Month: July 2020

BEIRUT — With Beirut’s airport partially reopening from a three-month virus shutdown, the government is hoping thousands of Lebanese expatriates will return for the summer — and bring dollars desperately … Read More

Police to probe UK’s worst baby ward scandal: Detectives launch inquiry at Shrewsbury hospital where dozens of newborns died or suffered brain damage going back to the 1970s West Mercia … Read More

Excuses will be offered. Justifications will be made. But Americans who should not be dying are dying. Trump has taken a more active public role in recent weeks protecting statues … Read More

A coalition of interfaith religious leaders has launched a campaign to end what it considers the “disrespectful” use of sacred Buddhist and Hindu statues as nightclub decor By WILLIAM J. … Read More

A government watchdog says Boeing didn’t give regulators documents about changes it made in a key system blamed in two crashes of its 737 Max jet By DAVID KOENIG AP … Read More

Top federal health officials are criticizing American Airlines for planning to fill flights and leave no seats empty during the virus pandemic By DAVID KOENIG and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press … Read More

Trump is now pretty much the sole figure in authority in either party — including his major Republican allies — who refuse to wear or endorse face masks that are … Read More

Facebook bans 500 Boogaloo groups and pages – but is slammed for making money from ads by the extremists for months Facebook announced Tuesday it has banned hundreds of accounts, … Read More

TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday after Wall Street capped its best quarter since 1998, shrugging off continued signs of global economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. Japan’s … Read More

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during the ceremony to extend emergency aid to informal workers, at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, on June 30, 2020. Dida Sampaio/Agencia Estado/AP Images A … Read More