Month: July 2020
Turkey trial of Saudi suspects in Khashoggi murder begins in absentia
Twenty Saudi suspects including two former aides to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman went on trial Friday in absentia in Turkey, accused of killing and dismembering journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Khashoggi, 59, was an insider-turned-critic who wrote for The
Read MoreAuthor says Jeffrey Epstein’s friends ‘are probably pretty terrified’ after Ghislaine Maxwell arrest – Fox News
Author says Jeffrey Epstein’s friends ‘are probably pretty terrified’ after Ghislaine Maxwell arrest Fox News Ghislaine Maxwell, alleged accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, arrested by FBI CBS News Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate, arrested for recruiting and abusing girls in sex-trafficking ring CNN
Read MoreReflection On A 4th That Seems Far from Glorious
We do need a holiday just now. And not just a moment of leisure but an occasion for unity, healing and hope. (Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Read MoreRevisiting Sacred Cows: Which Figures From History Do We Honor, And How?
Statues have been taken down; names scrubbed from institutions. The national reckoning over race has reenergized debates over historical figures and the scrutiny goes beyond Confederate monuments. (Image credit: Ryan M. Kelly/AFP via Getty Images)
Read MoreOn The Brink, Rural Hospitals Brace For New Surge In COVID-19 Cases
Rural “critical access” hospitals, often some of the largest employers in small towns, have been operating on razor-thin margins throughout the coronavirus pandemic. (Image credit: Kirk Siegler/NPR)
Read More275 Elephants ‘Mysteriously’ Found Dead in Botswana
(GABORONE, Botswana) — Botswana says it is investigating a staggeringly high number of elephant carcasses — 275 — found in the popular Okavango Delta area of the southern African nation in recent weeks. The Department of Wildlife and National Parks
Read MoreHow UK’s ‘Kitchener Camp’ rescue saved 4,000 Jewish men after Kristallnacht
Online exhibition reveals the sometimes tragic, sometimes jubilant stories of German Jews resettled by Britain in the early days of WWII, many of whom would fight with the Allies
Read MoreHong Kong Democracy Activist Says He Left City After Passage of National Security Law
(HONG KONG) — Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law has left the city for an undisclosed location, he revealed on his Facebook page after testifying to a U.S. congressional hearing about a tough national security law China had imposed
Read MoreU.S. Surpasses Global Record For New COVID-19 Cases Recorded In A Day – NPR
U.S. Surpasses Global Record For New COVID-19 Cases Recorded In A Day NPR U.S. coronavirus cases soar by more than 50,600 in record single-day jump CNBC Trump again hails U.S. COVID-19 testing as cases rise by record levels Reuters Florida Reports More Than
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