'Just the beginning,' activists say after cheering Weinstein guilty verdict

The guilty verdict in the sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein on Monday energized Hollywood celebrities and activists who said it was just the start of their movement to hold abusers accountable.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2vcy1H1

Read More

Brazil: Murder rate spikes in Ceará state as police strike

Nearly 150 people have been killed in the north-eastern Ceará state in the first days of the strike.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3c7XKkm

Read More

France rock riddle contest gives meaning to mysterious inscription

Two winners split a €2,000 prize for deciphering a riddle on a rock on a beach in western France.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39YjGNd

Read More

Coronavirus: The race to find the source in wildlife

From animals to humans, how did the deadly coronavirus make the leap? We look at the scientific evidence.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Pnvv7F

Read More

Hungary's new patriotic education meets resistance

The right-wing government aims to instil national pride - but teachers criticise a new curriculum.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HOr7up

Read More

U.S. Democrats want Russia sanctions over 2020 election interference

Senior U.S. Democrats said on Monday that President Donald Trump's administration should immediately impose sanctions on Russia after U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress that Russia appeared to be trying to influence this year's U.S. election.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/32vjzGs

Read More

U.S., South Korea weigh scaling back training over coronavirus concerns

The U.S. and South Korean military are considering scaling back command post training due to heightened concerns about the coronavirus, the defense ministers of both countries said on Monday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3a02VkI

Read More

Bahrain civil aviation suspends flights from Dubai airport and Sharjah airport for 48 hours

Bahrain civil aviation authority on Monday suspended all its flights from Dubai airport and Sharjah airport for 48 hours over coronavirus fears.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SWdrE3

Read More

Young drivers 'let down over insurance app faults'

Carrot uses phone data to measure braking and acceleration - but some say it often fails to work.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/3c4oulZ

Read More

'I'm the boss and part time, don't call me slacker'

About a million people in senior-level jobs work part time, according to official figures.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/32stTif

Read More

The boss putting an end to empty homes

Katharine Hibbert is the founder of UK property guardianship company Dot Dot Dot.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2VfBGhS

Read More

Global spread of coronavirus raises pandemic fears

Fears grew on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak in China will grow into a pandemic with disruptive and deadly consequences for countries around the world, after sharp rises in infections in South Korea, Italy and Iran.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/32n6sak

Read More

New Zealand extends ban on arrivals from China on coronavirus fears

New Zealand has extended a ban on arrivals from mainland China into a fourth week to contain the risk of exposure to the coronavirus, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Td7pxu

Read More

Four Chinese provinces lower coronavirus emergency response level

Four Chinese provinces Yunnan, Guangdong, Shanxi and Guizhou on Monday lowered their coronavirus emergency response measures, local health commissions said.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/38TMk1R

Read More

South Korea reports 161 new cases of coronavirus, brings total to 763

South Korea reported 161 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of infected patients in the country to 763, health authorities said on Monday, a day after the government raised its infectious disease alert to its highest level.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2VrK0eL

Read More

Trump administration backs off sending coronavirus patients to Alabama: governor

The Trump administration has backed off plans to quarantine patients from the Diamond Princess cruise ship stricken with coronavirus at a federal facility in Alabama, the state's governor and a U.S. senator said on Sunday.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PkOHmF

Read More

Trump administration backs off sending coronavirus patients to Alabama: governor

The Trump administration has backed off plans to quarantine patients from the Diamond Princess cruise ship stricken with coronavirus at a federal facility in Alabama, the state's governor and a U.S. senator said on Sunday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Pdxcof

Read More

Togo President Gnassingbe wins re-election in landslide: preliminary results

Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has won re-election with 72% of the vote, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission on Monday, extending his 15-year rule and a family dynasty that began when his father took power in a 1967 coup.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3c4p42X

Read More

Violent clashes erupt in Haiti on first day of Carnival

Police in Haiti took to the streets on Sunday in violent protests during which shots and tear gas were fired near the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, two Reuters witnesses said, as anger over their pay and conditions swelled.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3c01UuJ

Read More

No. 3 House Democrat Clyburn of South Carolina to back Biden for president: Politico

Jim Clyburn, the No. 3 Democrat in the House of Representatives and an influential black lawmaker from the early voting state of South Carolina, is expected on Wednesday to endorse Joe Biden's presidential bid, according to a Politico report on Sunday.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/3c3Tv9N

Read More