Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights pleaded not guilty to the federal charges against them. A federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J Kueng and Tou Thao in May for allegedly depriving Floyd of his rights while […]
Day: September 14, 2021
What’s the Israeli prime minister’s vision for Middle East peace?
The flaw, disclosed Monday, allowed a hacker using NSO’s malware to gain access to a device owned by a Saudi activist. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/9/14/what-is-the-israeli-prime-ministers-vision-for-middle-east-peace
‘Ashes, twisted metal’: California residents reel amid wildfires
San Francisco, California – Travis Mitchell has lived in Greenville, California, since he was five. The 34-year-old returned to his home a week ago to find it still standing, although it smelled like smoke, the food in his fridge had rotted, and one of his […]
US penalises three ‘hackers for hire’ working for UAE firm
Three “hackers-for-hire” working for a company in the United Arab Emirates “for the benefit” of the government in Abu Dhabi have agreed to pay $1.68m in penalties as part of a legal settlement in the United States, the US Justice Department said. The suspects, two […]
Facebook knows Instagram is harmful to teen girls: WSJ
For the last three years, Facebook has studied how its Instagram photo-sharing app affects the mental health of its millions of young users, and the firm’s researchers have repeatedly found that Instagram is toxic to a sizable percentage of them, particularly teenage girls, according to […]
Several civilians and soldiers killed in Mogadishu suicide attack
At least nine people have died in a suspected suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, police and witnesses said. The attack on Tuesday has killed and wounded civilians and members of the security forces. “There are still investigations going on but with all indications so […]
Blinken faces criticism in US Senate over Afghanistan
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken faced bipartisan anger and criticism on Tuesday from senators unhappy with the Biden administration’s handling of the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. “The execution of the US withdrawal was clearly and fatally flawed,” Senator Bob Menendez, the Democratic chairman […]
US Census data shows COVID pandemic unwound progress on poverty
U.S. household income fell in 2020 while the national poverty rate rose from a 60-year low as the Covid-19 pandemic upended the U.S. economy and threw millions out of work. Median, inflation-adjusted household income decreased 2.9% last year to $67,521 according to annual data released Tuesday by […]
WHO aims for 30 percent of needed Africa COVID jabs by February
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have said they hope to provide Africa with about 30 percent of the COVID-19 vaccines the continent needs by February, badly missing the 60 percent vaccination coverage goal that African leaders had once hoped for this year. […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s fate rests on recall vote
Californians are deciding whether to keep Governor Gavin Newsom in his job or to move in a more conservative direction, after a campaign that laid bare divisions in the most populous US state. Newsom was leading in the polls, but he was still aggressively campaigning […]