JULY 30, 2020
The BCCI has reportedly prepared the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for IPL as it finalises preparations to conduct the high-profile event safely amidst coronavirus pandemic.
Th 13th season of IPL will be held outside India in the UAE.
Players will have to undergo four rounds of coronavirus testing – two in India before departure and twice during the quarantine...
JULY 30, 2020
U.S. President Trump visits American Red Cross National Headquarters in Washington. - Reuters/CARLOS BARRIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump's suggestion on Thursday the Nov. 3 presidential election be delayed due to voter fraud was immediately rejected by lawmakers and dismissed by legal experts, but it raises the specter of a disputed election that could take weeks...
JULY 30, 2020
The economy hit rock bottom in the second quarter, when GDP contracted by a shocking 32.9%, but the road back may be rougher than expected.
Economists are concerned about weakness in the labor market, which is not rebounding as hoped.
Investors bought bonds and sold stocks in reaction to weak jobless claims data Thursday, but stocks...
JULY 30, 2020
Former President Barack Obama, addresses the service during the funeral for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Former President Barack Obama used Rep. John Lewis’ funeral on Thursday to issue a stark warning that the voting rights and...
JULY 30, 2020
Former President Bill Clinton addresses mourners during the funeral for Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday, July 30, 2020. - Pool photo by Alyssa Pointer
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ATLANTA – Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush hailed civil rights giant John Lewis on Thursday for his devotion...
JULY 30, 2020
Photograph: Donald Trump tweets without evidence that ‘universal mail-in voting’ would lead to ‘the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT election in history’. - Leah Millis/Reuters
Donald Trump on Thursday morning floated the idea of delaying November’s presidential election, justifying the extraordinary suggestion by repeating his false claim that widespread voting by mail from home would result in a “fraudulent”...
JULY 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump says he wants the next coronavirus relief package to be "very generous" with direct stimulus payments to Americans that are potentially more than $1,200.
"It may go higher than that, actually," Trump said in an interview on Wednesday with ABC affiliate KMID in Texas during a trip to the state.
"I'd like to...
JULY 29, 2020
The hearing - featuring Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Apple's Tim Cook, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai teleconferencing in - went more than five hours, with each lawmaker on the panel getting three rounds of questioning.-Washington Examiner/Pool
Here are the five biggest takeaways from Wednesday's hearing.
Lawmakers have collected a lot of info from Big Tech's competitors
The subcommittee's in-depth...
JULY 29, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at a news conference at the US Capitol last month in Washington, DC. - Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday she would require all House members and aides to wear masks on the floor after Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert -- who was often in the chamber interacting with colleagues and...
JULY 29, 2020
Senator Kamala Harris is seen by some as the favorite to be picked as Joe Biden's vice presidential candidate. - Tom Williams
Joe Biden's vice presidential pick has been one of Washington’s best kept secrets but a supposedly accidental news publication by Politico and Biden’s own teasingly displayed notes are raising expectations that the winner is Kamala Harris.
Do...
