Day: July 13, 2020
Nato has our ‘unshakeable commitment’, Pentagon chief vows
United States defence secretary James Mattis informs UK equivalent Michael Fallon that defence ties were the bedrock of our security James Mattis, the brand-new United States defence secretary, has actually assured his British equivalent that Washington has an unshakeable dedication …
Can you guess the city by looking out of your hotel window?
(CNN)Could you discriminate in between Bangkok and Sao Paulo by watching out of a hotel space window? It’s not as simple as you believe, states Swiss professional photographer Roger Eberhard, who’s checked out hotel spaces in 32 nations and 6 …
Six Things to Watch for on Black Friday
The craze will start. Thanksgiving marks the beginning line for Americas yearly vacation shopping hysteria. Deal-hungry crowds will jam through moving doors of big-box stores (often breaking them), pack the aisles of discount rate sellers, and search through the racks …
Tropical Storm Humberto gets close to Bahamian islands devastated by Dorian
(CNN)Tropical Storm Humberto was dropping rain on the Bahamas’ Abaco Islands as it began to crawl away Saturday evening, bringing the kind of stormy conditions the islands don’t need after Hurricane Dorian ravaged them nearly two weeks ago. “Even if …
Gag me: Trump’s anti-abortion executive order
(CNN)Here we go once again. The bad old days of United States foreign help are returning, now that President Donald Trump signed an executive order renewing the worldwide gag guideline on abroad conversation of abortion by companies and people getting …
There are reasons to be cheerful. These are the dying days of a rancid old order | Will Hutton
In the UK and the US, the political wind will soon change in favour of those demanding good government Dont despair. We may be living through an attempted rightwing revolution, but its foundations are rotten. There may be a counter-revolution, …