If you’ve spent the last four years or longer trying yet failing to have productive conversations with a family member or friend who holds racist views or votes for racist politicians, now is the time to move on. Provided you’ve made a good faith effort, no amount of gentle persuasion,…
By Reuters Staff JAKARTA (Reuters) – Six supporters of Indonesian Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab were killed in a shootout on Monday, police said, raising worries the clash could reignite tensions between authorities and Islamist groups in the worlds biggest Muslim majority country. FILE PHOTO: Rizieq Shihab, the leader of Indonesian…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Joe Bidens White House win has made Gov. Gavin Newsom a California kingmaker. When the Democrat president-elect plucked a second California official for an administration post, he handed Newsom another opportunity to put his stamp on a generation of leadership in the nations biggest Democratic state. Now,…
According to your poll before the US presidential election (see Nature 586, 654; 2020), the political leaning of scientists was 86% in favour of Democrat Joe Biden, now president-elect, with just 8% supporting Republican Donald Trump, the outgoing president. However, this finding is glaringly out of step with the voting…
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. For months, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held the line against a pared-down stimulus plan to prop up the coronavirus-hobbled economy. She insisted that Democrats…
image copyrightGetty Images image captionSafa al-Hashem was first elected as an MP in 2012 Kuwait’s only female MP, Safa al-Hashem, has lost her seat in polls which saw the opposition make gains in the oil-rich Gulf state. There were 29 female candidates, but none secured a seat. This was a…
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden says he’ll take the COVID vaccine and will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his administration. Video Elephant USA TODAY’s coverage of the 2020 election and President-elect Joe Biden’s transition continues this week as he rolls out more of his picks…
Filming was completed in India last December and Nair took a break in March from editing the show in London with a visit home to New York. Then international borders closed because of the coronavirus. In the video interview, Nair demonstrated how she toggled between multiple screens to edit with…
Remember the mysterious illness caused by suspected “sonic” attacks back in 2017 that afflicted some U.S. diplomats and spies in Cuba, China, Russia, and elsewhere? A report released Saturday, commissioned by the Department of State and authored by external experts, has landed on a likely culprit, and it is technologically…
On the heels of an election that dramatically changed the outlook of Miami-Dade County politics, Democrats and Republicans will convene next week to choose local leaders for their respective parties. Miami-Dade Democrats appear likely to stick with current Chairman Steve Simeonidis despite an underwhelming performance last month by the partys…
