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European Union commissioner Phil Hogan to resign over 'Covid breach'
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she had "taken note" of the Government's rejection of the commissioner's defence against claims he repeatedly broke COVID-19 restrictions. "The government guidelines clearly required him to restrict his movements for 14 days". "It was becoming increasingly clear that the controversy concerning my recent visit to Ireland was becoming a distr... [Full Article...]
Gathering Near Portland Police Association Offices Turns Into Riot
People in a group of about 300 people late Monday hurled rocks and bottles at officers and set three fires to the sides of the building and one to an awning, police said. Earlier, violent protesters in Portland battled law enforcement resulting in 23 arrests, the city Police Bureau said in a press release. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Governor Kate Brown and Portland Mayor to Wh... [Full Article...]
Google Chrome 85 Delivers Improvements to Tabs
You can now collapse and expand tab groups in the browser. From there, you can drag and drop tabs into a group easily. Collapsing tab groups will be rolling out to desktop this week. This has been behind a flag for some time but that fact that it's enabled by default in Beta means it should be ready for prime time soon. PGO is said to use real usage scenarios that "match the workflows of Ch... [Full Article...]
German Doctors Confirm Russian Opposition Leader Poisoned
Peskov said any suggestions that Putin was somehow involved in Navalny's illness was "hot air", which the Kremlin would not take seriously. He got sick last Thursday on a plane flying to Moscow from Siberia, where he had been campaigning. [Full Article...]
India and Russian Federation are in talks on the corona vaccine 'Sputnik V'
It has been prepared in West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu. Phase 3 clinical trials involving more than 2,000 people in Russian Federation, a number of Middle Eastern (UAE and Saudi Arabia), and Latin American countries (Brazil and Mexico) started on August 12. [Full Article...]
Germany urges for fair agreement on East Mediterranean
Germany's top diplomat affirmed after the whirlwind meetings in Turkey and Greece on Tuesday that the two were ready for dialogue to defuse a worsening dispute over energy resources in the Mediterranean, even as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies traded new barbs. [Full Article...]
Hurricane Laura approaches Louisiana-Texas border, Gulf Coast evacuate
Laura's arrival comes just days before the August 29 anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which breached the levees in New Orleans, flattened much of the MS coast and killed as many as 1,800 people in 2005. Storm surges kill almost half of all people who die in hurricanes. During a Wednesday update, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down and urged residents to "take these last few hours to get out ... [Full Article...]
China protests alleged US spy plane incursion during military exercise
The visa restriction will target individuals responsible for, or complicit in, the reclamation and militarization of disputed outposts in the South China Sea, as well as those involved in "coercion" by China against Southeast Asian claimants to inhibit their access to offshore resources, he said. [Full Article...]
Apple's iOS 14 changes will harm ad business: Facebook
Using Exposure Notifications continues to require an app, and Apple says that System availability still depends on support from the local public health authority, but iOS 13.7 makes it easier to figure out whether an app is available to you. [Full Article...]
Nevada applying for Federal Lost Wages Assistance Program
Recipients must also certify that their unemployment or work reduction is related to the pandemic . If you've become unemployed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, you're entitled to $300 in addition to regular unemployment benefits. [Full Article...]
Wisconsin: Gunfire erupts, leaving 2 dead in protest-hit Kenosha
Mr Crump and another lawyer for the Blake family, Mr Patrick Salvi II, said bullets shattered some of Mr Blake's vertebrae, leaving him paralysed from the waist down - possibly permanently. Witnesses said the same to local media. The legal team plans to file a civil lawsuit against the police department over the shooting. A petition calling for them to be charged has garnered tens of thousands... [Full Article...]
New LG Wing with rotating dual screen has been caught on video
In the clip, navigation was running on the full-screen main display without a notch, while the second screen showed music playback controls and an inbound call message. Other rumored specs for the phone include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 or a 765G chip. Android Authority posted an exclusive video of the phone, demonstrating the dual-screen that forms a T-shape. [Full Article...]
European Union trade commissioner apologises for virus breach
Law enforcement are investigating regardless of whether coronavirus laws ended up broken in keeping the Irish parliament's golf culture occasion two times immediately after the Governing administration announced it supposed to prohibit indoor gatherings of extra than 6 individuals. [Full Article...]
FEMA announces lost wages grant for North Carolina
The $300 per week will be in addition to regular unemployment benefits. FEMA will work with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to implement a system to make this funding available to NY residents, he said. The money helps those who lost a $600-per-week supplement to unemployment last month, but is a short-term measure and has different eligibility requirements. [Full Article...]
Protests Erupt in Kenosha, Wisconsin, After Police Shooting of Jacob Blake
The 46-year-old Black man died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes during arrest. Police provided security for Madison firefighters extinguishing the fires. Demonstrators ignored a citywide curfew and at one point faced down police armored personnel carriers and tear gas, while enacting an apparent scorched Earth policy of torching local businesses in... [Full Article...]
Usain Bolt addresses COVID-19 "diagnosis"
Yesterday, Bolt told his followers on Twitter that he was awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test he did on Saturday in advance of a planned overseas business trip this week. " Best birthday ever ", Bolt said in a separate Instagram post of him holding newborn daughter, Olympia. "Before travel I need 2 negative test", one of his posts ready. [Full Article...]
17 hurt as building collapses in Maharashtra; 70 feared trapped
The offence was registered against builder Farooq Kazi, RCC consultant Bahubali Dhamne, and architect Gaurav Shah under sections 304, 304A and 338 of the IPC. Three teams from the NDRF are en route from the city of Pune to Mahad city in Raigaid district where the five-story building collapsed , Srivastava told CNN. [Full Article...]
Opposition Leader Says 'Peaceful Revolution' Under Way in Belarus
In another challenge to Lukashenko , thousands of workers at major industrial plants across Belarus have gone on strike to demand his resignation. Until now, the police have handled crowd control on their own, but the defence ministry said it would take on security around national memorials and issued a direct warning to protesters. [Full Article...]
Haley fuels 2024 presidential speculation with Republican convention speech
Then the NY attorney general disclosed in court papers she is investigating whether Trump and his family business committed fraud; both the president and the Trump Organisation have denied wrongdoing. They want massive tax hikes on working families", Haley said. Patty McCloskey says, "They want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning". [Full Article...]
Oxford coronavirus vaccine data could go to regulators this year
Several of the most promising vaccine candidates are being made by Chinese companies, like Sinovac, China National Biotec Group, and CanSino Biologics. "Covishield will be commercialised once the trials are proven successful and all the requisite regulatory approvals are in place". The phase two/three study will enrol up to 30,000 participants aged between 18 and 85. [Full Article...]