FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the 2020 Council for National Policy meeting in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner August 23, 2020 By Tim Reid and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – This week’s Republican National Convention will be a four-day celebration of President Donald Trump, […]
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Top U.S. security official says he cannot send law enforcement to polling sites
FILE PHOTO: Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf testifies during a hearing before Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at Dirksen Senate Office Building August 6, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Pool via REUTERS August 24, 2020 By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. […]
Energy firms shut 58% of Gulf of Mexico oil output due to twin storm threat, U.S. says
August 23, 2020 (Reuters) – Energy firms shut 57.6%, or 1.07 million barrels per day (bpd), of offshore crude oil production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico because of the twin threat from Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura, the U.S. government said on Saturday. Also, 44.6%, or 1,205 million […]
Airplane mode and prepaid SIMs: some Israelis dodge COVID-19 tracking
August 23, 2020 By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s cellphone surveillance for coronavirus contact-tracing may have overcome challenges by privacy watchdogs, but the state tracking policy is hard put to deal with low-tech evasion methods seemingly lifted from TV cop shows. Some Israelis, fearing a quarantine order after unwittingly […]
Hungary summons German ambassador over EU minister’s anti-Semitism criticism
FILE PHOTO: Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office Michael Roth gives a statement for the media, prior to a video conference of the European Union’s General Affairs Council, at the foreign ministry in Berlin, Germany June 16, 2020. Markus Schreiber/Pool via REUTERS August 23, 2020 […]
NFL: Several teams cancel training after positive COVID-19 tests
August 23, 2020 (Reuters) – Several NFL teams cancelled or rescheduled training sessions on Sunday after a single laboratory returned a number of positive tests for COVID-19, the league has said. The Chicago Bears pushed back training from Sunday morning to the afternoon. Initial testing had revealed that nine players […]
Louisiana, Cuba residents evacuate as twin storms take aim at U.S. coast
FILE PHOTO: A member of the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) monitors the trajectory of Storm Laura in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas August 23, 2020 (Reuters) – Coastal residents in low-lying areas of Louisiana and Cuba were evacuating on Sunday, while roads turned to rivers in […]
Belarusian protesters pack capital, army issues warning
FILE PHOTO: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visits a military firing range near Grodno, Belarus August 22, 2020. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS August 23, 2020 MINSK (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters packed the streets of Minsk on Sunday as the army waded into Belarus’ political crisis, warning that […]
Tunisia’s incoming PM plans restructuring of economic ministries: political sources
FILE PHOTO: Tunisia’s Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi takes the oath of office during the country’s new government swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2020. Fethi Belaid/Pool via REUTERS August 23, 2020 TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s prime minister-designate plans to gather the ministries of […]
Uzbek reporter released pending investigation
FILE PHOTO: Uzbek journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev (front) is seen after a court hearing in Tashkent, Uzbekistan May 7, 2018. REUTERS/Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov August 23, 2020 TASHKENT (Reuters) – Authorities in Uzbekistan have freed a local journalist whose detention drew rare criticism from the United States this month, but he is still […]