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Louisa Police Department makes arrest in "Melon Head" convenience store robbery
The Louisa Police Department released photos showing the robbers wearing watermelons with eye holes as masks. It's unclear what seeded the idea in the melon-headed miscreants' minds. He faces a count of wearing a mask in public while committing larceny, petit larceny of alcohol , and because of he was 20, underage possession of alcohol. [Full Article...]
Obama and Trump Shun White House Presidential Portrait Unveiling Ceremony
The list , which included officials such as then-U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power, then-Vice President Joe Biden and then-FBI Director James Comey , renewed the controversy over the origins of the Russian Federation investigation. It would have been bad even with the best of governments. "It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset - of "what's in it for me" and "to heck with every... [Full Article...]
Lesotho PM Thomas Thabane officially resigns in TV address
Thabane's departure marks the end of one of Lesotho's longest political careers, one marked by exile, feuding, intrigue, tensions with the military and a political crisis that erupted when police named him as a suspect in a murder case late a year ago. [Full Article...]
Ontario reports 391 new coronavirus cases, 33 new deaths
At least 1,321 people in that age group have died after contracting COVID-19. The North Bay Parry Sound Health Unit reported the region's COVID-19 first death today . However, with the updated numbers, this is no longer the case. On Friday, it was discovered that 87 cases were not included in Thursday's numbers. The province has conducted a total of 20,032 tests to date. [Full Article...]
Iran Reveals Chinese Coronavirus Deaths Close to 7,000 and Rising Fast
Khuzestan was now the only province still classified as red, he added. Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said 69 patients died over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,057. [Full Article...]
New Zealand population reaches 5 million as immigration surges
About half that million came from natural increase (births minus deaths) with the other half coming from net migration. It was a much-anticipated milestone likely hastened by Covid-19: New Zealand has reached a population of 5 million people, after citizens and residents rushed home when borders began to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. [Full Article...]
Donald Trump slams Barack Obama over criticism of pandemic response
The trading of barbs also occurred against the backdrop that Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, is set to be challenged by Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, in this year's election. Last week Trump urged Senator Lindsey Graham, who chairs the powerful Senate judiciary committee, to call Obama to testify. Barr's Justice Department is attempting to drop charges against Trump... [Full Article...]
Burundi's presidential vote to go on despite global COVID-19 pandemic
Burundi is one the poorest country in the world, by some measures . "Since the beginning of the crisis, since 2015-2016, global interest and action has waned which is unfortunate because the situation in Burundi has continued to be extremely worrying", said Tertsakian. [Full Article...]