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GOP Lawmakers Press Trump for Answers on Russia Bounty Reports
Some commentators pointed out in the months since the administration knew about the bounties, Trump invited Putin to join the G-7 summit, planned for pulling troops out of Germany and failed to act against growing Russian cyber attacks on the US. [Full Article...]
Church of England should reconsider portrayal of Jesus as white, Welby says
During an interview with BBC Radio 4's " Today ", Mr. "We're going to be looking very carefully and putting them in context and seeing if they all should be there ..." The head of the Church of England said the West in general needed to question the prevailing mindset that depicted Christ as a white man in traditional Christian imagery, reported The Guardian . [Full Article...]
Number of confirmed worldwide cases of COVID-19 pass 10 million mark
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced late on Friday he would reclose beaches from July 3 to July 7 to prevent large gatherings and virus spread during Fourth of July celebrations. The figure comes as numerous countries like the United Kingdom ease lockdown restrictions, yet the pandemic continues to course through nations. Some, like Germany, are seeing a resurgence of the virus , f... [Full Article...]
Feds reveal details for student grants, internships amid COVID-19 pandemic
That compares to an average of just 42 per cent for the other 16 developed countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in this study. However, Canada fell somewhere in the middle when looking at other measurements. There were none in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and the territories at the time of the study. [Full Article...]
WH denies Trump briefed on alleged Russian-Taliban bounty intel
According to the report, militants were believed to have collected bounty money, but that it was unclear whether specific killings of USA troops were under suspicion. U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan is down to almost 8,600, well ahead of a schedule agreed with the Taliban, in part because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, USA and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation officials said ... [Full Article...]
Trump denies being told about Russia putting bounties on US troops
Maybe so, if this story holds any water. Donald Trump has denied being briefed by intelligence officials that the Russians offered bounties to the Taliban to kill British and American soldiers in Afghanistan . The dynamic between the U.S. mainstream media and the Trump administration in this case follows the same pattern seen in a previous bombshell report accusing the president of inaction... [Full Article...]
Russian court finds director Serebrennikov guilty of fraud - Film - Arts & Culture
Four days earlier, more than 3,700 cultural figures addressed an open letter to Lyubimova, citing supposedly exonerating case evidence and urging her to withdraw the Culture Ministry's criminal charges against Serebrennikov and the other "Platforma" suspects. [Full Article...]
Over 10 Million Coronavirus Cases Registered Worldwide
Brazil , which has the largest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Latin America, has the second-highest number of infections worldwide with 1.31 million. On Saturday alone the USA recorded more than 43,000 new cases, according to Johns Hopkins. In Latin America and the Caribbean the virus is spreading the most rapidly. [Full Article...]