Now, the city of Chicago has responded by restricting access to their downtown area by raising their drawbridges on Monday. This led to an exchange of gunfire that left the suspect and one officer injured. "[Chicago police] became aware of several social media posts encouraging looting downtown". 400 officers were dispatched to scene. Lightfoot said this week's criminal activity had nothing to... [Full Article...]
Best , the Seattle police chief , emailed her resignation notice late Monday, hours after the city council made good on its promise to approve sweeping proposals that would cut about 100 officers and slash the department's budget. The measure will cut around 4 million dollars from the department's budget but the cut wasn't enough for council member Kshama Sawant who voted against the budget... [Full Article...]
Selon le président, les services secrets ont tiré sur un suspect vraisemblablement armé, qui a été transporté à l'hôpital. " La police a tiré sur quelqu'un (.) à l'extérieur " de la barrière de la Maison Blanche a-t-il déclaré. "J'ai entendu un tir et juste avant cela, j'ai entendu des cris qui n'étaient pas intelligibles", a-t-il raconté à l'AFP . A un journaliste qui lui demandait s'il avai... [Full Article...]
Any continuing technical or operational reliance of the USA business on the Chinese company after the sale generally would have been unacceptable to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ( CFIUS ), said Aimen Mir, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury responsible for CFIUS, now a partner at the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer . [Full Article...]
But the GOP plan released earlier this month by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had a $1 trillion price tag compared to the $3 trillion package advanced by Democrats, and talks last week between administration officials and Democratic leaders showed little evidence that compromise was coming any time soon. [Full Article...]
Captain of the ill-fated flight, 58-year-old Wing Commander (Retd) Dipak Sathe, co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar and 16 others perished. About 115 people who were injured in the accident have been admitted to various hospitals in Kozhikode and Malappuram. [Full Article...]
There are no concerns that the vaccine could potentially cause harm to an individual's health, he said. Russian Federation has developed the first vaccine for coronavirus , President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, according to AFP . Both are in the advanced stages of clinical trials. - Gamaleya chief Alexander Gintsburg and the institute's scientists have inoculated themselves with the va... [Full Article...]
The statement from top counterintelligence official William Evanina revealed that Russian Federation is "using a range of measures" in order to "denigrate" Biden since they prefer if Trump would win reelection. At the top of the list is China , which sees Trump as "unpredictable" and has been increasingly critical of the president on Covid-19, Hong Kong and TikTok . [Full Article...]
The Ministry data further mentions that India's COVID-19 recoveries have crossed the historic peak of 15 lakh on Monday, more than twice the active cases. The states expected to be part of the conference are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. [Full Article...]
Melbourne residents are in lockdown and face strict social distancing rules. But as the country began to reopen, community transmissions rose significantly in Victoria, where triple-digit daily new cases have now been recorded for weeks. "This is an agonising day for the members for the 19 families who have lost a loved one to COVID-19 today", Michael Kidd, Australia's deputy chief medical officer... [Full Article...]
The suspect, he said, was taken to a hospital. U.S. Secret Service Police stand outside the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. According to Fox News , whose camera team was outside, two shots were heard. He then assumed a "shooter's stance" as if he meant to fire, whereupon the Secret Service officer shot him in the torso, Sullivan added. [Full Article...]
In eight states, every registered voter will be mailed an application to request an absentee ballot. "We're going to have PPE and supplies there; we're going to have high-grade, nearly surgical-grade, masks for all the election judges and poll-workers". [Full Article...]
Apple boss Tim Cook has achieved billionaire status as the iPhone maker comes within striking distance of becoming the first ever USA company to hit a $2 trillion (£1.53 trillion) valuation. Advertisement He was a longtime Jobs lieutenant , signing onto the company in 1998 as SVP of worldwide operations, striking critical deals with manufacturers to help Apple become a hardware powerhouse. [Full Article...]
And thanks to a revamped settings app, Android Auto users should have more control over what they see on their car's infotainment display. (Pocket-lint) - Google likely realizes that, during a natural disaster such as an quake, every second matters, because it is announcing a new initiative created to give you an early warning about earthquakes while also turning your phone into a handhe... [Full Article...]
Les personnes impliquées n'ont pas encore été interrogées sur les faits. "Selon un employé d'un bar de plage, tout a commencé au moment de la marée haute, alors que tout le monde commençait à se déplacer". Les images de la bagarre sont largement diffusées sur les réseaux sociaux. "Nous faisons tout pour maintenir la sécurité dans notre station balnéaire, et maintenant ça". [Full Article...]
Vijayawada Police Commissioner B Srinivasulu told BBC News Telugu that more than 30 people were at the hotel and the death toll was likely to increase. The hotel leased by a private hospital to treat COVID-19 patients had "violated" safety rules, according to Fire Safety Director Jairam Naik. TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu also expressed condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones. [Full Article...]
Les autorités, accusées de corruption , de négligence et d'incompétence par la rue - dans la continuité de la contestation populaire déclenchée le 17 octobre 2019 - n'ont d'ailleurs toujours pas répondu à la principale question: pourquoi une énorme quantité de nitrate d'ammonium était entreposée au port, au beau milieu de la ville? Manal Abdel Samad, a annoncé dimanche qu'elle quittait le gou... [Full Article...]
Selon un premier sondage officiel réalisé à la sortie des bureaux de vote, le président bélarusse a obtenu 79,7% des voix, tandis que l'égérie de l'opposition, Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa , est donnée deuxième avec 6,8%. Le Bélarus a annoncé lundi la victoire controversée de son président Alexandre Loukachenko . Dimanche soir, Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa, une ancienne professeure d'anglais de 37 ans , ... [Full Article...]
Daytime readings topping out in the upper 70s to low 80s. Some storms will linger into Monday as a cold front passes through. A slow-moving cold front will drop south across the area on Monday . Due to the muggy air sticking around, storms will produce heavy rainfall. The sun will peak through along with that temperatures soaring to near 90 degrees. [Full Article...]
Next weekend (August 14 and 16), alongside the closed Xbox One and PC beta, all PS4 gamers can even be ready to hang piece in the Avengers open beta that runs on the platform between these dates. "Spider-Man is the only character we're going to do this with", Amos said. The crossplay, as well as several characters in addition to the aforementioned Spider-Man and Hawkeye, also announced, are ju... [Full Article...]