President Donald Trump would have you believe Americans are already living that success story, even as the death toll approaches 200,000 and infections spread by the tens of thousands a day. Trump’s latest revisionism on the pandemic came during a week when he unleashed a torrent of misbegotten claims about […]
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From poolside stands decorated with pumpkin vines to neon karaoke bars, Pyongyang’s tourist hotels look nothing like their exteriors make them seem.
The trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death will generate massive public interest when it begins in March, but as it stands, most people who want to watch the proceedings will be out of luck. Supporters of audio and visual coverage say the high-profile nature […]
America’s worsening climate change problem is as polarized as its politics. The already parched West is getting drier and suffering deadly wildfires because of it, while the much wetter East keeps getting drenched in mega-rainfall events, some hurricane-related and others not. Climate change is magnifying both extremes, but it may […]
Smartphones have made us more selfish, Europe’s chief rabbi has suggested, but coronavirus has forced us to care more about others. Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, Chief Rabbi of Moscow and President of the Conference of European Rabbis, made the comments as the world’s Jewish community celebrate Rosh Hashanah this weekend. Speaking […]
The national Mi Familia Vota organization has long been involved in voting rights issues and other matters of civic engagement, but this year it’s added a new initiative: Recruiting bilingual poll workers. The Phoenix-based group is joining advocacy organizations, nonprofits, and even businesses across the U.S. is trying to persuade […]
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Saturday posted a photo to his Instagram account in which he is walking down a flight of stairs as part of his recovery after he was poisoned last month. In the photo’s caption, Navalny, one of Russia’s most prominent Kremlin critics, wrote that he […]
The chief of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened Saturday to go after everyone who had a role in a top general’s January killing in Iraq
Oktoberfest celebrations got underway Saturday in Munich with the traditional tapping of a keg and the cry of “O’zapft is!” — “It’s tapped!” — but this year’s festival is very non-traditional and highly regulated due to coronavirus concerns. The official Oktoberfest has been canceled, so there are no huge tents […]
Global Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical Services Outsourcing Market to Reach $90. 9 Billion by 2027. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical Services Outsourcing estimated at US$54.New York, Sept. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report “Global Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical Services Outsourcing Industry” – https://www.reportlinker.com/p05960580/?utm_source=GNW 8 Billion in […]
