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Warner Records Signs Black Lives Matter Protest Singer, 12

Warner Records Signs Black Lives Matter Protest Singer, 12

June 19, 2020 3:54 pm

 

Sooooooooo Thankful To Share Alongside The Bryant Family And @WarnerRecords, The Most Important Message In The World!! #IJustWannaLive By @KeedronBryant I Also Want To Officially Welcome Keedron To The #UMadeUsWhatWeAre Family!!! “I JUST WANNA LIVE” DROPS JUNETEENTH!!!

A post shared by Dem Jointz (@demjointz) on Jun 18, 2020 at 9:54am PDT

Keedron Bryant’s song “I Just Wanna Live”, about his fears growing up as a black man in America, will be released

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China Threatens US On Latest Huawei Ban

China Threatens U.S. On Latest Huawei Ban

May 16, 2020 5:04 am

China has urged the United States to stop the “unreasonable suppression of Huawei and Chinese enterprises”.

It also threatened retaliation against the US for the move by putting major U.S. firms on an “unreliable entity list”, according to Communist Party tabloid Global Times.

US tech giants Apple, Cisco, Qualcomm and plane maker Boeing are among the firms that may be targeted, the report said.

The reaction came after Washington announced new export controls to restrict Huawei’s access to semiconductor technology.

Read Also: Trump Hints On Ending Trade Relationship With China

The latest restrictions on the world’s second-largest smartphone manufacturer, which …

US Supreme Court To Hear Appeal On Abortion

US Supreme Court To Hear Appeal On Abortion

April 12, 2020 6:40 pm

Abortion rights advocates on Saturday called on the US Supreme Court to urgently intervene to force Texas to reinstate the right to abortion, which has been suspended in the state since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

This is the first appeal related to COVID-19 to reach the highest American court, which has been operating only in writing for nearly a month.

The Court, which legalized abortion in 1973 in its landmark Roe v. Wade decision, will have to decide whether a state can suspend the case law in the name of a public health emergency.

This case will …

$2 Trillion Rescue Plan Passes US House, Heads To Trump

$2 Trillion Rescue Plan Passes US House, Heads To Trump

March 27, 2020 5:50 pm

The US House of Representatives passed a historic $2 trillion rescue package Friday that injects cash into the pockets of struggling Americans and fortifies an economy so ravaged by coronavirus that it is sliding toward recession.

After clearing the Senate earlier this week, and as the United States became the new global epicenter of the pandemic with 92,000 confirmed cases of infection, Republicans and Democrats united to greenlight the nation’s largest-ever economic relief plan.

It now goes to President Donald Trump, who has indicated he will quickly sign the measure into law, triggering millions of rebate checks of up to …

Iran Frees French Researcher In Vital Prisoner Swap

Iran Frees French Researcher In Vital Prisoner Swap

March 21, 2020 9:57 am

President Emmanuel Macron announced Saturday that Iran has freed a French researcher imprisoned in the Islamic republic after France released an Iranian threatened with extradition to the US.

Macron “is happy to announce the release of Roland Marchal, imprisoned in Iran since June 2019” but he “urges the Iranian authorities to immediately free” fellow researcher Fariba Adelkhah, his office said.

France has for months demanded that Iran release Adelkhah and her partner Marchal, who were detained last year accused of plotting against national security. Their trial began in early March.

Adelkhah is a citizen of both Iran and France, but …

Cruise Ships Could Become Floating Hospitals - Trump

Cruise Ships Could Be Used As Floating Hospitals – Trump

March 20, 2020 5:28 am

Cruise ships could be converted into floating hospitals to treat cases of the novel coronavirus, US President Donald Trump said Thursday.

Micky Arison, the chairman of Carnival Corporation, which operates Carnival Cruise Line, “made the offer, it was a generous offer,” Trump said during a press conference.

“He said that he has some ships that would be ideally suited for what we are doing,” the president said, since the ships are “big and have a lot of rooms.”

“If we should need ships, a lot of rooms, they’ll be docked at New York and Los Angeles and San Francisco …

US And China Trade Barbs Over Coronavirus

US And China Trade Barbs Over Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 5:05 pm

US President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on calling the coronavirus spreading rapidly across the world the “Chinese Virus,” despite protests from Beijing.

“It did come from China, so I think it’s very accurate,” Trump told a news conference, defending tweets in which he used the label for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump indicated that another motive was payback for what he said was China’s disinformation campaign blaming the US military for the virus.

“China was putting out information which was false,” he said.

“I didn’t appreciate the fact that China was saying that our military gave it to them. Our …

Awash With Cash, Biden Mounts Biggest Ad Campaign

Awash With Cash, Biden Mounts Biggest Ad Campaign

March 8, 2020 6:47 am

With a rush of momentum, endorsements and awash with donor cash after his strong Super Tuesday, former US Vice President Joe Biden launched the biggest advertising blitz of his presidential campaign.

Biden’s campaign said on Friday it had raised about $22 million in five days.

Until recently, Biden’s campaign was struggling to raise funds. Now, as he looks ahead to Tuesday and more big contests on March 17, Biden is spending $12 million on a six-state ad buy.

The online, digital and TV ads will run in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi – three states that vote on Tuesday – and …

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Virus: US, South Korea Postpone Joint Military Exercises

February 27, 2020 5:17 pm

The US and South Korean militaries on Thursday postponed forthcoming joint exercises as the Asian country announced its biggest increase in coronavirus cases to date.

The decision to delay the training was made after Seoul declared its highest “severe” alert level over the virus, Combined Forces Command said, adding the postponement was “until further notice”.

The United States has 28,500 troops in South Korea to protect it against the nuclear-armed North, many of them based south of Seoul at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek — Washington’s biggest overseas military facility.

The security allies have previously scaled back annual joint military exercises …

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US Farmer Wins Damages Over Bayer AG, BASF Herbicide

February 17, 2020 1:07 pm

A US jury has awarded $265 million to a Missouri farmer who blamed herbicide from chemical giants Bayer AG and BASF for destroying his peach orchards, in a case set to bolster 140 other lawsuits.

Jurors in federal court in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, made the ruling on Saturday after peach farmer Bill Bader claimed the companies encouraged farmers to use the dicamba weedkiller irresponsibly.

Bloomberg News reported that the case was the first US trial over dicamba herbicide, which is alleged to have wrecked crops across America’s Midwest by drifting onto plants that were unable to resist it.

Much …

The US embassy is located in the Green Zone, the Iraqi capital's high-security enclave

Rocket Attack Hits Near US Embassy In Iraq Capital

February 16, 2020 12:43 pm

Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting American troops near the US embassy early Sunday, the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country.

“The Coalition confirms small rockets impacted the Iraqi base hosting (coalition) troops in the International Zone… No casualties,” said coalition spokesman Myles Caggins.

That base, known as Union III, is the headquarters for the US-led coalition, deployed in Iraq since 2014 to help local troops fight the Islamic State jihadist group.

Iraq’s military said three Katyusha rockets hit inside the Green Zone, the high-security enclave where the US mission and Union III …

US President Donald Trump

Reports: Trump Mulls Slashing Foreign Aid

February 10, 2020 3:46 am

US President Donald Trump will propose cutting billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid in his fiscal 2021 budget while seeking an increase in funds to counter developing economic threats from China and Russia.

Trump, a Republican, sought in his budget proposal last year to slash foreign aid but faced steep resistance from Congress and did not prevail.

His latest budget, which will be released on Monday, is a blueprint for his spending proposals that is unlikely, again, to be passed, particularly in an election year.

According to Reuters, Trump will seek to make a 21% cut in foreign aid …

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