A federal judge has rejected a request to repeal statewide restrictions on religious gatherings in Colorado, insisting the coronavirus still poses too great a risk to residents. The move was scorched by civil liberties advocates.
US District Judge Christine Arguello ruled this week that allowing such gatherings would “present a high risk of harm to the state of Colorado as well as the public in general,” declining to overturn a 175-person limit on religious events imposed by Governor Jared Polis.
“Numerous courts have considered, and persuasively rejected, nearly identical arguments,” Arguello wrote in her decision, referring to the case brought by plaintiff Liberty Counsel, a religious freedoms organization.
The state has the responsibility to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 virus, which is made more difficult when case numbers increase. The relief Plaintiff requests has the potential to increase case numbers significantly.
Representing Colorado televangelist Andrew Wommack, Liberty Counsel has argued the governor’s health orders are unconstitutional and discriminatory against religious groups, observing that authorities have allowed secular activities, such as “mass gatherings of protesters throughout the state,” to proceed “with no social distancing or other health precautions.”
“There is no constitutional justification to treat nonreligious gatherings better than religious gatherings,” Liberty Counsel founder and chairman Mat Staver said in a statement on Tuesday. “The First Amendment gives preferential treatment to the free exercise of religion.”
The virus does not discriminate between nonreligious and religious gatherings, but Gov. Jared Polis does.
The group has appealed Aruguello’s ruling, still hoping to overturn the 175-person limit on religious events, despite the judge’s insistence that similar cases have previously failed in court.
Similar religious restrictions have been brought in states around the US, triggering a number of legal challenges from civil liberties advocates and faith organizations. Most recently, a Baptist church in Washington, DC sued Mayor Muriel Bowser for discriminating against religious groups with the city’s Covid-19 rules. While that suit also made mention of nationwide protests against police brutality, the church argued that both demonstrators and worshippers are protected by the First Amendment and cannot be hampered with restrictions.
To date, Colorado has recorded more than 70,000 coronavirus infections and some 2,000 deaths since the pandemic erupted in the US last spring, according to data gathered by Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 7.3 million cases have been tallied nationwide, along with more than 206,000 fatalities.
Asian equities were poised for a bouncy session on Thursday after U.S. stocks posted a second consecutive quarter of gains and safe-haven assets, including the dollar, were mixed.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged global cooperation to protect the Earth's biodiversity but stopped short of making a major environmental commitment at a UN summit notable for the absence of his US counterpart Donald Trump.
A suspect already jailed on suspicion of carjacking was charged on Wednesday with opening fire on two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies as they sat in their patrol car, an attack that was caught on videotape.
President Donald Trump, asked if he would denounce white supremacists and militia groups during Tuesday night's U.S. presidential debate, told the right-wing group the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by."
The government of Brazil's Sao Paulo state signed a US$90 million contract on Wednesday to receive 46 million doses of a potential vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
The death toll from a wildfire raging in northern California's Cascade foothills climbed to four on Wednesday as firefighters battling that blaze and another wreaking havoc in wine country near San Francisco braced to confront a new bout of high winds.
The leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked President Donald Trump on Wednesday to consider whether the Russian government poisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a chemical nerve agent, which would subject Moscow to sanctions.
The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to force companies to disclose products that come from China's Xinjiang region, in a new bid to stop what lawmakers say is widespread forced labor in the restive area.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to move forward with "a modest number of layoffs", a company spokesperson said on Wednesday (Sep 30), months after the Wall Street bank paused job cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The US Federal Reserve will curb big bank capital distributions through the end of the year, meaning the likes of JPMorgan, Citi, Wells Fargo and Bank of America will be barred from share buybacks and will have to cap dividends into the new year.
Asian equities were poised for a bouncy session on Thursday after U.S. stocks posted a second consecutive quarter of gains and safe-haven assets, including the dollar, were mixed.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged global cooperation to protect the Earth's biodiversity but stopped short of making a major environmental commitment at a UN summit notable for the absence of his US counterpart Donald Trump.
A suspect already jailed on suspicion of carjacking was charged on Wednesday with opening fire on two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies as they sat in their patrol car, an attack that was caught on videotape.
President Donald Trump, asked if he would denounce white supremacists and militia groups during Tuesday night's U.S. presidential debate, told the right-wing group the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by."
The government of Brazil's Sao Paulo state signed a US$90 million contract on Wednesday to receive 46 million doses of a potential vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
The death toll from a wildfire raging in northern California's Cascade foothills climbed to four on Wednesday as firefighters battling that blaze and another wreaking havoc in wine country near San Francisco braced to confront a new bout of high winds.
The leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked President Donald Trump on Wednesday to consider whether the Russian government poisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a chemical nerve agent, which would subject Moscow to sanctions.
The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to force companies to disclose products that come from China's Xinjiang region, in a new bid to stop what lawmakers say is widespread forced labor in the restive area.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to move forward with "a modest number of layoffs", a company spokesperson said on Wednesday (Sep 30), months after the Wall Street bank paused job cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The US Federal Reserve will curb big bank capital distributions through the end of the year, meaning the likes of JPMorgan, Citi, Wells Fargo and Bank of America will be barred from share buybacks and will have to cap dividends into the new year.
Inexplicable sightings of a man flying 3,000 feet above LA in a jetpack have only become more puzzling with the release of FAA records on the incident, showing pilots reporting other unidentified craft to confused air controllers.
Government records obtained by the Drive – including an FAA report and more than 15 minutes of audio between aviation officials discussing the bizarre sighting last month – reveal that air traffic controllers received reports of an unfamiliar helicopter near the area the jetpacker was spotted above Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), as well as a cluster of “party balloons.”
The helicopter was called into LAX after it was observed by a different air controller, identified by the Drive as an “offsite FAA individual.” Both officials appear baffled.
Offsite FAA individual: “Did you call in a helicopter over there to help you?”
LAX tower: “No.”
Offsite FAA individual: “I see a [helicopter]. There's something at 600 feet right up there, looks like a helicopter.”
LAX tower: “Right underneath that Southwest arrival?”
Offsite FAA individual: “Yeah, but that 10 mile final is literally north of me and I've been scouring it, I don't see anything.”
LAX tower: “I, I don't know.”
The FAA document – known as a Mandatory Occurrence Report (MOR), submitted when air controllers witness certain safety violations – provides a brief summary of the jetpack sighting, noting the first pilot to witness the man “did not report making evasive maneuvers.” The report also indicates that a Los Angeles Police Department “air support” craft was notified of the situation, though it is unclear if that accounts for the helicopter spotted near LAX.
Prepared by the Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control Facility, or TRACON, the 15 minutes of audio released by the government also contains mention of “party balloons” seen at a similar altitude to where the ‘jetpack man’ was first spotted. It remains unknown whether the jetpacker was merely mistaken for the balloons, or if the pilot actually witnessed a separate object.
Almost immediately after the jetpacker was seen over the airport on August 30, the FBI’s Los Angeles field office launched a probe. But apparently just as perplexed as the pilots and air controllers who first reported the sighting, the agency put out a call to the public requesting information on the high-flying daredevil within days of the incident, suggesting he “[threatened] US airspace.”
The FBI continues to investgate reports of a #jetpack near #LAX on 8/30. Anyone with info about activity on or above the ground at the location depicted here should call the FBI. The FBI takes seriously events that threaten US airspace & investigates alleged violations #SafeSkiespic.twitter.com/dLZcZeRDuc
The bureau refused to disclose certain documents for the Drive’s Freedom of Information request, as its investigation is ongoing, but if the FAA disclosures are anything to go by, the probe may raise more questions than it answers.
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UK PM Boris Johnson promised to ‘build back better’ with a new education program, which prompted suggestions he swiped a tagline of US presidential candidate Joe Biden. But did both plagiarize it from somewhere else?
Speaking at the Exeter College in Devon on Tuesday, Johnson put forth something called a Lifetime Skills Guarantee, that should help Britons “train and retrain – at any stage in their lives” and enable the UK “not just to come through this crisis, but to come back stronger, and build back better.”
If that phrase sounded somewhat familiar to political journalists, it’s because Democrat candidate for president in the US, Joe Biden, used it as the title for his economic program unveiled in early July.
Turnabout might be fair play, considering that in 1988 Biden ran for president by plagiarizing a speech by British politician Neil Kinnock, which ended up torpedoing his candidacy at the time. However, there is no indication Johnson purloined the slogan from Biden.
Rather, both politicians (or their speechwriters) might have swiped it from something called the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted in March 2015 at a UN conference in Japan.
The Japanese delegation proposed “Build Back Better” as a concept in chapter 7 of the book they presented at the Sendai conference. It was eventually incorporated into the framework and endorsed by the UN General Assembly.
In a nutshell, the idea is to restore the local infrastructure, culture and environment to what it was before the natural disaster that disrupted them, only making them more resilient.
Then-PM of Japan, Shinzo Abe, explained the concept as “common sense to the Japanese people, coming from our historical experiences in recovering from disaster and preparing for the future,” and something that has become “an important part of the culture of Japan.”
Both Biden and Johnson seem to have embraced the soundbite more than the concept, given that the economic and societal damage from the Covid-19 pandemic was not caused by the virus itself, but the political response to it in the form of lockdowns.
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The U.S. Justice Department is expected to sue Alphabet's Google as soon as next week, and is currently urging state attorneys general to sign onto the lawsuit, according to three sources familiar with the process.
Apple Inc on Tuesday granted CEO Tim Cook 333,987 restricted stock units, with a possibility to earn as many as 667,974 more if he hits performance targets, in the executive's first stock grant since 2011.
A man who wounded two people in a meat cleaver attack in Paris last week has been charged with "attempted murder with relation to a terrorist enterprise," French anti-terrorist prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday.
Frontrunner Joe Biden and an increasingly struggling Donald Trump traded jabs on Tuesday (Sep 29) hours ahead of a first presidential debate that promised to be as nasty and unpredictable a clash as American voters have ever seen.
LeBron James says leading the Los Angeles Lakers into the NBA Finals after nearly three months inside the league's "bubble" in Orlando ranks as the biggest challenge of his career.
Manchester City have completed the signing of Portuguese defender Ruben Dias from Benfica, the Premier League side said on Tuesday, as Argentine defender Nicolas Otamendi moved the other way as part of the deal.
Apple Inc on Tuesday granted CEO Tim Cook 333,987 restricted stock units, with a possibility to earn as many as 667,974 more if he hits performance targets, in the executive's first stock grant since 2011.
A man who wounded two people in a meat cleaver attack in Paris last week has been charged with "attempted murder with relation to a terrorist enterprise," French anti-terrorist prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday.
Frontrunner Joe Biden and an increasingly struggling Donald Trump traded jabs on Tuesday (Sep 29) hours ahead of a first presidential debate that promised to be as nasty and unpredictable a clash as American voters have ever seen.
LeBron James says leading the Los Angeles Lakers into the NBA Finals after nearly three months inside the league's "bubble" in Orlando ranks as the biggest challenge of his career.
Manchester City have completed the signing of Portuguese defender Ruben Dias from Benfica, the Premier League side said on Tuesday, as Argentine defender Nicolas Otamendi moved the other way as part of the deal.
LeBron James says leading the Los Angeles Lakers into the NBA Finals after nearly three months inside the league's "bubble" in Orlando ranks as the biggest challenge of his career.
Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has said he wishes to move on from his recent bid to walk out of the club and his recent attacks on the board of directors, calling for everyone to pull together to help the team have a successful season.
Ferencvaros reached the Champions League group stage for the first time in 25 years after a 0-0 draw with Molde in their playoff round return leg on Tuesday sent the Hungarian side through on away goals following a 3-3 draw in Norway.
Tottenham Hotspur overcame visitors Chelsea 5-4 in a penalty shootout to progress in the League Cup following a 1-1 home draw in their fourth round clash on Tuesday.
Manchester City have completed the signing of Portuguese defender Ruben Dias from Benfica, the Premier League side said on Tuesday, as Argentine defender Nicolas Otamendi moved the other way as part of the deal.
The balls are heavier, the air cooler, the clay damper and at this year's autumnal French Open the matches are going longer as players are forced to grind it out on the dirt.
The top U.S. infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, said on Monday he was concerned that White House coronavirus task force member Scott Atlas was at times providing misleading or incorrect information on the pandemic to President Donald Trump, CNN reported.
Asian markets look set to rise on Tuesday, building on newfound momentum after bargain hunters helped a recovery in U.S. markets after last week's selloff.
A US$2.2 trillion draft bill for coronavirus aid unveiled by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives late Monday gave airlines some hope for a second bailout before tens of thousands of layoffs occur on Thursday, though tough hurdles remained.
Brazil's biggest lobby group for soy farmers Aprosoja has broken ties with the Brazil Agribusiness Association (Abag) over its support for an initiative calling on the Brazilian government to rein in soaring deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
New Zealand will launch its home summer of cricket with a Twenty20 match against West Indies at Eden Park on Nov. 27 before two test series against the Caribbeans and Pakistan, New Zealand Cricket said on Tuesday.
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The top U.S. infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, said on Monday he was concerned that White House coronavirus task force member Scott Atlas was at times providing misleading or incorrect information on the pandemic to President Donald Trump, CNN reported.
Asian markets look set to rise on Tuesday, building on newfound momentum after bargain hunters helped a recovery in U.S. markets after last week's selloff.
New Zealand will launch its home summer of cricket with a Twenty20 match against West Indies at Eden Park on Nov. 27 before two test series against the Caribbeans and Pakistan, New Zealand Cricket said on Tuesday.
The United States and Belgium said on Monday (Sep 28) they had reached an agreement that will allow US-bound passengers from Brussels to undergo US customs and immigration checks before departing Europe.
LONDON: Donald Trump's digital campaign team tried to dissuade millions of African Americans from voting in the 2016 US presidential election, Britain's Channel 4 News channel alleged in a report broadcast on Monday (Sep 28). The channel's investigative journalists said they had got hold of a file ...
A number of police departments around the United States have reported that their 911 services are down, a widespread outage believed to be linked to a glitch in a Microsoft cloud computing platform used by law enforcement.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW
ATTENTION: The 911 lines are not operational nationwide. This is for phone calls and text messaging. If you need police, fire or emergency medical assistance in Minneapolis, please call 612-348-2345. We will advise when this issue is fixed.
911 services are down in the City of Tucson. If you need to make an emergency call, dial 520-372-8011. We will let you know when 911 is back online. pic.twitter.com/aDfAIX3yDU
Police departments are reporting 911 outages in states all across the country including Illinois, Nevada, Arizona, Ohio, Delaware, Minnesota, Indiana, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Minnesota https://t.co/IpoqxwQhaYpic.twitter.com/HpTSi4xt5z
Rebels from Syria’s Idlib province are being recruited by Turkey to fight in Azerbaijan’s conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, just as it has done in Libya, the Guardian reported citing several of the militants.
Idlib is Syria’s northwestern province, and the last bastion of the Turkish-backed militants once hoping to effect regime change in Damascus. It is there the recruitment drive for Azerbaijan began a month ago, three rebels told the Guardian’s Bethan McKernan. Two brothers from Azaz said they had been summoned to a camp in Afrin on September 13 and told by a commander in the Sultan Murad Division that three- or six-month contracts were available “guarding observation posts and oil and gas facilities” in Azerbaijan for 7,000-10,000 Turkish lira a month.
That works out to roughly $900-1300 a month, and is a princely sum compared to the monthly wage of 450-550 Turkish lira a month ($57-70) that Ankara pays the militants to fight against the government of President Bashar Assad.
For at least the past two weeks Turkey has been signing up Syrian rebel fighters to deploy to Azerbaijan as private mercenaries - cracking scoop from @mck_beth. Underlines Erdogan’s ambitions, further complicates conflict with Armenia & will alarm Moscow https://t.co/O6YAitHgKE
“Our leader told us that we won’t be fighting, just assisting in guarding some areas,” said one of the men, whom the outlet named as Muhammad. “Our salaries aren’t enough for living, so we see it a great opportunity to make money.”
“There are no jobs available,” added his brother, Mahmoud. “I used to work as a tailor in Aleppo but since we were displaced to Azaz, I’ve tried many times to practise my craft but my family and I can’t earn enough.”
It was implied that the militants would be taking the job, though they could not say what exactly it entailed, for how long, when they were expected to leave – or even the name of the Turkish security company officially hiring them.
Another militant, who also asked for his name to be changed, said he and 150 other men were summoned to Afrin on September 22, but then told their departure had been delayed. He had promised $200 from the first paycheck to a local broker to sign him up for the job.
“When we first started being offered work abroad in Libya, people were afraid to go there, but now there are definitely thousands of us who are willing to go to either Libya or Azerbaijan,” he told the Guardian.
Reuters also reported the recruitment of Syrian militants on Monday, citing two of the fighters who had fought for Ahrar al-Sham jihadists, and volunteered for Azerbaijan after being promised $1,500 a month.
“I didn't want to go, but I don't have any money. Life is very hard and poor,” one of the militants told Reuters. The agency said it could not independently verify their accounts.
Turkey has previously been accused of sending Syrian militants to Libya, to fight for the Turkish-backed government against the Libyan National Army of General Khalifa Haftar. On Monday, the Armenian ambassador to Russia said that around 4,000 militants from northern Syria were sent by Turkey to Azerbaijan, as fighting broke out over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
An aide to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev dismissed those claims as “complete nonsense” and “another provocation from the Armenian side.” A source in the Turkish defense ministry likewise told the Guardian that Ankara “does not deal with recruiting or transfering militiamen anywhere in the world,” but would not go on the record.
The Guardian cited unnamed sources in the Syrian National Army as saying that a first group of some 500 Syrian militants has already arrived in Azerbaijan, including senior commanders Fahim Eissa of the Sultan Murad Division and Saif Abu Bakir of the Al Hamza. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed as many as 1,000 fighters could be headed for Azerbaijan. The Guardian said it could not verify either of those claims.
Some of the men who went to Libya said they had been told they would be working as security guards, but ended up fighting on the front lines instead. They also said their commanders would take up to 20 percent of their wages.
Nagorno-Karabakh is one of several border disputes left over from the collapse of the Soviet Union. An enclave predominantly populated by Armenians, it seceded from Azerbaijan in 1988 and declared itself the Republic of Artsakh following a bitter war in 1992-94.
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The United States and Belgium said on Monday (Sep 28) they had reached an agreement that will allow US-bound passengers from Brussels to undergo US customs and immigration checks before departing Europe.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that Facebook could not stop him from promoting the objectives of his government, telling the social media giant that they should talk about its purpose in his country.
Global warming is making the oceans more stable, increasing surface temperatures and reducing the carbon they can absorb, according to research published on Monday (Sep 28) by climate scientists who warned that the findings have "profound and troubling" implications.
The United States and Belgium said on Monday (Sep 28) they had reached an agreement that will allow US-bound passengers from Brussels to undergo US customs and immigration checks before departing Europe.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that Facebook could not stop him from promoting the objectives of his government, telling the social media giant that they should talk about its purpose in his country.
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China must engage in a new "long march" in the technology sector now that the U.S. has imposed export restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, the country's largest chip manufacturer, Chinese state-backed tabloid the Global Times wrote on Sunday.
A U.S. judge in Washington has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order banning Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download that was set to take effect at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
China expects a significant rebound in domestic travel over the upcoming Golden Week holiday after the sector was pummelled by the novel coronavirus for months, with some flights selling out and travel platforms reporting a surge in hotel bookings.
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The British government said it would have large stockpiles in place to provide a continuous flow of protective items, such as masks, to health workers tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, after criticism earlier in the year that supplies were too low.
China must engage in a new "long march" in the technology sector now that the U.S. has imposed export restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, the country's largest chip manufacturer, Chinese state-backed tabloid the Global Times wrote on Sunday.
A U.S. judge in Washington has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order banning Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok for download that was set to take effect at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
China expects a significant rebound in domestic travel over the upcoming Golden Week holiday after the sector was pummelled by the novel coronavirus for months, with some flights selling out and travel platforms reporting a surge in hotel bookings.
SYDNEY: Australia's coronavirus hotspot of Victoria said on Monday (Sep 28) its daily rise in new COVID-19 infections fell to single digits for the first time in more than three months, as the state began winding back some restrictions. Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, placed ...
The British government said it would have large stockpiles in place to provide a continuous flow of protective items, such as masks, to health workers tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, after criticism earlier in the year that supplies were too low.
The global death toll from the novel coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has swept across the world, passed 1 million on Sunday (Sep 27).
SYDNEY: Australia's coronavirus hotspot of Victoria said on Monday (Sep 28) its daily rise in new COVID-19 infections fell to single digits for the first time in more than three months, as the state began winding back some restrictions. Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, placed ...
The British government said it would have large stockpiles in place to provide a continuous flow of protective items, such as masks, to health workers tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, after criticism earlier in the year that supplies were too low.
The global death toll from the novel coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has swept across the world, passed 1 million on Sunday (Sep 27).
A US District judge has made an 11th hour intervention to block a federal government order prohibiting downloads of TikTok from app stores by American users.
President Donald Trump denied a New York Times report suggesting he paid almost no federal income taxes over the past two decades, saying the truth will be revealed when an Internal Revenue Service audit of his returns is over.
"It's totally fake news – made-up, fake," Trump told reporters Sunday in a White House briefing, noting that he had to deal with similar questions when the Times published a story on his taxes in 2016. He added that he will be "proud" to show his returns when an audit of his tax filings is finally finished, but "the IRS does not treat me well. They treat me like the Tea Party."
The Times said Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the 15 years before he was elected president and paid just $750 in 2016 and again in 2017. The newspaper didn't say where it obtained copies of Trump's tax filings, the leaking of which would be illegal.
Trump said his business organization files more than 100 pages of information from its various companies for its tax returns each year, and those documents will be much more revealing. He said he has paid "a lot" of income taxes, including New York state taxes, and that information will come out after the audit. Trump said his organization has been negotiating with the IRS "for a long time."
"I'm going to release many things, and people will be really shocked," Trump said. "But the New York Times has been doing fake story after fake story. I've never seen anything like it. And people understand it. That's why the media has such a low approval rating now because of what they've done. It's really a shame."
The Times admitted the limited nature of its reporting, saying "the filing will leave many questions unanswered, many questioners unfulfilled." The filings don't reveal Trump's true wealth, the newspaper said, "nor do they reveal any previously unreported connections to Russia."
Trump’s political opponents wasted no time in seizing on the source-based “scoop” to pounce on the president, sending #TrumpTaxReturns and #TrumpisBroke trending on Twitter.
Andrew Weissmann, who was a lead prosecutor in the Mueller probe into the now-debunked theory that Russia colluded with Trump to help him win the 2016 elections, tweeted that “the lesson from the NYT Trump tax piece is apparently paying US taxes is just for losers and suckers.”
The lesson from the NYT Trump tax piece is apparently paying US taxes is just for losers and suckers.
The last time I paid less than $1000 in taxes I was in college.
Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-CT) accused Trump of leading a lavish lifestyle at the expense of blue collar workers, tweeting: “Plumbers and teachers and fast food workers and accountants were (and still are) paying for his lifestyle.”
“It’s outrageous that hard-working Georgian families pay more in taxes than Trump. He’s not a president for the people -- it’s time to vote him out,” the Democratic Party of Georgia charged.
We now see why Donald Trump has been desperately hiding his tax returns from the American people for years. It’s outrageous that hard-working Georgian families pay more in taxes than Trump. He’s not a president for the people -- it’s time to vote him out. https://t.co/VEi3LnQbbS
Many noted that the timing of the Times’ “bombshell” might come handy to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who is to debate Trump in just two days.
The timing of the New York Times publishing Trump’s taxes two days before the first presidential debate is not a coincidence.
Moderator Chris Wallace is going to have to make some adjustments to his planned question topics. https://t.co/Ip6DZGdseA
Observers noted that even the supposedly gotcha allegations of Trump's business losses and tax avoidance were typical fare that go unreported on other major corporations. "Despite the euphemistic language, you get to the bottom of the article (eventually) and realize that it's a total dud," UK journalist Raheem Kassam tweeted.
Read it for yourself here. Despite the euphemistic language you get to the bottom of the article (eventually) and realise this is a total dud. https://t.co/0G5PR55z3s
Journalist Michael Tracey said the admission of no titillating Russia connections "must've been a real heart-breaker for the NYT."
Journalist Aaron Mate noted that between Bill Clinton's $500,000 speaking fee in Russia and the $3.5 million that the wife of Moscow's mayor allegedly wired to Hunter Biden, both of the last two Democrat presidential candidates have had "deeper financial ties to Russia than Trump."
The global death toll from the novel coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has swept across the world, passed 1 million on Sunday (Sep 27).
A judge is set to tell Uber on Monday whether it has won back its London operating licence after it was removed over safety concerns, the latest stage of a long-running battle with the regulator in one of its most important markets.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and fellow Democrats on Sunday made it clear that their opposition to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, will focus on the possibility she could cast a decisive vote to strike down the Obamacare health law.
The global death toll from the novel coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has swept across the world, passed 1 million on Sunday (Sep 27).
A judge is set to tell Uber on Monday whether it has won back its London operating licence after it was removed over safety concerns, the latest stage of a long-running battle with the regulator in one of its most important markets.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and fellow Democrats on Sunday made it clear that their opposition to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, will focus on the possibility she could cast a decisive vote to strike down the Obamacare health law.
Thiago Galhardo scored his ninth league goal of the season for Internacional but a quick equaliser from Luciano Neves left Inter and Sao Paulo to share the points in Saturday’s Serie A encounter in Porto Alegre.
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Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei accused Western countries on Saturday of attempting to sow "chaos and anarchy" in the former Soviet republic, which has been rocked by street protests since an election last month.
Chief Raoni Metuktire, one of the most iconic defenders of the Amazon, condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday for blaming wildfires devastating the rainforest on indigenous people.
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A Pakistan-born teenager has admitted to stabbing two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, investigators said Saturday, with nine people now detained over what the government condemned as "Islamist terror".
Argentina´s novel coronavirus infections were poised to top 700,000 on Saturday as new daily infections and deaths hit the top five globally, Reuters data showed, despite seven months of quarantine that have ravaged the frail economy.
President Donald Trump's hope for a "straightforward and prompt" confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was immediately dashed, as Democrats reacted with a host of arguments for blocking the appointment.
Senator Dianne Feinstein said Barrett would push the court further to the right, jeopardizing "many rights and protections that the American people have fought for and deeply cherish," including abortion. In any case, Feinstein said, the Senate shouldn't consider any nominee to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg until the Nov. 3 election has been held and the "next president has been inaugurated," apparently ruling out the possibility that Trump could be re-elected.
Sen. Feinstein on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court: "The Senate should not consider any Supreme Court nominee until the American people have spoken in November and the next president has been inaugurated." pic.twitter.com/7bUQuyaJ75
Other leading Democrats, including presidential candidate Joe Biden, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, said confirming Barrett to the court would help Trump crush Obamacare. "Vote like your health care is on the ballot – because it is," Biden said on Twitter. Schumer tweeted that a vote for Barrett "is a vote to eliminate health care for millions in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic." Pelosi said grimly, "This nomination threatens the destruction of life-saving protections for 135 million Americans."
Today, President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court — a jurist with a written track record of disagreeing with the Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act.
As if threatening millions of lives is not reason enough to torpedo Barrett's nomination, other Democrats pointed out the precedent of 2016, when the Republican-controlled Senate blocked former President Barack Obama's nominee to the high court nearly nine months before that year's presidential election. California Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted a debunked video of Barrett apparently saying in 2016 that it's wrong to fill a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year.
Even the anti-Trump Washington Post has said the video was deceptively edited and that Barrett was not arguing against confirming a new Supreme Court justice in an election year.
Here is Judge Amy Coney Barrett explaining why it’s wrong to fill a SCOTUS vacancy during a presidential election year. pic.twitter.com/a5H09OmgsX
The attacks on Barrett began even before Trump officially nominated her in a Rose Garden ceremony Saturday afternoon. Democrat political operatives went so far as to suggest that Barrett and her husband had abused or kidnapped their two adopted children from Haiti. When Barrett was appointed to the 7th US Circuit Court in 2017, Feinstein questioned whether she could judge fairly because of her Catholic faith, saying "the dogma lives loudly within you."
The tone of the reaction suggested dim prospects for what Trump hoped would be a smooth confirmation process. He urged Democrats "to provide Judge Barrett with the respectful and dignified hearing that she deserves – and frankly that our country deserves." He also called on lawmakers and media outlets to "refrain from personal or partisan attacks."
"The stakes for our country are incredibly high," Trump said. "Rulings that the Supreme Court will issue in the coming years will decide the survival of the Second Amendment, our religious liberty, public safety and so much more. To maintain security, liberty and prosperity, we must preserve our priceless heritage of a nation of laws."
While Trump tried to downplay -- in some cases jokingly -- the fierce political battle ahead, Barrett acknowledged the tough confirmation gauntlet she must run. "I have no illusions that the road ahead of me will be easy, either for the short term or the long haul," she said. "I never imagined that I would find myself in this position, but now that I am, I assure you that I will meet the challenge with both humility and courage."
Barrett became Trump's third Supreme Court appointment, and the second, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, was hit with wild accusations of sexual assault from his teen years during a 2018 confirmation hearing that deepened the partisan divide in Washington. Political tensions are even higher this time around, with the election looming less than six weeks away.
Barrett, 48, spoke admiringly of Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18, saying she "not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them." She said she also was inspired by the friendship that Ginsburg maintained with the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom Barrett served as a law clerk more than 20 years ago. "These two great Americans demonstrated that arguments, even about matters of great consequence, need not destroy affection," she said.
Barrett said she tries to live by that same principle in her personal and professional lives. She tried to extend an olive branch to all Americans, saying: "The president has nominated me to serve on the United States Supreme Court, and that institution belongs to all of us. If confirmed, I would not assume that role for the sake of those in my own circle and certainly not for my own sake, but I would assume this role to serve you."
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A Pakistan-born teenager has admitted to stabbing two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, investigators said Saturday, with nine people now detained over what the government condemned as "Islamist terror".
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Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei accused Western countries on Saturday of attempting to sow "chaos and anarchy" in the former Soviet republic, which has been rocked by street protests since an election last month.
Chief Raoni Metuktire, one of the most iconic defenders of the Amazon, condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday for blaming wildfires devastating the rainforest on indigenous people.
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A Pakistan-born teenager has admitted to stabbing two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, investigators said Saturday, with nine people now detained over what the government condemned as "Islamist terror".
Mainland China reported 15 new COVID-19 cases on Sept. 25, compared with eight cases announced a day earlier, the national health authority said on Saturday.
धुन में और हिट हिन्दी गाने से सदाबहार गायक एसपी बाला सुब्रमण्यम अब हमारे बीच नहीं रहे। फिल्म और म्यूजिक जगत से लेकर देशभर में उनके जाने का ग़म साफ-साफ नजर आ रहा है। एसपी बाला सुब्रमण्यम ने अपने एक इंटरव्यू में खुद कहा था कि मैं मरना नहीं चाहता और यह क्लिप बॉलिवुड ऐक्टर आर. माधवन ने शेयर किया है। जैसे ही एसपी बाला सुब्रमण्यम के निधन की खबर आई बॉलिवुड से लेकर साउथ सिनेमा तक की हस्तियां उन्हें श्रद्धांजलि देने के लिए सोशल मीडिया पर आ गई। सबने अपने-अपने तरीके से उनके लिए अपनी भावनाएं व्यक्त की। आर. माधवन ने भी इंस्टाग्राम पर एसपी बाला सुब्रमण्यम का एक वीडियो शेयर किया, जिसमें वह कहते नजर आ रहे हैं - मैं मरना नहीं चाहता। माधवन ने इस वीडियो को शेयर करते हुए लिखा है, 'लेजंड चाहते हैं कि वे इस तरह से याद किए जाएं। जीने की जबरदस्त लालसा...और ऐसे ही मैं भी उन्हें याद कर रहा हूं। हमेशा हंसते रहते।' बता दें कि बीते 5 अगस्त को उनके अस्पताल में ऐडमिट होने की खबर आई थी। उन्होंने एक वीडियो के जरिए बताया था कि उनको खास लक्षण नहीं हैं। उन्होंने एक वीडियो जारी किया था, जिसमें बताया था कि उन्हें खास दिक्कत नहीं है लेकिन परिवार के कहने पर ऐडमिट हो रहे हैं। उन्होंने फैन्स से कहा था कि चिंता न करें वह जल्द ठीक होकर लौटेंगे। इसके बाद उनकी हालात लगातार बिगड़ती गई। वहीं 14 सितंबर को उनके बेटे की तरफ से अपडेट था कि उनकी हालत में सुधार है। आखिरकार कोरोना से लंबी फाइट के बाद उनका शुक्रवार को निधन हो गया।
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Why the coronavirus affects children much less severely than adults has become an enduring mystery of the pandemic. The vast majority of children do not get sick; when they do, they usually recover. The first study to compare the immune response in children with that in adults suggests a reason ...
Why the coronavirus affects children much less severely than adults has become an enduring mystery of the pandemic. The vast majority of children do not get sick; when they do, they usually recover. The first study to compare the immune response in children with that in adults suggests a reason ...
Why the coronavirus affects children much less severely than adults has become an enduring mystery of the pandemic. The vast majority of children do not get sick; when they do, they usually recover. The first study to compare the immune response in children with that in adults suggests a reason ...
Police across Britain on Friday (Sep 25) paid silent tribute and flags were flown at half mast after a long-serving officer became the first to be shot dead in the line of duty in more than eight years.
US President Donald Trump lambasted NY Governor Andrew Cuomo for questioning the safety of federally approved vaccines, reminding him of his much-maligned order to care homes to admit patients who had contracted Covid-19.
“Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York wants to put New York at the END of the Vaccine List in that he doesn’t trust the FDA or Federal Government, even though the Vaccines are being developed by the finest Labs in the World. Wish he trusted us on Nursing Homes!” Trump tweeted on Friday.
Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York wants to put New York at the END of the Vaccine List in that he doesn’t trust the @FDA or Federal Government, even though the Vaccines are being developed by the finest Labs in the World. Wish he trusted us on Nursing Homes!
The missive comes a day after Cuomo said that his state, which remains the hardest-hit by the coronavirus with over 32,000 deaths, will conduct “its own review” of the vaccine after it’s already been declared safe and effective by the federal government.
“The first question is, is the vaccine safe? Frankly, I'm not going to trust the federal government's opinion,” said Cuomo, who has frequently butted heads with Trump over his handling of the pandemic.
Earlier this month, Cuomo pinned blame on the president for his state suffering the worst outbreak in the country, arguing that it was Trump who “caused” the outbreak in New York by not banning travel from Europe early enough.
Cuomo himself has faced accusations of gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic with his own policy of requiring nursing homes to admit patients from coronavirus-infested hospitals without testing them for the disease. The policy is believed to have contributed to at least 6,600 care home deaths, and a report by the AP in August suggested that the real number may be higher by two-thirds.
Facing pushback for his March 25 executive order, which was subsequently erased from New York’s official healthcare website, Cuomo then faulted elderly care homes themselves following his own order without a second thought.
Last month, the US Justice Department announced it was considering a civil rights probe into four Democrat-run states, including New York, to “determine if the state orders requiring admission of Covid-19 patients to nursing homes is responsible for the deaths of nursing home residents.”
As part of the inquiry, New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Pennsylvania had to turn over their Covid-19 data to federal investigators.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday extended a ban until 2032 on offshore oil drilling off the coast of North Carolina, weeks after a similar extension affecting drilling in the waters off Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
Police across Britain on Friday (Sep 25) paid silent tribute and flags were flown at half mast after a long-serving officer became the first to be shot dead in the line of duty in more than eight years.
About 3,500 U.S. companies, including Tesla Inc , Ford Motor Co , Target Corp , Walgreen Co and Home Depot have sued the Trump administration in the last two weeks over the imposition of tariffs on more than US$300 billion in Chinese-made goods.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday extended a ban until 2032 on offshore oil drilling off the coast of North Carolina, weeks after a similar extension affecting drilling in the waters off Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
Police across Britain on Friday (Sep 25) paid silent tribute and flags were flown at half mast after a long-serving officer became the first to be shot dead in the line of duty in more than eight years.
About 3,500 U.S. companies, including Tesla Inc , Ford Motor Co , Target Corp , Walgreen Co and Home Depot have sued the Trump administration in the last two weeks over the imposition of tariffs on more than US$300 billion in Chinese-made goods.
Three people have been found dead after a fire at a facility belonging to Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies in the southern city of Dongguan on Friday, local authorities said.
Mountain View, CALIFORNIA: Alphabet's Google will block election ads on its platform after the US election on Nov 3, a company spokeswoman said on Friday (Sep 25). Axios, which first reported the news, said Google mailed advertisers saying they will not be able to run ads "referencing candidates ...
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has vowed to prove the world’s triumph over Covid-19 with next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo, telling the United Nations the games will be held safely after a year-long postponement.
Making his debut speech to the international body on Friday, Suga told the UN General Assembly that Japan is committed to “leave no one behind” amid the health crisis, and argued the 2021 Olympics will serve as a symbolic victory against the virus.
“In the summer of next year, Japan is determined to host the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games as proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic,” he said in the recorded message.
I will continue to spare no effort in order to welcome you to games that are safe and secure.
Originally set for this summer, the games were postponed for next year in March due to the pandemic, a rare occurrence in their 124-year history, which had previously seen only three cancellations thanks to World Wars I and II.
Suga – who was sworn in as Japan’s prime minister earlier this month after health problems forced the resignation of long-serving PM Shinzo Abe – also urged the international community to “turn the current crisis into an opportunity to reinforce our cooperation,” insisting the pandemic “must not jeopardize international peace and security.” To that end, he said Japan will work to “normalize its relations” with North Korea, offering to meet with the country’s leader with no pre-conditions.
“As the new prime minister of Japan, I am ready to meet with Chairman Kim Jong-un without any conditions,” he said. “Establishing a constructive relationship between Japan and North Korea will not only serve the interest of both sides, but will also greatly contribute to regional peace and stability. I will miss no opportunity to take actions with all my dedication.”
The PM singled out what he called “abductions” of Japanese citizens by Pyongyang, saying it remained an “outstanding issue of concern,” along with the country’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, but added that the two sides could work toward a “settlement of the unfortunate past.” The North Korean government has acknowledged detaining 13 Japanese nationals since the late 1970s, releasing several in the time since, but the status of the remaining captives remains a subject of intense dispute, as Pyongyang alleges some have died in custody.
Suga also stressed the importance of nuclear non-proliferation, noting the recent 75th anniversary of the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the tail end of the Second World War, insisting the event “must never be repeated.” He committed to “spare no effort in realizing a world free of nuclear weapons,” saying that Japan would help to maintain and strengthen international arms control through the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which also marked its 50th anniversary this year.
President Donald Trump plans on Saturday to name conservative federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, two sources said on Friday.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday insisted that any nation that develops a Covid-19 vaccine share it universally, warning that history will be a "severe judge" if not.
President Donald Trump plans on Saturday to name conservative federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, two sources said on Friday.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday insisted that any nation that develops a Covid-19 vaccine share it universally, warning that history will be a "severe judge" if not.
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Bayern Munich beat Sevilla 2-1 after extra time on Thursday to lift the UEFA Super Cup and complete a quadruple under coach Hansi Flick, in the first European game played with fans in the stands since the sport returned amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Facebook Inc on Thursday (Sep 24) said it had dismantled three networks of fake accounts which could be used by Russia's intelligence services to leak hacked documents as part of efforts to disrupt the upcoming US election.
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Bayern Munich beat Sevilla 2-1 after extra time on Thursday to lift the UEFA Super Cup and complete a quadruple under coach Hansi Flick, in the first European game played with fans in the stands since the sport returned amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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That’s the big question posed by this year’s architecture festival, which kicks off today and runs until Oct 31. Expect a mix of physical and online activities for both professionals and the public that address public health issues and climate change.
A new ruling on Wednesday (Sep 23) allows children in Singapore under the age of six to wear face shields in place of masks. But the experience of having to do so in the last few months have taught us new lessons about parenting.
Sabahans will go to the polls on Saturday (Sep 26) to determine their state government but what’s at stake are questions over national-level politics, says Oh Ei Sun.
Despite tech stocks tumbling on Wall Street in recent weeks, OCBC’s Vasu Menon says investors with a good risk appetite would do well to hold onto tech stocks.
The outcome of the next US election will bear directly on people’s welfare, and there can be no question that Biden would want to restore the American economy to its former glory, says an observer.
Spain's cumulative tally of confirmed coronavirus infections passed 700,000 on Thursday and authorities warned of tougher times ahead in the densely-populated virus hotspot region of Madrid, which accounts for over a third of hospital admissions.
Tourism has been one of the sectors worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. With closed borders and restrictions, many tourist attractions have seen a steep downturn in business. To keep afloat, many are turning to technology. Money Mind reports.
The European Union raised the alarm on Thursday over the coronavirus pandemic, saying it is worse now than at the March peak in several member countries, as governments in Europe and beyond reimpose drastic measures.
France reported a new record for daily coronavirus infections on Thursday a day after the government announced new restrictions on bars and restaurants in major cities which have provoked an outcry from local politicians and business owners.
Facebook Inc on Thursday (Sep 24) said it had dismantled three networks of fake accounts which could be used by Russia's intelligence services to leak hacked documents as part of efforts to disrupt the upcoming US election.
China on Thursday lashed out at the United States at a high-level UN meeting over its criticism on the coronavirus, with its envoy declaring, "Enough is enough!"
Bayern Munich beat Sevilla 2-1 after extra time on Thursday to lift the UEFA Super Cup and complete a quadruple under coach Hansi Flick, in the first European game played with fans in the stands since the sport returned amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Atletico Madrid have signed Luis Suarez from Barcelona with the Uruguayan striker penning a two-year deal, the Spanish clubs said on Wednesday, bringing to an end his six-year stint at the Camp Nou.
British ports could face up to 7,000 lorry queues if businesses do not cooperate and get proper paperwork to make it through the county of Kent, according Minister for Cabinet Office Michael Gove.
“The biggest potential cause of disruption are traders not being ready for controls implemented by EU Member States on 1 January 2021,” Gove wrote to British businesses in a letter leaked this week, laying out a “worst case scenario” for Brexit.
It is essential that traders act now and get ready for new formalities.
These formalities will include an internal border of sorts, that will sport police and camera technology checking drivers to make sure they have a ‘Kent Access Permit.’ Kent is the southeasternmost county in England and the British terminus of the Dover-Calais tunnel.
Speaking in the Commons on Wednesday, Gove said the process to get such a permit will be “relatively simple,” despite concerns that there will not be enough time for businesses, drivers, and the government to properly prepare for such an undertaking. However, the minister also said the success of ports running smoothly will depend on cooperation with the EU and transportation companies.
Gove, who is handling the operation details of Britain’s decoupling from the EU, said that a government survey found only a fourth of businesses feel ready for the transition at this time.
He also warned drivers without the proper paperwork would be turned away, clogging other areas and leading to delays of up to two days for them.
Gove did not reveal how many of the promised 50,000 “custom agents” – meant to help businesses with the transition – have been recruited, and he did not commit to whether or not a promised IT system will be ready by January.
“It is incredible that ministers are only now admitting to their plans to arrest British truckers for entering Kent without new travel passports,” Rachel Reeves, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, said, one of many to push back against Gove’s announcement.
The Food and Drink Federation also warned the potential delays laid out by Gove could mean food reaching the country in a state not fit for “human consumption.”
The government has ignored “repeated warnings” that businesses are not ready for these “new procedures,” said Robert Keen, director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA).
Gove’s announcement of the police-controlled system has led to worries of a “de facto internal border” being created in the UK, as well as more chaos to come in determining how goods will efficiently move in and out of the country once the transition period is over.
This Kent Access Permit will be issued once trucker has completed their paperwork.
But sources in industry say it is impossible to implement unless police patrol the Kent border. They have asked govt to explain this. This is first time govt has said police will be used
I know the Union is at the point of breaking up but who could've guessed that we'd be going back to the borders of the ancient kingdoms? pic.twitter.com/XYZsAVqVl7
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The application was submitted to Beijing's municipal commerce bureau and the company is waiting for a decision, it said in a statement on its Toutiao account.
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Firefighters notched a victory in their battle to beat back a massive blaze raging outside Los Angeles, more than doubling containment in the past 24 hours, the U.S. Forest Service said on Wednesday.
Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are in talks to invest in Welsh side Wrexham, who play in the fifth tier of English soccer, the club's supporters trust said on Wednesday.
The United Nations and Britain will co-host a global climate summit on December 12, the fifth anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement, the world body said Wednesday.
As China flexes its muscles with a new security law and the arrest of pro-democracy advocates, Insight asks if it marks the end of the territory’s dream of democracy.
Atletico Madrid have signed Luis Suarez from Barcelona with the Uruguayan striker penning a two-year deal, the Spanish clubs said on Wednesday, bringing to an end his six-year stint at the Camp Nou.
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