Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from August, 2020

NSW, Vic border bubble to be expanded

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian is today expected to announce an easing of restrictions around the NSW-Vic border to expand the "border bubble" and ease pressure on communities where infection rates remain low. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/3hGRPFs

Plan to build Cairns water park in stages

CAIRNS water theme park proponent Paul Freebody is prepared to put up “all our security including the land development approval” and build the project in stages if the Queensland Government provides a guarantee to a $10 million loan facility from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2YTi7Nl

Biden Condemned Violence. Why Won’t Trump?

By BY MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2QNebcp

Trump Defends Kyle Rittenhouse

By BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3lE5lfl

A Long History of Language That Incites and Demonizes

By BY PETER BAKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/31KRbBp

Unwitting Progressives for Trump

By BY BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2QJ2YJY

Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia

By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI AND MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/32KSNdo

Frustrated by Election Boycott, Venezuela’s Leader Pardons 100 Opponents

By BY ANATOLY KURMANAEV from NYT World https://ift.tt/3hYVvCR

A Teacher and Congresswoman Confronts School Reopenings

By BY REID J. EPSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3jxJ29n

Trump Fans Strife as Unrest Roils the U.S.

By BY PETER BAKER AND MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2YQLyQa

QBE shock as CEO steps down

QBE Insurance chief executive Pat Regan has left the company after an external investigation into an incident that breached the company’s ethics and code of conduct. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/32J7zla

Unit to navigate Qld border exemptions

Interstate families needing to cross the Queensland border to access vital healthcare will have greater support with the establishment of a new help hotline, as the premier stands firm on her strict border measures. from Money – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/32Lk9Au

Unit to navigate Qld border exemptions

Interstate families needing to cross the Queensland border to access vital healthcare will have greater support with the establishment of a new help hotline, as the premier stands firm on her strict border measures. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/32Lk9Au

Trump, Vicar of Fear and Violence

By BY CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3bbyA4D

Jon Rahm Sinks a Big Putt to Win Playoff at the BMW Championship

By BY ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/31Iok0E

Stories of 2020: Five Lives Caught in a Year of Upheaval and Pain

By BY PETER BAKER, JOHN BRANCH, JOHN ELIGON, REID J. EPSTEIN, DAN LEVIN AND MARC STEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gJPdVW

Help hotline but no border backdown

New South Wales families needing to cross the Queensland border to access vital healthcare will have greater support with the establishment of a new help hotline, but the premier refuses to back down on her strict border measures. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/3jsSkTZ

Kenosha Sheriff Filmed Allegedly Watching Jacob Blake Shooting Video Despite Previous Denial

Video taken at the scene of Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 23, shows Sheriff David Beth appearing to watch vision of the incident despite his later claim to have never seen the footage. This video shows Sheriff Beth surrounded by a group of people. At one point, a voice can be heard saying, “here’s the video,” after which Beth can be seen looking at a cellphone for around 13 seconds before handing it back. The cellphone’s screen is not visible in the video. Beth was later reported to have told a press conference that he “did not see that video” when asked if he was a problem with the actions of the officer who repeatedly shot Blake. Storyful has contacted the sheriff’s office for further comment. Local news reported the video of Jacob Blake’s shooting had been viewed millions of times online and on television. Protests first erupted in Kenosha on August 23 after a video circulated on social media showing Blake being shot by a police officer multiple times from

How to Build a Catapult From Newspaper

By BY GODWYN MORRIS AND PAULA FRISCH from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/2GaP7dz

Phoenix Settles With Black Family After Police Drew Guns Over Reported Doll Theft

By BY CHRISTINA MORALES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32BL69E

‘It Was Challenging’: Bucks Return, Balancing Basketball and Activism

By BY MARC STEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/31GQF7a

Coronavirus Around the World

By Unknown Author from NYT Home Page https://ift.tt/3hHLF8b

Protesters Block Police Vehicle During Washington Rally

Thousands protested racism and police brutality in Washington, DC, on August 28, the 57th anniversary of Rev Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. A large crowd gathered around the Lincoln Memorial to hear from several speakers about racial injustice, including King’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, who emphasized the need to vote. Footage shows protesters blocking the path of a police vehicle during the rally. Credit: Raws Media via Storyful from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/3jo6Ex5

Rival Themes Emerge as Race Enters Final Weeks: Covid vs. Law and Order

By BY KATIE GLUECK, ANNIE KARNI AND ALEXANDER BURNS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3baWFs3

Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore After Oil Spill Off Mauritius

By BY MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3baWhtB

Returning to the campaign trail, Trump unloads baseless attacks on Biden.

By BY PETER BAKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/31BfL7y

Jacob Blake Was Shackled in Hospital Bed After Police Shot Him

By BY JOHN ELIGON, SARAH MERVOSH AND RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2G2P2s9

Lute Olson, Who Put Arizona on College Basketball Map, Dies at 85

By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/34ELxCF

El legado de Shinzo Abe, el primer ministro de Japón que anunció su dimisión

By BY MOTOKO RICH AND RUSSELL GOLDMAN from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/2ENAwUQ

Suspect in Kenosha Killings Ardently Promoted Blue Lives Matter

By BY NEIL MACFARQUHAR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3baiLLl

Republican Convention Live Analysis and Video

By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3hwfOHk

Trump Heads Into General Election Leading a Party He Has Transformed

By BY ALEXANDER BURNS AND MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3bfgG0V

COVID-19

By Unknown Author from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2Qyebgl

Instead of Evolving as President, Trump Has Bent the Job to His Will

By BY PETER BAKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3hztLo4

La influencia de Ivanka Trump

By BY ELAINA PLOTT from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/31zWgMI

‘It Gives Me Chills’: An N.B.A. Player Talks Profiling and Protests

By BY SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2D5MloN

Despite the virus, Trump will speak in front of a large crowd, seated closely together on the South Lawn.

By BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3hA4rON

High-profile Republicans desert Trump

More than 150 former aides and staffers to the Republican Party’s last three standard-bearers – former president George W. Bush and senators John McCain and Mitt Romney – are throwing their support behind Joe Biden, they announced on Thursday. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/3b3YHuf

DNA Evidence Exonerates Man in 1983 Rape and Killing, Prosecutors Say

By BY MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32xDaGt

Live Updates: Teenager Is Arrested After 2 Are Fatally Shot in Kenosha

By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2YCqIUm

Sailor Investigated for Arson After Burning of Navy Warship

By BY ERIC SCHMITT AND JOHN ISMAY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/34A1IRx

R.N.C. Rewrites Trump’s Racism — and America’s

By BY CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2YxPs0f

Don’t Be Dense, Beware Mike Pence

By BY GAIL COLLINS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2QoZoVg

Republican Convention, Night 3: Live Analysis and Video

By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2EB3neL

Domestic air travel in China has almost fully recovered from the pandemic.

By BY NIRAJ CHOKSHI from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2YCvEc2

Three Trump Supporters Have a New Target: Germany

By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/32uqZdh

How Trump’s Convention Has Become a Crucial Play for the Suburbs

By BY JEREMY W. PETERS, ANNIE KARNI AND NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32sYrkr

The Harsh Reality Behind Trump’s Reality Show

By BY GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3jm1wtx

F.D.A. gives emergency approval to rapid test from Abbott Laboratories.

By BY SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2EENLXw

Trump Takes Night Off From Anti-Immigrant Talk to Swear In U.S. Citizens

By BY ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS AND MICHAEL D. SHEAR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3jhJVTj

Three Charged With Leaking Movies as Part of Global Piracy Ring

By BY JACEY FORTIN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3gxiFP1

McDonald’s Investigating Whether Former C.E.O. Covered Up Others’ Misconduct

By BY RACHEL ABRAMS from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2CXnWBC

Trump Administration Orders Hospitals to Report Data or Risk Losing Funding

By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32pMjk3