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With Iranian President Ebrahim Raisis inauguration on August 3 and the country facing several immediate crises, including renegotiation of the 2015 nuclear deal, an exploding COVID-19 outbreak, struggling oil sales and the sudden Taliban takeover in neighboring Afghanistan, it was imperative he quickly form a government.The Iranian Majlis on Wednesday…
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez speaks during a brief joint news conference with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (not pictured) at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, May 11, 2021. Gabriel Bouys/Pool via REUTERSBUENOS AIRES, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Argentine prosecutors have charged President Alberto Fernandez with allegedly breaking a mandatory…
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To get a roundup of TechCrunchs biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Ello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 26, 2021. Or as someone called it recently, Friday Jr. We have lots and lots of news today, with…
Oregon is now recording more cases each day than at any point in the pandemic, and hospitalizations, now averaging 968 a day, have reached a new peak. Health care workers in Portland pleaded for action at a news conference this week. Levi Cole, an I.C.U. nurse at Portland Providence Medical…
A decade ago, scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health used ferrets to engineer a highly lethal flu virus. The purpose of the research known as gain of function was to better understand how viruses evolve and to help devise medicines to combat the potential disease threats. It also…
Photo courtesy Stewart Volland for Blizzard Entertainment. The 2021 Overwatch League playoffs have hit a slight snag. Yesterday, the League announced it will no longer host live playoff matches in Dallas and Los Angeles. “Due to significant changes in the environment affecting travel for some teams, we’ve decided to pivot…
Richard Linklater captures existential musings and the banality of everyday conversations like no one else. While he would lean into more dramatic territory with “Boyhood” and the “Before” trilogy, Linklater’s high school comedy “Dazed and Confused” remains one of his best known and most popular films. The hilarious coming-of-age story…
When it comes to the intersection between social responsibility and entertainment, superheroes at their most idealistic have always been at the forefront, leading the charge by serving as an example of what the rest of us should aspire to. This would merely be the latest example in a long, proud…
Andy Becketts call for Labour to practise clear-sighted, ruthless politics (Johnsons Tories seem to defy reality but Labours realistic politics isnt working, 20 August) could gain traction if it asked what the Conservative partys worst nightmare might be. Time and time again it has won general elections by appealing to…
