chris D’Angelo, HuffPost US As a global pandemic continued to rage across much of the country, President Donald Trump held an event at the White House Tuesday to celebrate himself as a conservationist in the mold of late President […]
David Shepardson FILE PHOTO: TikTok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Republican senators back a plan by China’s ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had […]
Yanni Chow, Carol Mang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday postponed a Sept. 6 election to the Chinese-ruled city’s legislature by a year because of a rise in coronavirus cases, dealing a blow to the pro-democracy opposition which had hoped to make huge gains. The United States quickly condemned the move, […]
President Donald Trump floated delaying the November presidential election — which he can’t do — warning that mail-in voting will create a “fraudulent election.” By Nina Golgowski, HuffPost US President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested delaying the November presidential election while baselessly warning that mail-in voting will lead to “the most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history.” […]
Gyms are open, schools shut, here is everything you need to know about the unlock 3 guidelines. By Rohini Chatterji HINDUSTAN TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES Representative image. In an order on Wednesday evening, the Ministry of Home Affairs declared reopening of several public places, but only those outside of containment zones. The order said that […]
GOP lawmakers are starkly divided about what to do about enhanced unemployment benefits, which expire this week. By Igor Bobic Arthur Delaney, HuffPost US More than 25 million laid-off workers received their final $600 weekly supplemental payments from the federal government last weekend and Senate Republicans are in disarray over whether to replace the benefits […]
1MDB corruption scandal A court in Malaysia has sentenced former PM Najib Razak to 12 years in jail after finding him guilty on all seven counts in the first of several multi-million dollar corruption trials. Najib had pleaded not guilty to the charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power. The […]
‘People thought I don’t understand much but I am now the CM,’ the Maharashtra chief minister said in an interview to Saamana By Pavan Dahat NAGPUR, Maharashtra: Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray addressed the speculations regarding the fate of his three-party government in an interview, in which he also dared the BJP to try and topple his […]
Robert O’Brien is the highest-ranking official in the Trump administration known to have contracted the coronavirus. By Hayley Miller, HuffPost US Robert O’Brien, national security adviser to President Donald Trump, has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House confirmed Monday. He is the highest-ranking official in the Trump administration known to have contracted the coronavirus. “He […]
