Новости за 21.05.2020

We often hear that Britain is a “class-based society”. Ask people what class is and you’ll get a wide range of answers – from accent to cultural tastes – leaving you perplexed as to how it might ever be a useful construct to understand much about the realities of British life. But really it’s all […]

Japanese prosecutors said Thursday they would seek the extradition of a former special forces soldier and his son, arrested in the United States and accused of helping fugitive former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn jump bail and flee Japan. Michael Taylor and his son Peter were detained Wednesday in Massachusetts on suspicion of involvement in what […]

“In a world where the wealthy elite control the media, elections and lives of working people, we’re faced with two choices – accept it or fight for something better.” That’s the premise of Tonight We Riot, a new video game for touted as a leftist response to the “neocon fantasies” like Call of Duty. Too […]

Eleven custodial workers at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) have tested positive for the coronavirus, the university announced in a post to its website on Tuesday. On the same day, the school announced it would furlough or lay off staff members across several departments in preparation for a dramatically skinnier revenue stream just a few months […]

China offered a low-key rebuttal to United States President Donald Trump’s accusation of mass killing on Thursday, with a foreign ministry official insisting the country did its best to protect lives during the pandemic. Tensions between the US and China have been on the rise as the deadly coronavirus, which first surfaced in the central Chinese […]

Fox News host Sean Hannity, who has no medical or pharmacological background, has used his radio and television platforms this week to repeatedly promote an unproven drug treatment for the new coronavirus despite FDA warnings against doing so outside of a hospital setting or clinical trial due to a risk of heart rhythm problems. “There is one thing you cannot […]

Chesapeake Energy, Main Beneficiary of BLM’s Lease Suspensions, Has Been Fined Nearly $14 Million In Environmental Penalties and $25 Million For RacketeeringQ1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreWASHINGTON, D.C. –One of the largest beneficiaries of a new pro-industry Interior Department policy is an energy company with a long list of environmental violations and has […]

US births hit a 35-year low last year, US officials announced Wednesday, part of an ongoing “baby bust” that is not predicted to get better under the coronavirus pandemic. Mothers gave birth to some 3.75 million babies in 2019, down one percent from the previous year and the lowest number since 1985, according to the […]

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. confirmed Wednesday that it was forced to temporarily shut down production at two of its plants — one in Dearborn and the other in Chicago — because of workers testing positive for COVID-19.The Dearborn Truck Plant, where Ford assembles the F-150 and Raptor pickups, halted production Wednesday after an employee […]

Though some states have started to roll back their social distancing restrictions and small right-wing protests against coronavirus-related shutdowns have garnered plenty of media attention, the majority of Americans still want people to stay inside, according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Through the poll, which surveyed more than […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As Santa Clara County struggles to reach its COVID-19 testing goals, the region is getting some unexpected support from actor and humanitarian Sean Penn and his nonprofit organization, Community Organized Relief Effort.The organization, known as CORE, has partnered with Roots Community Health Center to open a free walk-up COVID-19 testing site […]

US tech giants Apple and Google said Wednesday they were offering health authorities around the world their platform for coronavirus contact tracing, a key tool in trying to tame the pandemic. “The work public health officials are doing around the world humbles us all,” the two companies said in a statement. “Google and Apple are […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida tourism leaders called for a quicker reopening and more government help in a roundtable with Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. Ron DeSantis in Orlando on Wednesday, with SeaWorld’s CEO saying the park might reopen as soon as June.At the same time, DeSantis urged theme park companies to open up their […]

NEW YORK — Social distancing has become a social issue.An analysis by the Legal Aid Society found that while the majority of 311 complaints about people flaunting social distancing rules come from residents of New York City’s predominantly white neighborhoods, most of the people given summonses or getting arrested for similar complaints are from black […]

Dr. Lilly Immergluck last week gave what she called “the vaccine lecture” to a group of Morehouse School of Medicine students.Immergluck, a pediatrician, infectious disease specialist and an assistant professor at the Atlanta school since 2005, talks each year to all students there about how vaccines have helped control the spread of the measles and […]

MIAMI — Latinos say they are skeptical of federal authorities’ response to the coronavirus, but they generally support provisions in the new financial stimulus bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a new national poll released by Democratic-leaning organizations Wednesday.The survey, conducted May 10 to May 16 by the research firm Latino […]

ATLANTA — Members of Georgia’s congressional delegation are asking for federal involvement in the investigation of Ahmaud Arbery’s Feb. 23 shooting death.In a letter sent Wednesday, elected leaders from both sides of the political aisle urged both U.S. Attorney General William Barr and Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband to have federal investigators assist the Georgia […]

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro neatly sums up how thoroughly politics has hijacked the debate over using malaria drugs against the new coronavirus: “Right-wingers take chloroquine.” The far-right leader made the remark Tuesday, a day before his government recommended widespread use of chloroquine and a less-toxic derivative, hydroxychloroquine, to treat COVID-19 even in mild cases, despite […]

Seven weeks ago Dianne King left her Alabama home to fight COVID-19 in hard-hit New York, traveling to a city she’d never seen to battle a virus killing hundreds of people per day. And after a grueling schedule on the front lines in America’s most populous city, the 43-year-old nurse is returning home this week […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the “fantastic job” by Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly during the coronavirus pandemic as the Republican-controlled state Legislature prepares to limit the Democratic governor’s emergency authority.Trump joined Kelly and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, both chief executives of states with major food processing sectors, for a one-hour meeting in […]

Rico Montego, 22, is out and about in Washington on his daily routine, chatting with friends on a street corner in the east of the city, despite the strict stay-at-home orders. Compliance with the lockdown — now in its eighth week — has been patchy across the American capital, with concern focused on casual social […]

HOPE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — There’s pain in Hope.The mid-Michigan township of about 1,300 residents was among the communities still reeling Wednesday, a day after after heavy rains led to failures of the Edenville and Sanford dams, causing massive flooding throughout Midland County.The Tittabawassee River breached the two dams, which drained Wixom Lake, leaving behind a […]

The World Health Organization has reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases, as US President Donald Trump proposed hosting world leaders for the annual G7 summit as a sign of “normalization.” The WHO said Wednesday that more than 106,000 virus cases had been reported — the most in a single day since the outbreak […]

Islamabad (AFP) – Before the virus shutdown, dancer Adnan Ali had carved out a comfortable living performing at parties for newlyweds and newborns, avoiding the financial hardship faced by many in Pakistan’s transgender community.But the closure of wedding halls and scrapped celebrations where she would twist and twirl in front of applauding crowds have frozen […]

New York (AFP) – Will Michael get full custody of his son Wiley? Will Sasha’s romantic woes lead her down the road to addiction? Will Sonny and Julian battle it out once again?Fans of “General Hospital” are awaiting answers to these questions — but they could end up waiting a long time, as the last […]