FILE PHOTO: A teacher gives an online class at school, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Seoul, South Korea, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran August 25, 2020 SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Tuesday ordered most schools in Seoul and surrounding areas to close and move classes back online, […]
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Daughter of New Zealand mosque victim tells gunman: consider ‘beauty of diversity’ while in prison
Brenton Tarrant, the gunman who shot and killed worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks, is seen during his sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 24, 2020. John Kirk-Anderson/Pool via REUTERS August 25, 2020 By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The daughter of a woman killed in […]
Trump administration says Alaska’s Pebble mine must offset wetlands damage
August 24, 2020 (Reuters) – The U.S. government placed an additional hurdle in front of Alaska’s Pebble Mine project on Monday, giving developers 90 days to explain how they would offset damage to wetlands and prominent fishing sites following opposition to the project by prominent Republicans in recent weeks. The […]
Russian-backed organizations amplifying QAnon conspiracy theories, researchers say
FILE PHOTO: A person wears a t-shirt with the anagram WWG1WGA, the QAnon slogan, while participating in a “save the children” march and rally in New York City, New York, U.S. August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo August 24, 2020 By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Russian government-supported organizations […]
‘I could have suffocated’: Peru’s pandemic tensions burst with nightclub tragedy
August 24, 2020 By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Peru, battling one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks and a five-month lockdown, was reeling on Monday after the deaths of 13 people, most of them young women, in a stampede at an illegal nightclub triggered by a police raid. The […]
Erdogan says Greece ‘sowing chaos’ in Mediterranean
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks to the media after attending Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo August 24, 2020 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey’s navy will not back down as Greece “sows chaos” […]
At least 100 feared trapped in building collapse south of Mumbai
A man removes the debris after a five-storey building collapsed in Raigad in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer August 24, 2020 By Rajendra Jadhav and Sankalp Phartiyal MUMBAI (Reuters) – At least 100 people are feared trapped in the debris of a five-storey building that […]
Algeria to hold referendum on constitution on Nov.1
August 24, 2020 ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria has set Nov. 1 as a date for a referendum on a new constitution aimed at boosting democracy and giving parliament a greater role, the presidency said on Monday, after months-long protests demanding reforms. Elected last December, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has repeatedly pledged […]
Report: Nets have eye on Popovich
August 24, 2020 Gregg Popovich is on the short list of candidates to be the next head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. Per The Athletic, Popovich’s former pupil in San Antonio — current Nets general manager Sean Marks — is hoping to lure the five-time championship coach from the Spurs. […]
New Orleans renters face toxic mix of crumbling homes, weak rights, eviction worries
August 24, 2020 By Kathleen Flynn and Makini Brice NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and triggered a mass exodus, the Crescent City is bracing for new storms as it faces an entirely different crisis – the beginning of a possible wave of evictions […]