Angela Merkel officially assumed the role of EU Council President for a second time on July 1. The German Chancellor, who runs the largest economy in the EU, will now wield even greater powers within the bloc as the future of the European Union hangs in the balance. Ms Merkel, who […]
Daily Archives: July 1, 2020
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Jonathan Irons, a wrongfully convicted man whose case was overturned in March with the help of WNBA player Maya Moore, was released from jail Wednesday. Video of Irons, 40, walking out of the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Missouri was posted on Moore’s Instagram page with the message “FREEDOM.” Let […]
This was supposed to be the year that Beijing would announce it had ended absolute poverty in China, fulfilling a key pledge of President Xi Jinping and one of the founding missions of the Chinese Communist Party. Then the novel coronavirus pandemic tore through the global economy. China shut down […]
It is a week since Liverpool ended their 30-year title drought and as they prepare to face Manchester City as champions, I am yet to unhook myself from the intoxicating red rush of eulogising articles, videos, podcasts and social media content I have been mainlining ever since. If it is […]
The engine Blue Origin delivered is a pathfinder engine to be used in tests. WASHINGTON — Blue Origin this week delivered a BE-4 rocket engine to United Launch Alliance. ULA will use two BE-4s in the main stage of its future Vulcan Centaur rocket In a celebratory tweet July 1 […]
By Graham Lawton A laboratory in Russia tests for IgG antibodies to the coronavirusSergei Karpukhin/TASS via Getty Images WHEN the novel pneumonia circulating in China was confirmed to be caused by a coronavirus, an already troubling situation suddenly got that bit worse. As a rule, coronaviruses don’t produce a very […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s U.K. government has announced plans to make it easier for top scientists to get visas. REUTERS/Toby Melville By Cathleen O’GradyJul. 1, 2020 , 1:00 PM The U.K. government plans to set up an “office for talent” to oversee visas and make it easier to attract top […]
New court documents from Meghan Markle‘s ongoing lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday reveal the Duchess of Sussex felt “unprotected” by the Royal Family. According to the documents obtained by E! News, Meghan’s lawyers share that the Royal Family’s penchant for common practices left Meghan and her friends “feeling silenced.” “[Meghan Markle] had become the subject of a […]