US President Donald Trump said he would sign a bill approving another round of Covid-19 relief checks if one crossed his desk, apparently backtracking after saying he’d ended stimulus talks with Democrats until after the election. “[If I sent] a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign right now. Are you listening Nancy?” Trump tweeted on Tuesday evening amid a flurry of posts, tagging his own chief of staff Mark Meadows and leadership in both parties. Some 7 hours earlier, the president said he had instructed his […]
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Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead hanging in his Mumbai flat on 14 June. The young actor’s death has caused a massive public uproar, triggering many questions. Three federal investigative agencies – Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) – are probing the case. As India’s top probe agency CBI has not yet come to any conclusion about the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, it is still investigating all aspects, agency officials said on Monday. A spokesperson of the probe agency on Monday stated the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is […]
Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo has warned ExxonMobil his government will pass legislation to make the transnational oil giant pay its way in the small South American nation. Guyana’s newly-elected government is looking to former colonial power the UK as a partner to expand its natural resources sector. Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat, an MP for the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), met on Tuesday with the outgoing UK High Commissioner Greg Quinn and his deputy Ray Davidson, who will be acting in the role. “The dialogue centred on capacity building within the oil and gas sector, forestry, and Guyana’s access to UK markets for […]
So far this year, flu infections are way down in the Southern Hemisphere. Scientists want to know why — and what it means for the Northern Hemisphere as their flu season looms. (Image credit: Andre Coelho/Getty Images) Source link
US President Donald Trump has suggested he could sign an executive order pertaining to universal mail-in voting in the 2020 presidential race, arguing he has the authority to do so while reiterating warnings of election fraud. As a number of states look to expand mail-in ballots for the November election amid concerns about the coronavirus, the president has repeatedly denounced the practice, telling reporters at a White House presser on Monday that he could issue an executive order on the matter, though did not specify what action he might take. “I have the right to do it,” Trump said, arguing that […]
Hailing digital currency’s potential to democratize electronic payments, financial services giant Visa appeared on Wednesday to redouble its efforts to “shape and support” cryptocurrency’s place in the “future of money.” Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
The January 3 drone strike assassination of Revolutionary Guards Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad brought Iran and the US to the brink of war, with Tehran responding with missile strikes on two US bases in Iraq, causing traumatic brain injuries among over 100 US troops. Iran has yet to deal a retaliatory counterblow to the US for the assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has indicated. “The Islamic Republic of Iran will never forget the martyrdom of Hajj Qassem Soleimani and will definitely strike a reciprocal blow to the US,” Khamenei said, speaking to Iraqi Prime […]
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which regulates the U.S. bitcoin and ether derivatives markets, plans to develop a digital asset innovation blueprint by 2024. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
The Israeli Air Force has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria in recent years, justifying air and missile attacks by accusing Iran of trying to establish a proxy presence in the Arab Republic. Damascus has denied these claims, and accused Tel Aviv of blatant aggression. Israel will continue its military operations against Iran in Syria to prevent its entrenchment in that country, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced. “We are absolutely resolved to prevent Iran from entrenching itself militarily in our immediate vicinity,” Netanyahu said, speaking to reporters at the start of a meeting with US Special Representative for Iran […]
On Monday, White House Trade Policy Director Peter Navarro voiced his support for tariffs against China, claiming Beijing needs to be held “accountable” for the COVID-19 pandemic that started there last year. Meanwhile, representatives from both countries have vowed to push ahead with Phase 2 of the trade deal. ‘Holding China Accountable’ Figures across US President Donald Trump’s administration and his Republican Party have unleashed a full-scale ideological assault on China as the cause of the United States’ extensive economic and medical woes, pinning the blame for the crashing US economy, tens of millions of US residents being unemployed and even […]
President Trump is not happy with FBI Director Chris Wray and wants to replace him, according to a report earlier this week by Axios. Axios did say that Trump has deferred to AG Bill Barr and likely won’t replace Wray before the 2020 election. Trump’s dissatisfaction with Wray — whom he nominated for the post in 2017 after firing Jim Comey — is nothing new. A source who has discussed the FBI director repeatedly with the president said Trump “has never felt like Wray was his guy” and does not trust him to “change the culture” of the FBI. President Trump […]