House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Trump administration’s lead negotiators haven’t had an in-person meeting since…
Day: August 18, 2020
Pompeo aide orders State Department to provide Biden, Russia probe documents
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press conference in Austria on Aug. 14. |…
Pelosi celebrates walkback of Postal Service changes: ‘They felt the heat’
Nancy Pelosi maintained that the House would continue with plans to vote Saturday on a $25…
Racism burns Australia like pox and plague. We’re not all in this together | Kim Scott
Fire, flood and plague. Toilet rolls and mental health. Injections of bleach and sunlight. For a…
Manafort was ‘grave counterintelligence threat’ due to Russian contacts, Senate panel says
Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort worked closely with a Russian intelligence officer who…
Postmaster general to testify before Senate committee on Friday
Postmaster General Louis Dejoy. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will testify Friday before…
How the twin disasters of climate change and Covid-19 could transform our cities | Irena Bauman
It’s often been said that we’re living through an unprecedented moment. But in city centres, the…
Tiny elephant shrew species, missing for 50 years, rediscovered
A mouse-sized elephant shrew that had been lost to science for 50 years has been discovered…
Animals farmed: China’s pig demands, Brexit lamb cull fears and KFC praised
News from around the world China has made its largest-ever daily purchase of US corn, despite…
‘Walls of death’: surge in illegal drift nets threatens endangered species
Last month Carmelo Isgro received a phone call from the Italian coastguard. A 24ft sperm whale…