Presidential candidate Joe Biden will not be traveling to Milwaukee this month to accept the Democratic nomination at the party convention, due to concerns about the virus. That’s what two people who are familiar with the travel plans say. Biden was planning to attend the convention and give a speech, but his campaign recently cancelled those plans. The Biden campaign …
The presidential elections in Belarus began on Tuesday. President Aleksandr Lukashenko, “the last dictator of Europe”, represents his largest electoral challenges in years. He accuses the opposition of colluding with Russia. Last week, a group of 33 Russian mercenaries were detained in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. The Belarusian government announced that it suspected the men of a plot to ‘terrorist …
Yesterday afternoon, American president Donald Trump suggested on Twitter to postpone this year’s presidential election, but later in the day, at a press conference, he said he didn’t want to. However, he remains concerned about voting by post. “I want an election and a result, much, much more than you,” Trump told reporters in the White House. “I don’t want …
Twitter announced on Tuesday that it limited Donald Trump junior’s ability to tweet from his account for 12 hours. The measure comes after Trump junior had to remove a message that was contrary to social media’s “policy of disinformation about the coronavirus”. The elder son of American president Donald Trump posted a tweet on Monday that had since been deleted …
European countries ‘must do more’ to ban technology from companies such as Huawei from their 5G network faster. The European Commission concludes this in a report. The name of telecom and technology giant Huawei is not specifically mentioned in the report, but the Chinese company is the biggest concern. The European Commission report does not state which countries are doing …
Just like in Portland, US President Donald Trump is going to send federal troops to cities that have many violent crimes. The so-called Operation Legend will focus on Chicago, Albuquerque and Kansas City, among others. During a speech at the White House on Wednesday, Trump attributed the increase in violence in these cities to “left-wing movements seeking to dismantle local …
The Trump administration wants to extend the powers of the concealed federal agents who resided in Portland, Oregon last week against local government officials. The unidentifiable officers arrested protesters and disposed of them in unmarked cars. Critics fear a new and “unconstitutional” secret police. “It’s about keeping our communities safe,” Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff told Fox News …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised up its economic forecast for the United States. Due to the corona crisis, the organization is still very bleak in its forecast for the largest economy in the world, but the picture looks a bit less dark than the large June estimate after in-depth research. The US economy is likely to shrink by …
According to the orders of President Trump, the data that American hospitals collect about corona patients now goes to a database of the government and no longer to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Hospitals must now enter their figures in a database of the Health Department. The CDC also falls under that ministry, but as a scientific …
The presidential elections in Poland unexpectedly turned very tight. The votes are divided very even. However there are no indication that the results will be disputed. Polish President Duda has increased his lead over his rival Trzaskowski in an updated exit poll. According to the poll, right-wing conservative Duda may count on 51 percent of the vote, liberal Trzaskowski on …
