Ethiopian authorities have arrested two suspects over the killing of a popular political singer, whose death last week sparked protests in which people were killed. The shooting of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, a musician widely revered among his Oromo ethnic group, ignited protests in Addis Ababa and the surrounding Oromiya region. The prime minister, Abiy
Jack Charlton, a World Cup winner with England and former Republic of Ireland boss, has died aged . The former Leeds defender had been diagnosed with lymphoma in the last year and also had dementia. One of English football s most popular characters, he was in the team that won the World Cup
Image caption Ireland and Germany have launched apps based on Google and Apple s technology, but England remains wary This morning I installed Ireland s just-released contact-tracing app on my phone, where it joined Germany s Corona Warn-App, which was released three weeks ago. The Republic s Covid Tracker software is also the
President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone, intervening in extraordinary fashion in a criminal case that was central to the Russia investigation and that concerned the president s own conduct. The move came Saturday, just days before Stone was to begin serving a -month prison sentence
Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise, with the number of new cases climbing in dozens of states and the U.S. reporting record numbers of cases on individual days. Hospitalization across the U.S. has dramatically jumped; some cities are seeing surges that threaten to overwhelm their health care systems. Meanwhile, the demonstrations over the
He’s been dubbed Dishy Rishi , Britain’s economic Jedi and Santa Claus in hazmat in recent months, but most often he is referred to as a possible future prime minister . Rishi Sunak s star has been rising steadily since he became chancellor in February. Within weeks he found himself tackling the greatest
NASA recently announced that it would be renaming its headquarters in Washington, D.C. after Mary W. Jackson, the trailblazing first Black female engineer at the space agency made famous by the film Hidden Figures. Current NASA staff say that she remains an inspiration in both the day-to-day operations and the broader overarching goals
Private health insurers, including many the White House prodded to waive full treatment costs for patients diagnosed with coronavirus, haven’t committed to extending those generous coverage policies to patients dealing with virus-related conditions weeks or months later. Some that only cover in-network care are rejecting bills from out-of-network specialists. The death toll, as
Intervista a Marco Mazzone e Marco Molinari, Presidente e al Direttore di Compagnia delle Opere Como, a cura di Bruno Carenini
On Wednesday, the Trump administration took former national security adviser John Bolton to court in a last-ditch attempt to halt the June publication of his memoir “The Room Where It Happened.” Almost at the same time, however, news outlets began publishing revealing excerpts of Bolton’s experiences in the White House between and .