Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Twitter has hidden one of President Donald Trump’s tweets from his profile, saying it violates rules about glorifying violence. But instead of being deleted, it has been replaced with a warning and can be viewed by clicking on it. The warning says “Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s […]
Coronavirus pandemic Media captionSouth Korean students return – but hugs are banned More than 200 schools in South Korea have been forced to close just days after they re-opened, due to a new spike in virus cases. Thousands of students had earlier on Wednesday returned to school as the country began easing virus restrictions. But […]
Hong Kong anti-government protests Image copyrightAFPImage captionBeijing’s proposed security law has sparked protests in Hong Kong The UK could offer British National (Overseas) passport holders in Hong Kong a path to UK citizenship if China does not suspend plans for a security law in the territory, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says. It comes after […]
The president acted against social media companies after Twitter attached a fact-check label to two of his baseless claims. By Nick Visser, HuffPost US President Donald Trumpsigned an executive order Thursday that could weaken legal protections for social media companies, days after Twitter labeled two of his misleading missives with a fact-check addendum. The move, which may expose […]
“We now have a serious problem,” Lassen County’s public health officer said of the new coronavirus outbreak. By Lydia O’Connor, HuffPost US Lassen County, a county of 30,000 people in the far reaches of Northern California, was one of the first places in the state to reopen in early May. But this week, it became […]
Talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh have spread wild misinformation about the virus as they defend Trump’s botched response to the pandemic. By Nick Robins-Early, HuffPost US ILLUSTRATION: DAMON DAHLEN/HUFFPOST; PHOTOS: GETTY Since Rush Limbaugh received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February, the right-wing radio star has inaccurately compared the coronavirus to the common cold, praised anti-lockdown protests, accused Democrats […]
The demonstrations turned violent in some areas after officers used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters near a police station. By Nick Visser, HuffPost US Protests erupted in Minneapolis for the second day in a row on Wednesday, spilling into the early hours of Thursday morning, over the death of George Floyd, a […]
“They yelled and screamed about it being safe for others across the state to gather, while they were testing positive,” state Rep. Brian Sims said. By Nick Visser, HuffPost US Democrats in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives were outraged Wednesday after learning one of their Republican colleagues had tested positive for the coronavirus and they weren’t […]
GETTY IMAGES : India has more than 150,000 reported infections Soutik Biswas India correspondent On the face of it, things may not look bad. Since the first case of coronavirus at the end of January, India has reported more than 150,000 Covid-19 infections. More than 4,000 people have died of the infection. To put this […]
The US has passed 100,000 deaths in the coronavirus outbreak in less than four months. It has seen more fatalities than any other country, while its 1.69 million confirmed infections account for about 30% of the worldwide total. The first US infection was reported in Washington state on 21 January. Globally there have been 5.6 […]