The revived mandates were imposed on Monday in the counties of San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma, as well as the city of Berkeley, each announcing the move in similarly worded statements. Set to take effect on Tuesday, the measures apply regardless of residents’ …
Read More »Beijing sanctions several Americans, including former US commerce secretary, in first use of new law against anti-China penalties
Former US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross was among those blacklisted by the Chinese government on Friday, as Beijing hit back at Washington over US sanctions imposed on Chinese officials relating to the alleged crackdown in Hong Kong. In addition to Ross, Beijing imposed sanctions on a number of current and …
Read More »Real Madrid president: Jose Mourinho told Mesut Ozil his girlfriend had been ‘f*cked by all of Inter including the coaching staff’
The clips are years old and have seen Perez badmouth a number of big names from his club’s history, such as legends Iker Casillas and Raul, who he called “the two biggest Real Madrid frauds”. And now it is the turn of attacking midfielder Ozil, who currently plies his trade at Fenerbahce. At the …
Read More »Who’s in charge? Most Americans, including nearly a third of Democrats, don’t think Biden’s fulfilling duties of president – poll
With about 7% responding as ‘not sure,’ only 36% of Americans believe their president is actually performing the full role of his office, according to the poll, which was conducted between June 23 and 25 in partnership with the Convention of States Action. Just 59% of Democrats think that Biden …
Read More »120 pieces of art, including by Monet and Modigliani, go missing from Italian public broadcaster’s office, some replaced by fakes
Authorities suspect dissatisfied Rai employees may be behind the theft, which was discovered by accident in March after a painting knocked over and its frame broke, revealing it to not be an original piece. That piece, which was supposed to be a work by artist Ottone Rosai, had its disappearance …
Read More »Outage: Users report major sites down, including Amazon, Guardian, NYT & Reddit
Some of the internet’s most visited websites, including Amazon, Reddit, Twitch, GitHub, eBay, Etsy, Pinterest, and Stack Overflow, went offline, leaving many users from around the world wondering what happened. American and European news outlets were particularly hard hit, with websites including the New York Times, the Guardian, the Independent, …
Read More »Biden adds 59 Chinese companies – including Huawei and military firms – to investment blacklist
Joe Biden and Donald Trump don’t see eye-to-eye on much and, immediately after taking office in January, Biden set about undoing nearly every single Trump policy by executive order. However, hostility toward China is a rare policy shared by both Democrats and Republicans in Washington. Biden proved this on Thursday, …
Read More »2 Queen’s Guards, including 1st-ever black man to reach top soldier rank, charged in ‘selling ammunition’ plot
The two soldiers, Kirtland Gill and Rajon Graham, were slapped with several firearm offences on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Gill is facing one count of conspiracy to sell or transfer ammunition, as well as one count of possession of an illegal weapon, described by the police …
Read More »Russia to resume passenger flights to multiple countries, including UK and Austria
“Since the epidemiological situation in the UK has improved, the [Russian Covid-19] crisis center has decided not to extent the flight ban to the UK,” Russia’s government body coordinating the national response to the pandemic told journalists on Monday. Russian and British airlines would be able to fly between Moscow …
Read More »Air India says hackers stole personal data of 4.5mn passengers, including passport & credit card info
India’s national carrier and largest international airline informed the public of the breach on Friday. “This incident affected around 4,500,000 data subjects in the world,” the company said in a statement. The airline explained that hackers have gained access to personal information that was registered between August 26, 2011 and …
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