New York’s Cuomo links municipal funding to police reforms to fight racism
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he would end funding for local governments that fail to adopt reforms addressing excess use of force...
Golf: Flurry of birdies gives Varner early second-round lead
Harold Varner III opened with a triple bogey and closed with a flurry of five birdies over his last six holes to surge into the...
Pandemic means no podium ceremonies for Formula One
Formula One drivers can forget about podium celebrations this season under new rules to protect them from the COVID-19 pandemic....
Coronavirus hitting the Americas hardest says World Health Organization
The Americas are bearing the brunt of the global coronavirus pandemic at present, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, with North and South...
Transgender couple angry at new Hungary ban
For Hungarian transgender couple Tamara Csillag and Elvira Angyal life is on hold, their wedding is postponed, and they are angry. Hungary last month banned...
Lebanon to re-open Beirut international airport from July 1: statement
Lebanon will re-open Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport for commercial flights beginning July 1, but will keep air traffic at 10% of capacity from a...
One American city’s model of policing reform means building ‘social currency’
Zsakhiem James, a police captain in Camden, New Jersey – once considered the most dangerous city in the United States – sees every encounter with...
Coronavirus threatens Chicago’s last remaining trading pits
Chicago brokers and traders worry the novel coronavirus will kill more of the city’s once famous shout-and-gesture trading pits....
Stars of banned condom ad fear Duda’s re-election
For Jakub Kwiecinski, a ban by Poland’s public broadcaster on a condom advert featuring him and his husband has come as no surprise, but it...
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine clears key safety hurdle in mouse study
A study of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine in mice lends some assurance that it will not increase the risk of more severe disease, and that...