Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam attends a news conference following the annual policy address in Hong Kong, China November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Lam YikHONG KONG, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s government may cut ties with one of the city’s key legal profession associations if it gets involved in politics,…
(CNN)Paul Mitchell, a former US congressman from Michigan who championed Republican priorities before leaving the party over its embrace of election lies, died on Sunday following a battle with cancer. He was 64. “Paul was an American. He was the embodiment of what we can be if we choose to…
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodwards third book about Donald Trump will be called Peril, completing a trilogy begun with Fear and Rage. According to its publisher, it will also include sections on the first months of Joe Bidens presidency. Woodward rose to fame in the early 1970s, working with Carl…
Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP The South Carolina Republican senator Lindsey Graham called Joe Biden after his victory over Donald Trump to tell the president he only joined attacks on his son, Hunter Biden, as a bare minimum to satisfy Trump supporters. Related: Lindsey Graham, reverse ferret: how John McCain’s spaniel…
He put out a statement afterward saying that during the call I only heard excuses. Amidst the ongoing chaos and ensuing instability at home and abroad, the only solution President Biden has offered is to play politics and baselessly blame his predecessor, he said. He added, Given that Republican members…
Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Bergen has reported from Afghanistan since 1993. His new book is, “The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own.…
Jason Herring City transit users are seen wearing masks on an LRT platform downtown. Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021.Photo by Brendan Miller/Postmedia Article content Modelling from a group of British Columbia researchers predicts Alberta will see a large fourth wave of COVID-19, driven primarily by unvaccinated individuals. Advertisement This advertisement has…
I jokingly refer to Senator Graham as Senator Graham 1.0 and the Senator Graham 2.0 who came along during the Trump years, the 2.0 being the preferred upgrade, said Nate Leupp, chairman of the Greenville County Republicans and one of several party leaders in South Carolina who said they had…
EDMONTON — Students attending Edmonton Public Schools will have to wear a mask until a COVID-19 vaccine is available for all kids. Edmonton Public made the decision after a meeting with its trustees on Friday as vaccines are unavailable for those attending kindergarten to Grade 6 and vaccination rates are…
Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on COVID-19 and back-to-school guidance in Edmonton on Aug. 13, 2021. Dr. Hinshaw might have apologized, but she did not totally back down from her position. JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press The Alberta plan to treat COVID-19 much like any other respiratory disease is on…
