China ordered the United States on Friday to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu, ratcheting up a diplomatic conflict at a time when relations have sunk to their lowest level in decades. The move was a response to the Trump administration’s order this week for Beijing to close its consulate in Houston…
Coronavirus: Third day of wrangling over huge EU recovery plan
EU leaders trying to hammer out a huge post-coronavirus economic recovery plan are now in an unscheduled third day of a testy summit in Brussels. Some member states believe the proposed €750bn ($857bn; £680bn) package is too large and should come as loans, rather than grants. Austria said there was still a “way to go”,…
MUSK MANIA NOW WORTH MORE THAN BUFFETT STOCK HIGHER THAN GOOGLE
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now the seventh-richest person in the world, surpassing legendary investor Warren Buffett, as Tesla’s stock continues to skyrocket. As of Friday, Musk is worth about $70.5 billion, roughly $1 billion more than Buffett, after the company’s stock hit an all-time high that day. Tesla shares continued their surge and hit…
Brutal Gang Rises as Mexico’s Top Security Threat
MEXICO CITY—In late June, more than two dozen gunmen mounted a predawn ambush, shooting at Mexico City’s police chief as his convoy drove down leafy, iconic Reforma Avenue and shattering the calm of the capital’s most elegant neighborhood, home to ambassadors, cabinet ministers and tycoons. Using Barrett semiautomatic rifles, the assailants riddled Omar García Harfuch’s…
Ennio Morricone dead at 91
Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning Italian composer who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and often haunting soundtracks for such classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables” and the epic “Once Upon A Time In America,” died Monday. He was 91. Morricone’s longtime lawyer, Giorgio Assumma,…
FOUND HER! EPSTEIN ‘MADAM’ ARRESTED
Jeffrey Epstein Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges What to Know Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday morning in New Hampshire, law enforcement sources say Maxwell will face charges that she conspired with the disgraced financier to sexually abuse underage girls Epstein, a friend to presidents and captains of industry, died…
WHO says worst of pandemic ‘yet to come’: Coronavirus latest
The WHO warns the pandemic ‘is not even close to being over’, as the number of deaths worldwide exceeds 500,000. by Kate Mayberry, Hamza Mohamed & Virginia PietromarchiGlobal coronavirus cases now exceed 10 million and more than half a million people have died from the respiratory disease, COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United…
The world is putting America in quarantine
The United States is in the midst of a full-blown second wave of coronavirus. According to Worldometers, Tuesday had 36,015 new cases — the highest number since May 1, and the third-highest ever. Arizona, Florida, South Carolina, California, and Texas are headed for a dire emergency fast. So far deaths have thankfully not returned to their previous…
TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally
Did a successful prank inflate attendance expectations for President Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Okla.? For Diana Mejia, the idea to troll President Donald Trump with false ticket reservations to Saturday’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, came from TikTok. On June 12, Mejia, 19, saw a video from TikTok user Mary Jo Laupp, noting people could reserve tickets…
Trump comeback rally features empty seats, staff infections
President Donald Trump launched his comeback rally amid a pandemic on Saturday by declaring that “the silent majority is stronger than ever before,” but what was meant to be a show of political force was instead met with thousands of empty seats and new coronavirus cases on his campaign staff. Ignoring health warnings, Trump went…