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“Our strategy is to push back against China in virtually every domain. We’re doing it in the security area. We’re doing it in terms of outsized demands to claim sovereign territory, whether it’s in the Galwan Valley of India on the India-Chinese border, or in the South Pacific,” Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun said during third India US Leadership Summit. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jxWWZb

The virus-testing program has become a flash point of political debate in Hong Kong, with many distrustful over resources and staff being provided by the China’s central government and fears that the residents’ DNA could be collected during the exercise. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32Mv7FT

The AstraZeneca shot, invented by researchers at the University of Oxford, is one of the farthest along of numerous Covid-19 vaccines in development from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34QtmKo

Scientists have developed a machine learning-based algorithm to study the morphogenesis of plants at a cellular level. So far it was impossible to solve this evolving and changing puzzle. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3gHTRnt

He spoke after being designated premier and hours before the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron, whose pressure on Lebanon’s fractious leaders was crucial to forging an agreement on Adib, Beirut’s ambassador to Berlin. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34O8WBF

The street is also known as a main road to the airport, where top aides to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to land later on Monday, in a historic trip between Israel and another Arab country. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hKuO4y

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens is a 16-minute film that brilliantly captures the eccentric 1970s world of UFO hunter John Shepherd, who built kit to hunt aliens, playing jazz and reggae to lure them from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3gHl5L6

The government in China’s far northwest Xinjiang region is resorting to draconian measures to combat the coronavirus, including physically locking residents in homes, imposing quarantines of more than 40 days and arresting those who do not comply. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2QEl0Nx

The imagery shows the suspected heliport under construction at the tri-junction of the borders of India, Bhutan and China, and at a distance of about 100 km from Doka La (Doka pass) and Naku La (Naku pass from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34KpsCN

Ten people, including four children, were killed after a landslide buried five houses in remote west Nepal on Sunday, a Home Ministry official said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32Dhc4R

Beijing on Friday added uncertainty to already thorny negotiations over the sale of ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok, claiming the ability to block a sale to foreign suitors Microsoft Corp. or Oracle Corp. with tighter restrictions on artificial intelligence exports. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2YNb60u

The Israeli flag carrier’s flight marks the implementation of the historic US-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two nations and solidifies the long-clandestine ties between them that have evolved over years of shared enmity toward Iran. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2EyPuON

So far, Chinese aggression in this sector was confined to the lake’s northern bank, the Finger Area that has emerged as the toughest part of the disengagement process from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/31I7u1P

A statement from the Indian Army said soldiers had pre-empted “provocative military movements” by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to change the status quo in the intervening night of August 29 and 30 from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hKaXSX

Earlier in the day, the Indian army accused Chinese soldiers of trying to alter the status quo from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hJIxIV

Most of the wormholes that could theoretically exist cannot be traversed, but adding an extra dimension makes it possible to make one you could pass through without dying from New Scientist - Space https://ift.tt/2EQoJEW

Most of the wormholes that could theoretically exist cannot be traversed, but adding an extra dimension makes it possible to make one you could pass through without dying from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3bdbdrq

Most of the wormholes that could theoretically exist cannot be traversed, but adding an extra dimension makes it possible to make one you could pass through without dying from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2EJnpnH

On Saturday, a rocket fell inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, while three others landed there on Thursday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2YOmXLH

Shinzo Abe announced last week he was ending his record-breaking tenure, kicking off a leadership race in the world’s third-largest economy. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jyfg4b

Global coronavirus infections soared past 25 million, as countries tightened restrictions to halt the health crisis that has upended life for most of humanity. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/31IuIoE

President Trump to visit Kenosha on tuesday, meet with law enforcement officers and survey damage done during protests. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2QD7tpp

The string of messages enlivened criticism from Democrats, including presidential candidate Joe Biden, that Trump is looking to inflame unrest in US cities because he believes it will help his re-election campaign. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2YKSoXd

A request for such extraordinary approval would have to come from the vaccine developer, Stephen Hahn told the Financial Times. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32C3UFO

Investigators said the shooting was related to an argument that started inside the club and then moved outside where several people fired shots. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jxS2Lx

The nation has been wracked by sporadic racial justice protests since the May 25 death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while in custody of the Minneapolis police. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32EexYz

The incident occurred even as the country witnessed marches in several cities for defunding the police, and in support of Black Lives Matter and Canada’s native population. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32IaIl0

From murder to magic mushrooms, Kew Gardens' new podcast, Unearthed, challenges us all to learn to love plants as much animals – and discover how they could save life on Earth from New Scientist - Life https://ift.tt/3jv8yMG

Abe and his cabinet will run the government until a new premier is elected but will not be able to adopt new policies. The winner of the party election will hold the post until the end of Abe’s LDP term in September 2021. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hFOu9O

Singapore’s health ministry on Sunday reported 54 new Covid-19 cases. The new cases included eight cases from the community and seven imported. The rest were migrant workers. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hUHENT

The death toll from this month’s Beirut port blast has risen to 190 with more than 6,500 injured and three people missing, Lebanon’s caretaker government said in a report dated Sunday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2G30aoW

The Russian pilots crossed within 100 feet of the US Air Force bomber’s nose several times and caused turbulence to the B-52, thereby limiting its ability to manoeuvre, the statement said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2QAO0pg

For many, the Iran-backed Hezbollah now stands at the top of Lebanon’s sectarian-based system of power — and so is complicit in the corruption many blame for the port disaster and for driving the country into near bankruptcy. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32CShOL

A look at Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s poll pitch for 2020 US elections from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2YN2GpS

Yoshihide Suga, the chief spokesperson for the government, informed LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai about his desire to contest the party’s leadership election, a day after Abe announced he would step down as the Prime Minister due to health concerns, the source said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2G1rt2X

The legislator, Danielle Obono from the far-left party Defiant France, said the publication flies in the face of those who complain that free speech is threatened by the fight against racism and sexism. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Davjpp

The Ministry of Emergency Management said another 28 people were injured, seven of them seriously, when the building suddenly crumbled on Saturday. A total of 57 people were brought out alive, the ministry said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34YteIX

China late on Friday revised a list of technologies that are banned or restricted for export for the first time in 12 years and Cui Fan, a professor of international trade at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, said the changes would apply to TikTok. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lwvRYg

India, the world’s second-most populous country, is third behind, the United States and Brazil, in total caseload, but has consistently outpaced both in new daily cases since Aug. 7, according to the Reuters tally. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2GbW8eb

The US toll from the Category 4 hurricane rose to 16 deaths Saturday, with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32FtOs2

A senior Catholic archbishop had recently warned he is “deeply troubled” by Australia’s deal with AstraZeneca which is making a Covid-19 vaccine. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hT2s84

The man who was shot and killed was wearing a hat with the insignia of Patriot Prayer, a far-right group based in Portland that has clashed with protesters in the past, according to the newspaper. Reuters could not independently verify this. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/31FMJ6V

Trump will meet police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday and “survey damage from recent riots” triggered by Blake’s shooting last weekend, White House spokesman Judd Deere said Saturday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3gHn3uE

The President’s stops, first in Louisiana and later in Texas, came two days after the Category 4 storm slammed the Gulf Coast, leaving at least 16 dead and wreaking havoc with severe winds and flooding. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34IDgO4

President Donald Trump said National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe made the decision because the administration “got tired” of intelligence about election security leaking from Congress. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2EPBnUF

“My impression is she wants to give no stimulus, all she wants is bailout for badly run Democrat states,” the President said when asked about talks between Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows over another stimulus package. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2QBcwXv

Black Americans’ determination could prove critical in a presidential election where race is emerging as a flashpoint. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3gDOsxB

The Democratic presidential nominee, in a virtual address to the National Guard Association of the United States’ general conference, said Trump recommended “that you should be deployed to quote, ‘dominate,’ your fellow citizens for exercising their right to peacefully protest.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3b88NtX

At a time when most are pursuing interests narrowly, it is to India’s benefit that it takes a more expansive view of the world. By stepping forward, it cannot only underline its capabilities but also build its brand as a generous power from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32B7hwB

Rioters set fires and threw objects at police and rescue services Friday night, slightly injuring several police officers and leading to the detention of about 15 people. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3gINYGC

Kamala Harris, 55, was a presidential aspirant until last year before she dropped out of the race because of lack of popular support. Harris returned to political limelight after Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, picked her as his running mate in the November 3 election. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2EMBhx6

In 2017, US President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris deal, saying the accord would have cost America trillions of dollars, killed jobs, and hindered the oil, gas, coal and manufacturing industries. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32FgRyo

A case of coronavirus reinfection has been documented in a US patient from Reno, Nevada, according to doctors. The 25-year-old man tested positive for the virus in April after showing mild illness and then got sick again in late May, developing more severe Covid-19 symptoms from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jogChT

Trump delivered his speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination at the Thursday night event, which continued a pattern of flouting coronavirus safety guidelines. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jsqOpY

Trump said later that Pelosi was only interested in bailing out states run by Democrats, casting doubt on chances of reviving stalled talks for another round of fiscal stimulus. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3be5dhV

As many as 2,842 educational institutions across the city are set to open their doors to almost 1.4 million students when the autumn semester gets underway, the local government announced on Friday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hF8QzX

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer at the age of 43. He had been battling cancer for four years. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hHWRl5

Haizhou Hu, 34, is charged with accessing a computer without authorization, or exceeding authorization to obtain information from a protected computer and theft of trade secrets, Justice Department said in a release. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3gEuKSz

Record temperatures have exacerbated the state’s ongoing drought and triggered dry-lightning that started more than 700 fires, some in redwood rainforests and Joshua trees that do not normally burn. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hD9jCA

Addressing a crowd in an airport hangar, Trump called the demonstrators who sought to disrupt his White House speech on Thursday night “thugs” and said Senator Rand Paul could have died when he was swarmed by protesters afterwards. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2ECusOX

A pig named Gertrude demonstrated a working Neuralink brain implant for the first time, and Elon Musk says the next step is to move into human trials soon from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2YKmDh2

A pig named Gertrude demonstrated a working Neuralink brain implant for the first time, and Elon Musk says the next step is to move into human trials soon from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/3b4hPZ1

It wasn't long after Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast Thursday that people began flying drones to record the damage and posting videos on social media. Those videos are a precious resource, say researchers who are working on ways to use them for rapid damage assessment. By using artificial intelligence, the researchers are developing a system that can automatically identify buildings and make an initial determination of whether they are damaged and how serious that damage might be. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3joNCXl

When you only have fossils to go off of, it's hard to tell which dinosaur traits, like size and ornamentation, are related to the animals' sex, and which traits are related to other things like age. But a new kind of statistical analysis can often estimate the degree of sexual variation in a dataset of fossils. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3gIarDI

It wasn't long after Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast Thursday that people began flying drones to record the damage and posting videos on social media. Those videos are a precious resource, say researchers who are working on ways to use them for rapid damage assessment. By using artificial intelligence, the researchers are developing a system that can automatically identify buildings and make an initial determination of whether they are damaged and how serious that damage might be. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3joNCXl

Researchers have developed a neurologically acting protein and tested it in laboratory studies. In mice, the experimental compound ameliorated symptoms of certain neurological injuries and diseases, while on the microscopic level it was able to establish and repair connections between neurons. This proof-of-principle study suggests that biologics, which act on neuronal connectivity, could be of clinical use in the long term. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2QvVLwO

A new study finds that people who have antibodies to the mosquito-borne Zika virus are more vulnerable to developing dengue disease. This immune interaction, called antibody-dependent enhancement, could complicate the search for a safe and effective vaccine that protects against Zika without also increasing the risk of dengue. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/31DIWHh

Scientists have created the first cell atlas of mosquito immune cells, to understand how mosquitoes fight malaria and other infections. Researchers discovered new types of mosquito immune cells, including a rare cell type that could be involved in limiting malaria infection. The findings offer opportunities for uncovering novel ways to prevent mosquitoes from spreading the malaria parasite to humans and break the chain of malaria transmission. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/31A5UPs

Most US media played up a nine-foot surge recorded by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration observation station near Cameron, Louisiana, and the NHC was criticized for perhaps raising too much alarm. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hFdNJ0

The incident took place on the premises of the family-owned Lion Tree Top Lodge, in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2YJmLO0

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that West’s campaign filed the lawsuit in Brown County Circuit Court. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3gyDYzG

Atlanta-based attorney Lin Wood said video footage of the altercation would vindicate Kyle Rittenhouse despite what he described as misinformation being spread by the media. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34Kvl2W

Marie-Roseline Darnycka Bélizaire of the WHO explains the challenges of responding to coronavirus in the Central African Republic in the face of limited resources from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3hCyp4F

Abe, who is the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister, has been battling with a chronic disease, ulcerative colitis, for many years. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lskwZa

“I have decided to step down from the post of the prime minister,” he told a press conference, saying he was suffering from a recurrence of the ulcerative colitis that ended his first term in office. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34Hvowo

The Pacific nation of 5 million people had seemed to stop community transmission of Covid-19 due to tough lockdown measures but reintroduced restrictions in its largest city, Auckland, this month following a fresh outbreak. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2EpbeMV

Trump framed the November 3 elections as a choice between “two parties, two visions, two philosophies, or two agendas” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2G4RXki

Speculation about the prime minister’s health has been swirling for weeks but reached fever pitch in recent days after he made two separate trips to hospital for unspecified medical checks. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Qz1wK6

If Abe resigned, he would probably stay on until formally replaced, which requires the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to pick a new leader to be formally elected in parliament. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Qw3aMF

Donald Trump, in his acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention which re-nominated him as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate, said that the US has conducted 40 million more tests than the next closest nation which is India. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lqA8w7

Evening fell in the community on Lake Michigan with tensions rising after police on Thursday afternoon arrested some activists protesting the shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, who was paralyzed after a white officer shot him seven times in the back. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/31y4uFc

The missiles launched into the South China Sea on Wednesday included the DF-21D and DF-26B, the South China Morning Post reported, citing a person close to the People’s Liberation Army from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32s1pFS

Speaking from the South Lawn of the White House, Trump, 74, said that no one will be safe under a Biden administration. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2ELTvPe

With the click of a button and a whirr of a fan, a hatch opens and 150 lab-reared male mosquitoes are sent flying, off in search of a female companion with whom they can mate but not reproduce. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2QxMSTy

Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey and New York all plan to continue to test asymptomatic people who have been exposed to Covid-19, despite new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggesting that such tests may not be needed. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hDbO7R

The effort is part of the billionaire philanthropist’s push to help fight climate change, and is targeted at helping utilities slash their emissions of planet-warming gases without undermining grid reliability. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Ez2kfB

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows spoke by phone for about 25 minutes, the first chance in weeks to resume stalled Covid-19 aid negotiations. But the two sides soon appeared to be as far apart as ever. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34GQrz0

The coronavirus has killed more than 60,000 people in Mexico and ravaged its economy, the second-largest in Latin America. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2D6lAAt

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun instead said the government would extend the current Phase 2 social distancing, which was due to expire this weekend, for at least another week. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hHu40c

The comments come after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week that people exposed to Covid-19 but not symptomatic may not need to be tested, surprising doctors and politicians and prompting accusations the guidance was politically motivated. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3gCuPGc

Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 29, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to the Christchurch massacre in March last year. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34GyAIj

A full assessment of the damage wrought by the Category 4 system was likely to take days. But despite a trail of demolished buildings, entire neighbourhoods left in ruins and more than 875,000 people without power, a sense of relief prevailed that Laura was not the annihilating menace forecasters had feared. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3gHMUD6

The court acted less than 24 hours after a lower court judge had halted his execution, saying the law requires the government to get a prescription for the drug it plans to use. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hDvOHz

The charges against Rittenhouse in Kenosha County include first degree intentional homicide in the death of Anthony Huber, who was carrying a skateboard when he was gunned down. A conviction on that charge alone carries a life sentence. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lp9V14

In a landmark study, scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense halo of gas enveloping the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic neighbor. from All Top News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/32vhHOh

Taliban fighters on Thursday killed four civilians during clashes with Afghan forces in central flood-hit Parwan province at a time when over 150 people lost their lives in the flash floods and rescue work was still underway, officials said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lrTUYm

When the internet was cobbled together, it was just a small research project. Now it is critical to society and its structure is no longer fit for purpose, says James Ball from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3b2HwZV

Laura will be the seventh named storm to strike the United States in 2020 setting a new record for landfalls by the end of August. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2YASBw3

The NOAA has been tweeting about the hurricane’s movement and the stunning images its various bodies captured ahead of the landfall. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2EEenIi

Hong Kong media, citing unidentified sources, said 12 people from the former British colony were arrested while sailing to Taiwan where they planned to apply for political asylum. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/31xGLVJ

United States has the highest number of cases in the world (5.9 million), followed by Brazil (3.72 million) and India (3.31 million). from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3b57cF9

Founder Zhang Yiming’s letter was released after the company’s chief executive Kevin Mayer quit TikTok, which has been banned in India and accused by the Donald Trump administration of breaching US’s national security from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2YyGYpF

Winds gusted above hurricane force to 127 mph (204 kph) while Laura’s northern eyewall moved onshore over Cameron Parish. Forecasters said even stronger winds were possible that could rip apart buildings, level trees and toss vehicles like toys. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/31y2qgw

Minneapolis was rocked by protests that turned violent after George Floyd, a handcuffed Black man, died after a white police officer pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for nearly eight minutes on May 25. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32J8G4r

The vice-president, who heads the White House task force on the coronavirus outbreak, predictably defended the administration’s response against persisting criticism from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2QvD0tk

The vice-president, who heads the White House task force on the coronavirus outbreak, predictably defended the administration’s response against persisting criticism from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2QvD0tk

Antonio Guterres will deliver the 19th Darbari Seth Memorial lecture on August 28 organised by TERI, a global think-tank focusing on a broad range of sustainable development and climate-related issues, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Wednesday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Yzv8vm

The 15-minute test from Abbott Laboratories will sell for USD 5, giving it a competitive edge over similar tests that need to be popped into a small machine. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3hsQRMZ

Authorities implored coastal residents of Texas and Louisiana to evacuate, but not everyone did before howling winds began buffeting trees back and forth in an area that was devastated by Rita in 2005. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34B72nL

Moderna Inc. presented new safety data from an early trial that provides the first evidence that its vaccine stimulates the immune systems of older people. Abbott Laboratories won U.S. clearance for a 15-minute Covid test that will be priced at just $5. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2QvAWlf

“It is incumbent on the court to respond in a way that decisively rejects such vicious malevolence,” Cameron Mander said as he announced a sentence unprecedented in New Zealand legal history. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34OKPD5

Brazil comes second in terms of coronavirus cases after the United States, which has recorded more than 5.8 million Covid-19 patients, according to Sputnik. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2EsVubu

The company’s action followed the shooting deaths on Tuesday night of two people during protests in Kenosha, which broke out in response to the police shooting of a Black man earlier this week. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34x3AL0

The Lebanese Health Ministry has reported 561 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) over the past day. The overall number of patients increased to 14,248, with 139 deaths. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2EIm4x1

The Democratic Party’s presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden, she said, actually took historic steps as vice president to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. She was responding to questions during a fundraiser. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3lmFkB9

Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline, who is leading a probe of the technology industry, told Bloomberg News on Wednesday that it’s the job of federal enforcement agencies to determine whether TikTok, which is owned by China-based ByteDance Ltd., promotes competition or compromises national security and said that the president shouldn’t insert himself into the outcome of those decisions. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/32uykcP

The new recommendations say testing may not be needed for asymptomatic close contacts and those who attended large, risky gatherings but lack symptoms. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3gz5ehB

All scenarios have been floated to explain months of surprises and intrigue from Pyongyang, including stubborn -- but so-far-unsubstantiated -- rumors that the 36-year-old leader is unwell. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3b7sHFy

Do you get angry when you see someone without a face covering? They might have a good reason to avoid one, even if it isn’t obvious from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/3b2jWML