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India is under ‘tremendous’ pressure to respond to China, academic says
An Indian Army convoy moves along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer on June 17, 2020 in Ganderbal, India. Waseem Andrabi | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India is under a lot of pressure to respond to China after a border clash high in the Himalayas left 20 Indian soldiers dead, an expert on …
The Technology 202: President Trump’s conspiracy theories are putting pressure on Twitter to change its policies
with Tonya Riley President Trump keeps pushing the boundaries on Twitter. Trump once again yesterday promoted a baseless conspiracy theory on his favorite social media platform. He suggested that 75-year-old Martin Gugino, a Buffalo activist injured after police pushed him to the ground at a protest, was a member of antifa. Trump has repeatedly said …
Pressure mounts on Trump to project unity
Trump has been painting a dire picture of a country teetering on the edge of lawlessness, accusing leftist anti-fascist group Antifa of orchestrating looting and trying to create the appearance of a scenario that only a strongman leader could solve. In reality, increasingly violence-free nationwide protests with peaceful crowds braving the implications of a pandemic …
George Floyd protests continue, pressure mounts on police and President Donald Trump
Rahul Dubey, the man who sheltered over 70 protesters in his Washington D.C. home Monday night told CBSN on Friday that his actions were purely “instinctual.” Others have called them heroic. “It was unfathomable,” Dubey said of the police violence used against peaceful protesters right outside his front door. He called what he saw a …
As George Floyd is honored, pressure mounts on police and President Trump
8m ago Breonna Taylor’s neighbor sues police, says officers sprayed gunfire with “total disregard” for life A neighbor of Breonna Taylor, the black woman shot to death in her apartment by police in March, has sued the police involved in the operation for firing “blindly” and sending rounds flying into her home, the Louisville …
US food chain at breaking point as pandemic pressure mo…
Chicken at the Stop n Shop grocery store in the US, rationed per customer Chicken rationed per customer at grocery stores in the USA. Against the backdrop of over 70,000 dead, over 1.2 million infected and just about 190,000 recovered in the US, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday: ‘We have to be warriors… We …
[PULSE] With lenders under pressure, need for technology is heightened
COVID-19 has had an immediate impact on the mortgage finance industry – causing borrowers and lenders alike to adapt to a new normal. In most cases, lenders are being forced to manage their pipelines completely virtually at a time when refinance applications are soaring due to historically low interest rates. They also need to maintain …
Breaking: Wike bows to pressure, releases 22 Exxonmobil staff
Nyseom Wike By Victor Young Following the directive of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, to its members to shut down operations and all activities at the nation’s oil rigs and export terminals over the continued detention of 21 offshore members by the Rivers State, Wike Sunday bowed to pressure and …
Bernie Sanders is under pressure to win Michigan and give his campaign fresh momentum.
Michigan, which holds its primary Tuesday, looms as hugely important for the senator from Vermont because of its dual standing, as a state he won in the 2016 primaries and which also is likely to play a decisive role in the general election. “We need all hands on deck. We got our backs against the …
China health care system under pressure in Wuhan
Workers set up beds at an exhibition center that was converted into a hospital in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province on February 4, 2020. STR | AFP via Getty Images As China tries to control the spread of the new coronavirus, Wuhan city — the epicenter of the disease — still faces a multitude …
