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(Reuters) – As professional sports in North America slowly return amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the debate over athletes kneeling during the national anthem as part of the fight against racial injustice is growing louder. The protest movement sparked by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016 has picked…
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As coronavirus infections climb in Mumbai, authorities in India’s worst-hit city are turning to high-tech “smart helmets” to speed up screenings and identify suspected cases in the financial capital’s densely-populated slums. The portable thermoscanners — previously deployed in Dubai, Italy and China — enable health workers to record the temperatures…
A well-known Pakistani journalist who has long criticised the military and judicial establishment was freed late Tuesday after uniformed men had snatched him off an Islamabad street in broad daylight. Matiullah Jan, a freelancer who has worked for numerous local and foreign media outlets, had been bundled into the back…
Ukraine stand-off ends as police storm bus and free all gunman’s hostages after hours of negotiations, officials say This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet…
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday (Jul 21) that would prevent migrants who are in the United States illegally from being counted when US congressional voting districts are redrawn in the next round of redistricting. US Census experts and lawyers say the action is legally dubious. In theory, it…
Up until a few years ago, Abigail Reeds politics were in line with those of her parents. She understood their point of view, and she followed it. Then Reed, a recent high school graduate from Indianapolis who is headed to college in a few weeks, started thinking for herself. She…
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning illegal aliens from 2020 Census count for the purpose of Congressional representation. BREAKING: President Trump has signed an Executive Order Banning Illegal Immigrants from 2020 Census count for the purpose of Congressional representation. Benny (@bennyjohnson) July 21, 2020 Via The Associated…
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in congressional reapportionment, a move that drew immediate criticism from Democratic officials. The Supreme Court blocked the administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form,…
