The acutely ill Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has arrived in Germany from Siberia for treatment. He is in a coma after drinking what his supporters suspect was poisoned tea; they accuse the authorities of trying to conceal a crime. Doctors treating him in Omsk had insisted on Friday that he was too ill to […]
Three pop concerts are being staged on one day in Germany to enable scientists to investigate the risks of such mass indoor events during the pandemic. Some 4,000 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 50 were urged to sign up for Saturday’s study in Leipzig, carried out by Halle University. Singer-songwriter Tim Bendzko agreed to […]
World War Two French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned as “unspeakable” the defacing of a memorial at the site of one of the worst atrocities carried out by the Nazis in France during World War Two. Images of an inscription at the site in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane show the word “martyr” in the text […]
Coronavirus will be present “forever in some form or another”, a member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has said. Sir Mark Walport said people would need to be vaccinated at regular intervals. His comments come after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said he hoped the pandemic would be over […]
Biden and company rebutted some of the Trump campaign’s most prominent arguments. By Kevin Robillard, HuffPost US A plane flew over Wilmington, Delaware, on Thursday afternoon carrying a simple message: “Joe Biden is losing it ― Vote Trump 2020.” It wasn’t a new piece of rhetoric. President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has portrayed Biden, again and again, […]
The former vice president made it clear in his official remarks that Democrats needed to unite to unseat President Trump. By Carla Herreria Russo, HuffPost US Joe Biden officially accepted the Democratic nomination for president on the final night of the party’s virtual convention on Thursday. As he accepted the honor, Biden promised to work hard for […]
The president ranted about photo IDs needed to attend the Democratic National Convention and segued into mail-in voting. Twitter set him straight. By Jeremy Blum, HuffPost US On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, President Donald Trump seemed to ignore that this year’s gathering was mostly virtual. Creating confusion, he tweeted about photo ID requirements […]
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been arrested and charged with fraud over a fundraising campaign to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. Mr Bannon and three others defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors in connection with the “We Build the Wall” campaign, which raised $25m (£19m), the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said. Mr […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Did Facebook go easy on hate speech by an Indian lawmaker belonging to the governing BJP to protect its interests in its biggest market? A Wall Street Journal report, based on interviews with current and former Facebook employees, suggests so, and it prompted immediate calls for an investigation. Soutik Biswas reports […]
Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said. The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where doctors said he was in a coma and they were trying to save his life. His team suspects something was […]
