Source: Independent by Robert Fisk The European Court of Human Rights has asked France to pay back €100,000 to 11 harmless activists who expressed their political views – and then […]
Source: Axios By Bob Herman The National Institutes of Health may own intellectual property that undergirds a leading coronavirus vaccine being developed by Moderna, according to documents obtained by Axios and an analysis […]
Source: Bloomberg “We’ve been through a lot this year,” said LeBron James. The three-time NBA champion and Los Angeles Laker talked to me on June 23 via Zoom with his […]
Source: Imperial College London website The first healthy volunteer has now received a candidate coronavirus vaccine developed by Imperial researchers. The clinical team, who delivered a small dose of the […]
Source: BBC Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing says it plans to operate more than a million self-driving vehicles by 2030. The robotaxis are to be deployed in places where ride-hailing drivers are less available, according to Meng Xing, Didi’s chief operating officer. Mr Meng was speaking at an online conference […]
BY GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA LONDON EUROPE JUN 24, 2020 People stand in front of a mural showing Adama Traore, left, and George Floyd, Stains, June 22, 2020. (AP Photo) Policing across Europe during the coronavirus pandemic has exposed “a disturbing pattern of racial bias” linked to wider concerns raised […]
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL ECONOMY JUN 24, 2020 An aerial view of Sepaku district in North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan province, Indonesia, Aug. 28, 2019. (Reuters Photo) Turkish contractors […]
Source: Arab news RIYADH: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to greatly limit the number of Hajj pilgrims this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Source: The Guardian The report is largely based on testimony from 76 people in the eight countries surveyed By Harriet Sherwood Atheists and humanists are facing discrimination and persecution in […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, who writes about religion and social issues for the Guardian and the Observer. London is more religious and socially conservative than the rest of […]
Algiers renews offer to mediate between warring sides in Libya as President Tebboune hosts PM al-Sarraj, Speaker Saleh. 23 Jun 2020 Algiers has consistently spoken out against foreign intervention […]
Source: Al Jazeera By Hamid Dabashi, who is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Every day at 7pm in New York, we come […]
Source: New York Times A married pair of virologists in Moscow tested a vaccine on their own children in the 1950s. Now, a side effect they found is sparking new […]
Source: DW A neo-Nazi group called Nordadler, on the police radar for years, has now been banned by the German Interior Ministry. Its members believe in Adolf Hitler and anti-Semitism. […]
Source: New York Times By Ben Hubbard and Declan Walsh The coronavirus pandemic upended the plans of millions of Muslims, for whom the once-in-a-lifetime trip is a sacred milestone. BEIRUT, […]
By Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams, who is a retired pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and has served as a trustee for the Presbyterian Church Foundation, Agnes Scott College and […]
Source: Yahoo As the world grapples with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests that antibodies — the proteins produced by the immune system that can grant protection against reinfection — may fade […]
Translator: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem Publisher: Oxford University Press; Click here to read the translation of the individual surahs. If subscription is not possible or choose not to buy from Amazon, find […]
(CNN) New York, New Jersey and Connecticut issued a travel advisory Wednesday that requires people arriving from states with high coronavirus rates to quarantine for 14 days. New York Gov. […]
Source: WSJ Germany is struggling to pick sides in the escalating dispute between the U.S. and China over issues ranging from trade to human rights, amid mounting American pressure and Beijing’s authoritarian […]