BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s coronavirus “positive rate,” the number of daily infections to the number of tests carried out, has topped 50%, underscoring how much work the South American country has to do to bring the virus under control. … Read More
Last year, record-breaking fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest sparked international outrage. But the fallout from this year’s fire season, which lasts until October, could be even worse. This time around, the Pantanal region, in the west of the country, is being engulfed … Read More
U. Reneé Hall, the first Black woman to lead the Dallas police force, on Tuesday became the latest police chief to resign amid protests that have swept the country since the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died … Read More
Last month, the Palestinian leadership issued a similar response to the normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY) The Palestinian Authority leadership on Friday strongly condemned and … Read More
An MSNBC journalist attempted to explain that the violence that erupted in Minneapolis on Thursday night was “mostly a protest” despite a building burning right behind him. Ali Velshi was reporting live from the Twin Cities amid the uproar following the death … Read More
Police in Berlin have arrested 300 demonstrators during protests against Germany’s coronavirus restrictions. Some 38,000 people took to the streets in the city for mostly peaceful demonstrations. Later hundreds of protesters, many from the far right, tried to storm the … Read More
Rioters make a barricade in Portland, Ore., August 23, 2020. (Terray Sylvester/Reuters) Others have continued to argue it doesn’t exist or has been blown out of proportion. After months of daily unrest and violent crime surges in major American cities, some … Read More
“The climate crisis is real and has an impact,” the San Francisco Democrat says. There’s a message in the raging wildfires that have scorched her home state of California as well as neighboring states, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Mother Earth is angry,” the … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, It’s a day we’ll never forget. But at least we had an identifiable enemy to track down. Nineteen years ago we got a mighty serious wake-up call. We had no choice but to come to grips with … Read More
Even for those of us who don’t care much for the president’s overall foreign policy, it must be acknowledged that the Trump defense buildup, with bipartisan backing in Congress, is achieving some clear good. For Fiscal Year 2021, President Trump … Read More