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A key highlight of the trend is that the number of Indians arriving in Canada as permanent residents (PRs) this year is set to number less than half the total for 2019 from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cLX9Wj

The official also said that human rights organisation Amnesty International’s decision to shut down its India operations had “received attention at the highest levels” of the Trump administration from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36l7hEl

In the October 2017 massacre, a man named Stephen Paddock opened fire with high-powered rifles from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, unleashing more than 1,000 rounds as he mowed down people among a crowd attending an outdoor country music festival. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2GpmCJj

The US allowed in just over 10,800 refugees — a little more than half of the 18,000 cap set by Trump for 2020 — before the State Department suspended the program because of the coronavirus. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2SgqPlg

Last year’s 70th anniversary witnessed fierce clashes between pro-democracy protesters and police. However, this year, authorities denied permission for a protest march this year, citing security and coronavirus concerns. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34cz3QS

The move would keep the government running through December 11 and passed by a 84-10 vote. The legislation is called a ‘continuing resolution.’ from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jjH4K9

Complex brain circuits in rodents can organize themselves with genetics playing only a secondary role, according to a new computer modelling study. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3ijThNq

Feeding rates of blue mussels slow down under ocean acidification conditions, and the cause may be the slowing beat of gill cilia, similar to a known response in human lung cells. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2SdzsNl

No-take fishing zones on their own act as valuable sources of fish for neighboring reefs. These areas support more fish, which then produce even greater numbers of baby fish. But, just how many babies survive and where they end up varies greatly from year to year. Multiple smaller reserves instead of one large reserve can ensure a stable supply of fish. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2G50m7L

Almost a year ago, a former Russia specialist on the National Security Council warned Congress about Russia’s nefarious intentions in American politics. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3kZ6mgY

French President Emmanuel Macron was philosophical on Wednesday in his appeal for global efforts to reverse biodiversity loss, saying it is the life insurance of humans. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cSXt5W

The Conants are among more than 70,000 people still under evacuation orders in the wine region north of San Francisco where the Glass Fire has incinerated at least 80 homes along with winery installations and other buildings. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2GiV0Fz

Lawmakers from the Lower House of the United States Congress have passed legislation that would require US-listed companies to disclose if their supply chains are connected to forced labour in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2GogPn8

Twelve Democratic governors issued a joint statement on Wednesday defending American democracy, vowing that every valid ballot will be counted in the election after President Donald Trump sowed distrust during the first presidential debate. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3ifFDeh

Scientists typically prefer to work with ordered systems. However, a diverse team of physicists and biophysicists found that individual light-harvesting nanotubes with disordered molecular structures still transport light energy in the same way. By combining spectroscopy, molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical physics, they discovered how disorder at the molecular level is effectively averaged out at the microscopic scale. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/33i5xKk

Complex brain circuits in rodents can organize themselves with genetics playing only a secondary role, according to a new computer modelling study. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3ijThNq

The first test flight of a hydrogen passenger plane, which was billed as an important move away from fossil fuels, ran on fuel produced in large part by fossil fuels, the company behind the plane has admitted from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2Gsga4k

The first test flight of a hydrogen passenger plane, which was billed as an important move away from fossil fuels, ran on fuel produced in large part by fossil fuels, the company behind the plane has admitted from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/30kxP4O

Researchers from Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI tested more than 80,000 volunteers in England between Sept. 18-26 as part of the country’s largest survey into Covid-19. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34cQOzt

The death toll from the disease exceeded 1 million this week, while the infection rate has rapidly picked up again in Europe. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cI1SIM

Diminished winds across northern California assisted fire crews in making some initial headway on Tuesday against both blazes, which have scorched well over 100,000 acres (40,000 hectares) combined since they erupted about 200 miles (320 km) apart on Sunday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jlVJnW

Labour is widely expected to retain power next month and hopes to rule without the support of a coalition partner, although the opposition National Party has been clawing back support in recent polls. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2GpLzEw

Trump was expected to try and dominate the first face-to-face meeting of the two nominees in Cleveland, Ohio and turn the race, but he may have ended up overplaying his hand from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jgVVVE

Parasitic wasps use a long, thin, tubular organ to implant eggs in their victims. A device inspired by this organ could make it easier and less painful to remove tumours, blood clots or even whole organs from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/3imAvFu

Parasitic wasps use a long, thin, tubular organ to implant eggs in their victims. A device inspired by this organ could make it easier and less painful to remove tumours, blood clots or even whole organs from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3n68kOk

Joe Biden urged voters to cast their ballots and not be intimidated by Trump’s suggestions he might not accept a loss. Trump has been groundlessly casting doubt on the reliability of mail ballots and elections in general. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2EIxCAO

Republican President Donald Trump repeatedly interrupted Democratic rival Joe Biden in the Cleveland debate, the first ahead of the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election, that touched on Trump’s taxes, the economy, the coronavirus pandemic and election integrity. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3n2gyqJ

New production lines at Lonza’s site in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, aim to start making vaccine ingredients in November, while three lines in Visp, deep in a valley in the Swiss Alps - to supply 300 million vaccine doses annually - should begin delivering by December. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cGCCT2

GSK is contributing adjuvants, efficacy boosters that play a vital role in many vaccines, in several development alliances for potential future vaccines against the novel coronavirus that has claimed more than a million lives globally. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/348Dn3z

Defending his administration’s response, Trump said he had, in fact, received praise from governors for doing a ‘phenomenal job.’ from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jgRgDc

Joe Biden is taking a more personal approach. At several times during the debate, Biden addressed his comments to “you folks at home” watching on television as he looked straight into the camera. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Gn8r7i

Donald Trump said during Tuesday night’s debate against Democrat Joe Biden that he thought masks “are OK,” pulling one out from his pocket and saying, “I wear masks when needed.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2G2qzUw

Joe Biden charged during Tuesday night’s debate that Trump “has no plan” to deal with the virus and noted that the president praised Chinese President Xi Jinping’s initial actions in dealing with the outbreak. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2Sd6yNc

Donald Trump struggled to define his ideas for replacing the Affordable Care Act on health care in the debate’s early moments and defended his nomination of Barrett, declaring that “I was not elected for three years, I’m elected for four years.” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cJ0zsZ

“The fact is that everything he is saying so far is simply a lie. I’m not here to call out his lies. Everybody knows he’s a liar,” Biden said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/30lbkN7

Ansell’s mole rats are nearly blind but their eyes still come in handy. They have a sensor for magnetic fields, similar to those in birds, which the mole rats use to orient their nests from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/3mZ0KFv

Donald Trump had arguably his best chance to try to reframe the campaign as a choice between candidates and not a referendum over his handling of the virus that has killed more people in America than any other nation. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33ecpIw

US Presidential election 2020 LIVE: Donald Trump, Joe Biden take stage for the biggest verbal duel ahead of the mega election exercise. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3i9Jl9i

Each candidate’s campaign was given 20 tickets to hand out to guests, said White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Trump’s guests were to include his wife, Melania, and his four adult children. Seats were set with programs and anti-bacterial wipes. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3mZ3vql

Global competition for early coronavirus vaccine doses is already fierce, months ahead of any approvals, as wealthy countries move to secure supplies. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3l1ELLY

The announcement doubles the number of doses already secured from the Serum Institute of India by the Gavi vaccine alliance and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, following an initial agreement last month. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33eRJQM

REGN-COV2 is part of a class of biotech therapies known as monoclonal antibodies. Several companies are using the technology to manufacture copies of human antibodies to the new coronavirus. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2SewKXG

The cuts were needed in light of social distancing requirements, exacerbated by tough restrictions imposed by the California state government, the company said in a press release. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36hpNgR

Ansell’s mole rats are nearly blind but their eyes still come in handy. They have a sensor for magnetic fields, similar to those in birds, which the mole rats use to orient their nests from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/33bShqy

This image is a terrible reminder of the US wildfire crisis. Here it rages by California's Bidwell Bar Bridge, which spans Oroville Lake in Butte County from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3cH06aO

Alexander Gintsburg, head of the Gamaleya Institute that produced the Sputnik V vaccine, told Reuters that the pace of its development was necessary under the “wartime” conditions of a pandemic but no corners were being cut. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2SbRxLu

Trump and his allies have sought to portray that Biden is mentally and physically unfit for the US presidency, and that he has been performing better on the campaign trail because of some performance-enhancing drug from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33eatzT

Jaswant Singh, one of the founding members of the BJP and a close associate of ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, died on September 27 following a long spell of illness. He was 82. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3idqslG

If he beats Donald Trump, Joe Biden will need to decide whether to scrap, keep or escalate the billions in tariffs levied against Chinese imports, and whether to stick to or renegotiate the partial trade deal Trump signed in January. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3n0aFuf

Millions of people turn to their mobile devices when seeking medical advice. They're able to share their symptoms and receive potential diagnoses through chatbot-based symptom-checker (CSC) apps. But how do these apps compare to a trip to the doctor's office? Not well, according to a new study. from Top Technology News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3cEJMqS

According to a report by Russia Today, by around 8 pm (local time in Minnesota), some departments noted 911 service had been restored, however, the outages appeared to continue across various counties in Nevada and elsewhere. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3kX3Gk4

Mexico has about 76,600 test-confirmed deaths and 733,717 test-confirmed cases. But officials acknowledge those are significant undercounts, because the country does so little testing: only about 1.6 million tests have been done so far. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33bIYa8

The bleak milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is greater than the population of Jerusalem or Austin, Texas. It is 2 1/2 times the sea of humanity that was at Woodstock in 1969. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cEdBbe

It’s a reversal of fortune for a country that avoided the summertime spike that hit the US As the pandemic got worse in Sun Belt states, a largely compliant Canadian population hunkered down and wore masks. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/338Kgmb

Researchers encountered a puzzle at Cape Irizar, a rocky cape located just south of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the Scott Coast, Ross Sea. He found both ancient and what appeared to be fresh remains of Adelie penguins, mostly of chicks, which frequently die and accumulate at these colonies. However, the 'fresh' remains were puzzling, he says, because there are no records of an active penguin colony at this site. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3jfNU3o

'Zombie fires' and burning of fire-resistant vegetation are new features driving Arctic fires -- with strong consequences for the global climate -- warn international fire scientists. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/33bVnLi

Simultaneous heatwaves and droughts are becoming increasingly common in western parts of the Unites States, according to a new study. Periods of dry and hot weather, which can make wildfires more likely, are becoming larger, more intense, and more frequent because of climate change. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3kSMzzK

Surviving on a warming planet can be a matter of timing -- but simply shifting lifecycle stages to match the tempo of climate change has hidden dangers for some animals, according to new research. The study has uncovered drastic consequences for birds that are breeding earlier in lockstep with earlier starts of spring: chicks hatching earlier face increased risk of poor weather conditions, food shortages and mortality. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2S7HaIJ

A type of anti-bacterial T cells, so-called MAIT cells, are strongly activated in people with moderate to severe COVID-19 disease, according to a new study. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2S5KJ1Y

Landslides have long-term effects on tundra vegetation, a new study shows. Conducting the study in North West Siberia, the researchers found that tundra vegetation regenerated rapidly after a major landslide event in 1989. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3n1OYde

Researchers have shown that over the past two thousand years, volcanoes have played a larger role in natural temperature variability than previously thought, and their climatic effects may have contributed to past societal and economic change. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3kVtRrb

California has been battered for weeks by rounds of extreme weather that state officials say have been fueled by climate change. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/338IVvF

Data collected by the Covid Tracking Project shows that the number of people hospitalized has plateaued at about 30,000 in the past week, after a decline from nearly 60,000 that began in late July. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36fcltZ

About 3.5 million Black voters were categorized as “Deterrence” -- or voters who were not likely to vote for Trump and could potentially be deterred from voting at all. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jfCvAk

An analysis published by the New York Times based on more than two decades of Trump’s tax returns the news organization obtained show that Trump took aggressive tax positions and that the IRS is challenging a $72.9 million refund claimed a decade ago in an audit that has yet to be resolved. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cCCeVR

Residents of the Oakmont Gardens senior living facility in Santa Rosa boarded brightly lit city buses in the darkness overnight, some wearing bathrobes and using walkers. They wore masks to protect against the coronavirus as orange flames marked the dark sky. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3idqSIQ

Donald Trump also said that 100 million will support efforts to “reopen economies as quickly as possible, including testing for high-risk communities and educators”. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/344BmFu

Netflix’s Hope Frozen documentary follows a family in Thailand that cryogenically freezes their 2-year-old daughter’s brain after she dies, creating a controversy-fuelled media storm from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kX4Hs6

A new way of calculating biological age based on the bacteria in our gut has thrown up some surprising results, including that people on the paleo diet are biologically almost two years older than their real age from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/2S6tFJq

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is one of the greatest accomplishments of human intellect and it is continuing to bring further insights under its wing from New Scientist - News https://ift.tt/36d2k0d

A new way of calculating biological age based on the bacteria in our gut has thrown up some surprising results, including that people on the paleo diet are biologically almost two years older than their real age from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3n15lXt

The two former Soviet republics are clashing over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Both countries have frequently clashed over the territory. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33e3Duh

Pompeo began a five-day regional tour Monday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, days after Greece and Turkey committed to restarting a diplomatic dialogue on the dispute that triggered a dangerous military build-up — and fears of military conflict — in the disputed maritime area over the summer. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2EDqhCz

The reports did not specify the charges in the indictment, nor did they say whether the six suspects were among those already being tried in absentia in an Istanbul court for Khashoggi’s killing. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2S22JdT

While pubs and restaurants are now legally required to shut at 10 p.m., there is still one place where a select few thirsty Britons can get a late-night drink -- the Houses of Parliament. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cGG543

Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will be back in a Canadian courtroom on Monday as her lawyers resume their fight to block the United States’ efforts to extradite her. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2EDBtiA

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd will appear in a Canadian court on Monday as her extradition hearing enters the next phase. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2SinRNb

Exercising its “right of reply” at a discussion in Geneva on situations requiring the attention of the UN Human Rights Council, India also pointed to Pakistan continuing to be a “safe harbour for terrorists” from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2GfzO3m

“I am very grateful to Chancellor Merkel for visiting me at the hospital,” the anti-corruption campaigner wrote on Twitter following reports of the meeting in German media. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3mWdnAY

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has expressed his concern over the fresh ‘resumption of hostilities’ between the two European countries over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2G8yGyL

The country reported 50 new cases on Monday, of which 40 are domestic and 10 from abroad. These are the country’s lowest new Covid-19 numbers since August 11. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/338OCK8

Victoria, the country’s second most populous state, reported just five new cases and three deaths from the disease in the past 24 hours, after daily cases had topped 700 in early August. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/337Nbvc

Bombshell report in NYT alleges Trump’s manipulation of finances to pay less to negligible taxes at home, which he has not acknowledged by refusing to release his tax returns. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/335OElY

Military clashes have erupted between the two European neighbours over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Each side has blamed the other for putting civilian lives in danger. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/335zT2v

The few statistics available, such as those compiled by the FBI, show so far this year 37 law enforcement officers in the United States have been “feloniously killed” in the line of duty compared to 30 such deaths at this point last year. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2GjNN83

US District Judge Carl Nichols granted a preliminary injunction against the ban on the widely used video-sharing network after an unusual Sunday morning hearing. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3kTTGbm

The 90-minute hearing came after President Donald Trump declared this summer that TikTok was a threat to national security and that it either sold its US operations to US companies or the app would be barred from the country. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3mWa64H

The number of new asymptomatic cases, who are not classified by China as confirmed Covid-19 patients, fell to 14 from 26 a day earlier. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2GgaKsK

Speaking at a news conference at the White House, Trump dismissed the report as “fake news” and said he has paid taxes, though he gave no specifics. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jdRP0s

Guanajuato has been the most violent state in Mexico in recent years, but authorities had hoped the detention of a leader of a local gang on Aug. 2 would help stem the violence. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3j9Yitd

The community’s numbers have been declining for years because of deep-rooted discrimination in the majority Muslim country. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36cE1zE

The state-owned carrier also blamed new accounting rules for further adding to losses for the past fiscal year, which ended March 31. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/334btX9

In a poll by the Washington Post and ABC News, Biden had a 10 percentage point advantage over Trump. Biden’s lead was eight points in another survey conducted by the New York Times and Siena College. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3kMiEck

Trump on Saturday named Barrett to replace the liberal jurist and feminist icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, fulfilling his pledge to nominate a woman. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3kXn4xr

In a speech Saturday to the virtual UN General Assembly, Belarus’ foreign minister warned Western nations against interfering or imposing sanctions over the country’s disputed presidential election and the government’s violent crackdown on protesters. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/33WhUdS

Amazon Prime chiller Utopia is as "gnarly, nasty, raw and unnerving" as Gone Girl screenwriter Gillian Flynn envisaged, especially when it draws parallels with the threats of our times from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2G2CUYE

With Siberia seeing its warmest temperature on record this year and enormous chunks of ice caps in Greenland and Canada sliding into the sea, countries are acutely aware there’s no vaccine for global warming. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cyv44K

Hundreds of people were gathered downtown in Oregon’s largest city when the unlawful assembly was announced just before midnight by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2G3ivTj

Amy Coney Barrett, in response to her nomination, said that he had no illusions that the road ahead of her was easy, adding that she had never imagined to find herself in this position.   from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3jlaCqV

Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan also said Armenian forces hit three Azerbaijani tanks. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2S29jkn

According to the research, which has been published in the Journal of Travel Medicine, Covid-19 got induced into Indian states mainly due to international travels. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2HsdyUi

Tensions have increased between Armenia and Azerbaijan over clashes in which Yerevan said Azeri forces shelled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and Baku accused Armenian forces of shelling Azeri military and civilian positions. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3kVyrWj

 Pro-Khalistan elements in Canada have held protests against the report titled Khalistan: A Project of Pakistan,  written by veteran Canadian broadcaster Terry Milewski.  The MacDonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) was criticised in an open letter written by over 50 Sikh scholars. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3i6Agy5

Thousands of Chinese have already been inoculated by Covid-19 vaccines which are still under trial. China has said WHO gave them a go-ahead. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3j60H8s

US President Donald Trump announced his nomination at a White House event calling Barrett “one of our nation’s most brilliant and gifted legal minds”. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cBzUyj

Anthony Fauci said 100 million doses of vaccine may be produced by December, with all six companies supplying the US slated to have made 700 million doses by next April. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3mWICMo

The lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign and the RNC also accuses the board of trying to override state law in saying that ballots postmarked on or before Election Day can be counted if they are received within nine days of the election instead of the three days prescribed by law. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/2HBfjPh

“It is a crisis of power, an authoritarian power that cannot accept the logic of democracy and which is hanging on by force. It is clear that Lukashenko has to go,” France president Emmanuel Macron said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3i8iwSM

A separate legal challenge from TikTok and Chinese owner ByteDance to the Commerce Department order is still pending. A 9:30 a.m. hearing on Sunday is set on the issue before US District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3i4KXRF

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare apology on Friday after South Korea’s military said that the North’s soldiers had killed the man, doused his body in fuel and set it on fire near the sea border. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3kPDMhT

The over-speeding bus, on its way to Karachi from Hyderabad, skidded off the road and burst into flames on Saturday, police and rescue officials said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/341xJjN

About 100 people were at the gathering inside a building in Waterloo when there was “some kind of confrontation shortly after 3 am, Joel Fitzgerald, the police chief of the city about 145 kilometers northeast of Des Moines, said at a news conference. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3i4A02E

President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/36nsNbR

Talking to journalists in Islamabad on Friday, he said he was aware of meetings that opposition politicians had held with the country’s military leadership from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/335lfZa

Piotr Cywinski wrote to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari about the case of Omar Farouq, who was recently convicted in a Sharia court in Kano State in northwest Nigeria after he was accused of using blasphemy in an argument with a friend. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3i4F7zG

David Eagleman's book Livewired explores neuroplasticity, the brain's superpower, which lets it reshape after extreme surgery and adapt to losing a sense from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/334JTJp

Commercial satellite imagery of the Yongbyon facility shows damage to a dam that controls the water level of a river near the complex, the website said on Friday. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cxiClT

The man, who said he was born in Pakistan and is 18, “takes responsibility for his action which he places in the context of the republication of cartoons” of the Prophet Mohammed in Charlie Hebdo, one of the sources said. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/3cFFLTm

In China’s case, sweeping reforms will have to be carried out across dozens of regions run by local governments that may not share the zeal for reaching the 2060 goal. from Hindustan Times - world https://ift.tt/34080bo