Greece’s neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was branded a criminal organisation on Wednesday, meaning its leaders now face heavy sentences following one of the most important trials in the country’s political history. The judgement came as police and anti-fascist demonstrators clashed outside the courthouse, on the sidelines of a large protest of some 15,000 people. Reading […]
President Donald Trump’s accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a stay of a lower-court decision will remain in effect so Trump’s lawyers can appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. A district […]
Prospects for more aid for Americans struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic and U.S. airlines seeking to avert a wave of layoffs crumbled on Tuesday when President Donald Trump ended negotiations with Congress over a large coronavirus bill. “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we […]
A high-speed hurricane bore down on Mexico’s Caribbean coast Tuesday, triggering the mobilisation of thousands of soldiers and the evacuation of residents and tourists in a string of top beach resorts. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified in the Caribbean to reach Category 4 status, the second-highest, and was on course to hit the Yucatan Peninsula by […]
Facebook on Tuesday removed a post by US President Donald Trump for downplaying Covid-19 danger by saying the season flu is more deadly, in a rare step against the American leader by the leading social network. A day after checking out of a hospital where he received first-class treatment for Covid-19, Trump used Twitter and […]
Eddie Van Halen, of the legendary hard rock group that bore his family name, died on Tuesday following a long battle with cancer, his son announced. “I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,” Wolf Van Halen […]
Netflix is facing a criminal charge in a Texas county for ‘promoting lewd visuals’ of a child in the French film Cuties, according to a statement from Tyler county’s district attorney’s office on Tuesday. The document, filed on Sept 23, said Netflix promoted material in the film that depicts indecent exhibition of the body of […]
A chain of U.S. survival communities plan to activate and open to members for the first time over fears of violence following the presidential election on Nov. 3. Fortitude Ranch camps in West Virginia and Colorado will open on election day to protect members, the company’s October newsletter said. Regardless of whether Republican President Donald […]
President Donald Trump’s decision to return home from Walter Reed despite his continued illness is putting new focus on the people around him who could be further exposed if he doesn’t abide by strict isolation protocols. Throughout the pandemic, White House custodians, ushers, kitchen staff and members of the U.S. Secret Service have continued to show up […]
Kamala Harris and Mike Pence will be separated by a see-through barrier to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission at Wednesday’s vice presidential debate. The Democratic campaign allegedly requested the plexiglass shield according to one campaign aide who spoke under anonymity. The debate in Salt Lake City will come less than a week after President […]
The Indian Air Force conducted a full dress rehearsal today, including a fly past by its aircraft, at its Hindon base in Ghaziabad for the 88th Indian Air Force Day on October 8. The Tejas LCA, Jaguar, Mig-29, Mig-21 and Sukhoi-30 aircraft were part of the rehearsal, besides the newly inducted Rafale fighter jet, an […]
