| Search Underway After Sailor Goes Missing from Carrier Nimitz Posted: 06 Sep 2020 01:27 PM PDT  Search-and-rescue efforts are underway in the North Arabian Sea,
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| Trump says he's taking 'high road' by not meeting with Democrats on coronavirus relief Posted: 07 Sep 2020 01:21 PM PDT  Talks between the Trump administration and Congress on a new round of aid for those hit hard by the pandemic have been stalled since late July.
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| Hong Kong police criticised over rough arrest of 12-year-old girl during protests Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:20 AM PDT  Hong Kong police tackled a 12-year old girl to the ground and arrested her on Sunday amid a protests against delayed parliamentary elections. A video widely shared online shows riot police pushing the youngster to the ground as she tried to dash away. She was later charged for allegedly violating coronavirus social distancing rules, police said. But her mother told local media: "She was just trying to buy art supplies with her brother." The video has sparked outrage online, gathering over a million views on Twitter. On the local Reddit-like forum LIHKG, one commenter criticised the police for being "loud and impolite" as if a "mad dog chasing after people who run." In a statement on Facebook, the police said the girl was running in a "suspicious manner" that required officers to chase and subdue her with the use of "minimum force".
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| Majority of Young Adults in the U.S. Now Live With Their Parents: Report Posted: 06 Sep 2020 02:01 PM PDT  The number of 18 to 29 year olds living at home hit a low of 29% in 1960 and it has risen over the decades
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| A Brooklyn couple was pulled off a New York City ferry in handcuffs after they refused to wear masks Posted: 06 Sep 2020 02:57 PM PDT  The husband and wife were issued summonses for disorderly conduct after refusing the captain's orders to put on a mask or disembark, the NYPD said.
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| Jacob Blake shares message from hospital bed Posted: 06 Sep 2020 02:11 PM PDT  The 29-year-old and father of six also described the constant pain he feels in the minute-long clip posted on Twitter.
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| China shows off Covid-19 vaccines for first time Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:23 AM PDT  China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic.
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| Philippine leader pardons US Marine in transgender killing Posted: 07 Sep 2020 04:18 AM PDT  The Philippine president pardoned a U.S. Marine on Monday in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony. President Rodrigo Duterte said he decided to pardon Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton because the Marine was not treated fairly after opponents blocked his early release for good conduct in detention.
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| Exclusive: Two-thirds of Americans say they won't get COVID-19 vaccine when it's first available, USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll shows Posted: 07 Sep 2020 09:57 AM PDT  Two-thirds of U.S. voters say they won't try to get a coronavirus vaccine as soon as it becomes available, according to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll.
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| Nigerian men arrested over German PPE 'scam' Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:04 PM PDT  The men are accused of cloning the website of a Dutch company to obtain an order from a German state.
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| Deal likely to fund U.S. government to early December, Mnuchin says Posted: 06 Sep 2020 06:35 AM PDT  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said a deal between the White House and Congress would fund the federal government through the beginning of December and that details of the spending bill should be finalized by week's end. Mnuchin and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had agreed to extend funding, according to a Democratic aide, but details on the bill have yet to emerge. "We're going to move forward with a clean CR (continuing resolution), hopefully through the beginning of December," Mnuchin told reporters at the White House, adding: "I hope by the end of the week we'll have something firmed up."
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| Oregon rejects GOP voter statement, says it was submitted 29 seconds late Posted: 06 Sep 2020 10:15 AM PDT  The Oregon Republican Party's statement for the state voters' pamphlet arrived 29 seconds too late and will not appear in the guide mailed to voters for the November election, according to officials.
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| California wildfire burns at least two dozen homes in small mountain town Posted: 07 Sep 2020 07:35 PM PDT  "Words cannot even begin to describe the devastation of this community," a resident said.
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| Evicted state Senate hopeful charged with breaking into her old home, Georgia cops say Posted: 07 Sep 2020 10:20 AM PDT  Linda Pritchett told police her eviction was "improper."
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| Wary Hong Kongers shun China-backed mass virus testing Posted: 06 Sep 2020 11:26 PM PDT  Hong Kong's plan to test every resident for the coronavirus is being hobbled by limited take-up as a wary public steer clear of the China-backed health scheme.
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| Almost 300 Rohingya found on beach in Indonesia’s Aceh Posted: 06 Sep 2020 09:39 PM PDT  Almost 300 Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday after months at sea, officials said. Officials arrived and found that the Rohingya had dispersed into three groups after landing, Banda Sakti Subdistrict Military Commander Roni Mahendra said. Indrika Ratwatte, the director for Asia and the Pacific for UNHCR, the U.N. refugee agency, said the Rohingya had survived about seven months at sea in desperate conditions, with some needing medical treatment.
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| Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova 'seized by unidentified people' in Minsk Posted: 07 Sep 2020 04:09 AM PDT  A Belarusian opposition leader was abducted from the streets of Minsk in broad daylight on Monday, local media reported, as authorities extend their crackdown on protests against dictator Alexander Lukashenko. Maria Kolesnikova, part of the "troika" of women who spearheaded efforts to oust the longtime ruler in an election last month, was bundled into a minibus by men in unmarked clothes, a witness said. The 38 year old is the only member of the trio still in Belarus after Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who stood against Mr Lukashenko in the election, was forced to flee to neighbouring Lithuania following apparent threats to her children, and ally Veronika Tsepkalo left for Poland. Two other opposition figures were also reported missing on Monday. A witness told the independent Belarusian news site Tut.by that she had seen Ms Kolesnikova walking near the National Art Museum in the centre of Minsk on Monday morning. "I saw a dark minibus with 'Communication' written on its side," she said. "I walked ahead and heard the sound of a phone falling on the pavement and some kind of commotion. I turned around and saw people in masks and civilian clothes were pushing Maria into the bus." Calls to Ms Kolesnikova from the Telegraph went unanswered on Monday. Her team said their lawyers were working to ascertain her whereabouts. Authorities said they had no information about any detention, while Minsk police said they were "clarifying information" about the alleged abduction.
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| US veterans and soldiers divided over Trump calling war dead ‘suckers’ Posted: 07 Sep 2020 12:38 PM PDT  Some service members expressed skepticism after bombshell report prompted an outpouring of condemnation Donald Trump was struggling to retain support of active US service members, according to polls, even before last week's bombshell report that the commander-in-chief referred to fallen and captured US service members as "losers" and "suckers". But some veterans and military family members remain conflicted. The Atlantic magazine's story – in which four sources close to Trump said he cancelled a visit to pay respects at an American military cemetery outside Paris in 2018 because he thought the dead soldiers were "losers" and "suckers" and did not want the rain to mess up his hair – prompted an outpouring of condemnation, and comes less than two months before the 3 November election.Several former Trump administration officials confirmed the report. Trump and the White House have denied it, with the president insisting: "There is nobody feels more strongly about our soldiers, our wounded warriors, our soldiers that died in war than I do."Polls in 2016 showed active service members preferred Trump to Hilary Clinton by a large margin, but polling from late July and early August conducted by the Military Times showed the continued steady drop in opinions of the commander-in-chief since he was elected, with almost 50% of respondents reporting an unfavorable view."I recommend all veterans to use their Military pics as a profile pic to let Trump know how many people he has offended by calling fallen soldiers losers and suckers. NewProfilePics," army veteran David Weissman, who describes himself as an "apologetic" former Trump supporter, wrote on Twitter last week, in a post that went viral.Thomas Richardson, a retired member of the Army's 82nd airborne, told the Associated Press that he was rankled by the reports. "Usually, you don't choose those kinds of missions. You agree to serve and you agree to go where your assignment is."An active-service member stationed at the United States Military Academy at West Point military academy told the Guardian on Monday that the president's reported comments were not necessarily surprising."I wouldn't put it past him," they said. "But you don't get to pick your commander in chief, and I take what he says with a grain of salt."The service member added: "Whatever political leaders say, we don't put much store in it. We're apolitical. We know they're going to change out in four or eight years. Yes, they are in charge of us, but our other leaders are the ones who do the groundwork so we put our faith in them."However, some others have expressed skepticism at the report, with some veterans and military families divided."If you twist his words or just take one thing out of context, you'll always find a way to hate him," Katie Constandse, 37, who is married to a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg, told the Associated Press. "He's a human being. He takes a lot of stuff. I don't see how he has survived for almost four years – the constant barrage of anger toward him.""We don't need someone who is warm and cuddly," she said.A Pew Research poll from 2019 showed that veterans remained largely supportive of Trump's leadership of the nation's armed forces – which came after the death of Republican senator and Vietnam war hero John McCain, who Trump had criticized for being captured.Jon Soltz, chairman of VoteVets, a progressive, anti-Trump veterans organization that says it represents 700,000 veterans and their families, tweeted last week: "I wish there was more outrage about Trump lying about the dignified transfer of the fallen for political reasons, because as a veteran it really disgusts me."The Military Times poll based on 1,018 active-duty troops surveyed in late July and early August found that nearly half of respondents (49.9%) had an unfavorable view of the president, compared to about 38% who had a favorable view. The poll found that 41% said they would vote for Trump's Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden, if the election was held that day, while 37% said they plan to vote to re-elect Trump.According to the poll, Trump has struggled to regain support among active service members, despite efforts to solidify his bond with the military that included delivering the graduation speech to cadets at West Point in June and talking-up a "colossal" $2tn rebuilding of US military might.Trump's West Point address came weeks after he ordered the area around the White House cleared demonstrators using teargas and other chemical irritants so that he and defense secretary Mark Esper, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen Mark Milley could walk across Lafayette Square."What we have here is an effort to use the military to partisan advantage to the point of potentially putting troops in the streets to confront protesters [and] to present himself as the law and order president," said Risa Brooks, professor of political science at Marquette University, told the Guardian at the time.While Esper later claimed he had no knowledge of the plan, Trump's threat to use the Insurrection Act to deploy troops on US streets received strong push-back from former military commanders. James Mattis, the Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in 2018, voiced his opposition to Trump's leadership."Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people – does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us," Mattis wrote in a statement published by the Atlantic.Trump has a long history of disparaging veterans, however. In 1999, while toying with a run for president as the Reform Party candidate, he attacked McCain."Does being captured make you a hero? I don't know. I'm not sure," Trump said in the interview with CBS. Later, in 2015, he said the senator was "not a war hero" and declared, "I like people who weren't captured."He also reportedly called his top generals "losers" and "a bunch of dopes and babies" during a 2017 meeting at the Pentagon, according to the authors of A Very Stable Genius.But Trump also, who avoided military service by citing a bone spur in his foot, appears to hold conflicting views.In 2015, he told The Washington Post he felt "always felt somewhat guilty" about not serving in the military. In what he described as t an effort to make up for his guilt, Trump said he "spent a fortune" – reportedly $1m – to build a Vietnam memorial in his hometown."I was a very strong opponent of the Vietnam War," Trump said at the memorial's dedication, "but I also recognized that the people who went to fight were great Americans." He has also said his time in military school helped him to learn "a lot about discipline, and about channeling my aggression into achievement".
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| West Virginia University suspending in-person undergrad classes amid COVID-19 spike Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:52 PM PDT  "This pause in face-to-face undergraduate instruction will give us time to monitor the steadily climbing cases of COVID-19," a university official said.
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| 'Extreme behavior': California sets record as wildfires torch more than 2M acres this year Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:12 PM PDT  Record-breaking heat is putting a strain on the electrical grid in California and hindering firefighters' efforts to contain the wildfires.
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| Citing pandemic, the Archdiocese will livestream the Mass for Our Lady of Charity Posted: 07 Sep 2020 05:28 PM PDT  The novel coronavirus pandemic has caused hundreds of event cancellations across South Florida since March, but it won't prevent the celebration of Mass for Our Lady of Charity, the patron saint of Cuban Catholics, from happening this week.
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| Landmark graft trial puts Mexican justice to test Posted: 07 Sep 2020 06:41 PM PDT  A widening corruption scandal has given Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador an opportunity to burnish his anti-graft credentials, but experts say the landmark case is in danger of being politicized.
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| COVID-19 Update: Positivity rate drops, East Bay mall reopens, some indoor services resume in Alameda County Posted: 06 Sep 2020 10:20 AM PDT  California has a total of 727,239 cases of COVID-19, according to latest data released Saturday morning.
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| Florida activists released after rally over police shootings Posted: 06 Sep 2020 09:52 AM PDT |
| Living Vehicle unveiled its luxury new travel trailer RV with a convertible home office starting at almost $229,300 — take a look inside Posted: 06 Sep 2020 05:12 AM PDT  The trailer comes in three models ranging from $229,995 to $369,995, but the only difference is its power system.
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| India sends 'hotline' message to Chinese over alleged kidnapping Posted: 07 Sep 2020 06:48 AM PDT  Reports say Chinese troops abducted five Indian civilians in a disputed border area.
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| Top Democrat accuses U.S. attorney general of lying about China election threat Posted: 06 Sep 2020 07:18 PM PDT  The Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Sunday accused U.S. Attorney General William Barr of lying when he said China posed a bigger threat to November's U.S. election than Russia. "That's just a plain false statement by the attorney general," Adam Schiff told CNN. "What Bill Barr just did in that statement was just flat out mislead the American people."
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| Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o and more attend Chadwick Boseman private memorial Posted: 06 Sep 2020 09:12 PM PDT  The 'Black Panther' star will be laid to rest in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina. Just over a week after Chadwick Boseman died of cancer, several of his Black Panther costars gathered in Malibu for a private memorial. According to PEOPLE, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, and Boseman's wife, Taylor Simone Ledward were among the attendees on Saturday. The Sun obtained photos of the event that also included Winston Duke and music played from a hang drum.
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| California hiker dies as record heat wave and wildfires scorch state Posted: 06 Sep 2020 05:08 PM PDT  Temperatures reached 121 degrees in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Woodland Hills.
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| Sudan declares state of emergency amid flooding as River Nile swells to highest level in almost a century Posted: 06 Sep 2020 06:20 AM PDT  A three-month state of emergency has been declared in Sudan as it is engulfed by deadly floods that are quickly spelling out a humanitarian disaster. The heavy rainfall, which started at the end of July, has already killed almost 100 people and caused the total or partial collapse of over 100,000 homes, according to the state news agency. With above-average rainfall forecast to continue until the end of the month, UN agencies are warning of catastrophic consequences. Much of the flooding is caused by heavy seasonal rains in neighbouring Ethiopia, which cause the River Nile to rise. By late August the Nile had risen around 17.5 metres, the highest in almost a century. The floods have already contaminated or put out of use over 2,000 water sources, according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, leading to concerns over the ability to enact coronavirus prevention measures. Sudan has more than 13,000 coronavirus infections, including 833 deaths. The agency also warned that Sudan's aid stocks have been "rapidly depleted" and that its humanitarian plan for the country is less than 44 per cent funded. The rates of floods and rain this year are already higher than the 1988 record which saw over a million people displaced from their homes, according to the Sudanese Irrigation Ministry. The UN's refugee agency also raised concerns with an estimated 125,000 refugees and internally displaced people affected. In North Darfur, in particular, 15 people have so far died and a further 23 are missing. Lina Al-Sheikh, the Labor and Social Development Minister said that more than 500,000 people across the country had so far been affected.
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| 'Arms race': How the Portland shooting shows protesters on the right and the left are bringing guns Posted: 07 Sep 2020 11:23 AM PDT  Experts say guns are showing up at demonstrations by protesters from both sides, creating a dangerous situation.
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| Police were called on a Black man in Ohio after someone thought he had a gun but it turned out he just talking on his cellphone Posted: 06 Sep 2020 11:08 AM PDT  An anonymous woman called in a 911 tip about a man "in a black Mustang with a gun," and said she was "pretty darn sure" he had a pistol, local news reported.
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| Officials linked at least 11 COVID-19 cases to a University of New Hampshire frat party attended by more than 100 people Posted: 07 Sep 2020 01:10 PM PDT  The state Department of Health and Human Services is investigating the outbreak tied to the Theta Chi party last weekend.
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| Letter from Africa: Why journalists in Nigeria feel under attack Posted: 06 Sep 2020 04:01 PM PDT  A video of a tongue-lashing one reporter recently received comes as no surprise, writes Mannir Dan Ali.
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| Pittsburgh Police Investigate Viral Video Showing Clash Between Protesters And Restaurant-Goers Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:11 PM PDT  Footage from a demonstration in Downtown Pittsburgh over the weekend is blowing up on social media. The viral video showed demonstrators and restaurant goers clashing in the streets; KDKA's Royce Jones reports.
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| Bernie Sanders is convinced Trump won’t concede if he loses November election Posted: 06 Sep 2020 09:54 AM PDT  Former presidential hopeful and Sen. Bernie Sanders is convinced, however, that President Donald Trump is set to dishonor that tradition, should he lose his bid for re-election in November. In an interview with Politico, the Vermont independent stated that he believes there is a good chance that Trump will refuse to concede defeat if his opponent, Democratic nominee Joe Biden, is elected this fall. Sanders said this isn't "just idle speculation," being that Trump said it himself.
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| Hurricane Laura death toll in Louisiana rises to 25 Posted: 06 Sep 2020 09:06 AM PDT |
| China stops renewing press credentials for foreign journalists at US news organisations Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:22 AM PDT  China has refused to renew press credentials for foreign journalists working at US news organisations, the latest salvo in a fast-escalating diplomatic spat with Washington. The Chinese government has instead issued letters – rather than processing press cards – in a move that Beijing explicitly said is "reciprocal" to how the US government is handling visas for Chinese journalists, many of whom work for state media. So far, five journalists with four US news outlets have been impacted, including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Bloomberg and Getty Images. Those affected include American and European journalists based in China, including at least one British citizen – Jeremy Page of the WSJ, who previously reported for the Times of London. Beijing and Washington have sparred over a wide range of issues, including trade, coronavirus, human rights and espionage. The two countries have also been at loggerheads over access and treatment of journalists. China has expelled 17 foreign journalists this year, including as punishment for those outlets' coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. The journalists forced out of China worked for the WSJ, New York Times and Washington Post. Though primarily American citizens, Australian and Singaporean nationals working for those outlets have also had their press credentials revoked. The US has also taken a series of actions this year, including mandating Chinese state media outlets to register as foreign agents. In response to Beijing issuing punitive short-term visas to American journalists in China in recent years, Washington in May began limiting visas for Chinese state media employees to 90 days. The initial period expired in August, though has been reportedly extended for an additional 90 days.
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| New virus cases knock hopes of reviving Southeast Asia's holiday hotspots Posted: 07 Sep 2020 07:39 PM PDT  BALI, Indonesia/BANGKOK (Reuters) - A spike in coronavirus infections in Indonesia's holiday island of Bali and Thailand's first locally transmitted case in 100 days have dealt further blows to Southeast Asian hopes of reviving vital tourism industries. Plans to reopen Bali to foreign tourists from September have been postponed indefinitely, while Thailand's proposal for the cautious reopening of Phuket island has come into doubt. As well as trying to encourage domestic tourism industries, some Southeast Asian countries have been considering "travel bubbles" with others as a way to get businesses restarted.
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| In sign of COVID-19's impact on New York tourism, Hilton to close Times Square hotel Posted: 07 Sep 2020 09:09 AM PDT  Hilton is closing its 478-room hotel in Times Square on Oct. 1, according to a document it filed with state regulators this week, citing the pandemic.
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| Cyclist flashed his butt and assaulted pedestrians on Virginia trails, police say Posted: 07 Sep 2020 12:12 PM PDT  David Marlowe, 55, faces multiple charges.
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| India recorded 90,000 coronavirus infections in one day, overtaking Brazil as 2nd-most-infected nation after US Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:49 AM PDT  As of Monday morning local time, the country had recorded 4.2 million coronavirus cases and 71,000 deaths.
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| Chinese chip giant SMIC 'in shock' after US trade ban threat Posted: 07 Sep 2020 06:05 AM PDT  SMIC's Hong Kong shares sank 23% after the Pentagon said it could be added to a trade blacklist.
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| The 'world's loneliest elephant' will finally find some friends after 35 years in a Pakistan zoo Posted: 06 Sep 2020 09:10 AM PDT  Solitary Kaavan has survived in a small enclosure in the Islamabad zoo for eight years and has lived there since 1985.
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| Trump wants to pull funding from schools that use 1619 Project curriculum Posted: 06 Sep 2020 05:48 PM PDT  Trump also announced his plan to ban federal agencies from practicing racial sensitivity training. President Donald Trump is condemning the New York Times' 1619 Project and the schools that use it to teach their students. The 1619 Project is a school curriculum that reframes events in American history.
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| Joe Biden tells A.F.L.-C.I.O. members he'll be 'the strongest labor president you have ever had' Posted: 07 Sep 2020 05:17 PM PDT  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spent part of his Labor Day at the A.F.L.-C.I.O headquarters in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he promised that if elected, he will be "the strongest labor president you have ever had."Biden vowed to increase the wages of essential workers, hold business executives liable if they interfere with unionization efforts, and pass the PRO Act to give workers more bargaining and organizational rights, The New York Times reports. "Wall Street did not build this country," Biden said. "You did — the great American middle class. And the middle class was built by unions — unions — and the American people now finally get it after a long time of being convinced that unions were a problem, not the answer." A Gallup poll released at the end of August found that 64 percent of Americans approve of labor unions, up 16 points from a 2009 low point.More stories from theweek.com 5 scathingly funny cartoons about Nancy Pelosi's salon visit Former FDA commissioner predicts the pandemic will soon slow — but there will be 'a lot of death and disease along the way' Hospital: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is out of a medically induced coma
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