Category: News


Coronavirus: Trump says Republicans ‘forced’ to move convention


US President Donald Trump says Republicans have been “forced” to find another state to host their conference after North Carolina refused to budge on possible coronavirus restrictions.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52901090

Gabrielle Union: Ex-America’s Got Talent judge discusses ‘toxic’ environment


Former America’s Got Talent judge Gabrielle Union has spoken about the “toxic work environment” on set, six months after she left the show.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52831347

Trump signs executive order targeting Twitter after fact-checking row


US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at removing some of the legal protections given to social media platforms.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52843986

Larry Kramer: Playwright and Aids activist dies at 84


Kramer wrote the landmark 1985 play The Normal Heart, about the early years of Aids, and 1992’s The Destiny of Me.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52821957

Meng Wanzhou: Huawei executive suffers US extradition blow


A Canadian court has ruled that the case of senior Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is fighting extradition to the United States, can go forward.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52793343

 


The number of US servicemen and women killed in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan – over an aggregate 44 years of fighting is almost exactly the same as the number of Americans who’ve now lost their lives to coronavirus in just three months of America’s war against the hidden enemy, as Donald Trump likes to refer to Covid-19.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52775216