Trump's not bothering to hide his political interference in vaccine push
Updated 0838 GMT (1638 HKT) September 17, 2020
President Donald Trump's political interference in the scientific and ethical process underwriting the quest for a Covid-19 vaccine -- on stunning display on a chaotic Wednesday -- is deepening the damage of his disastrous pandemic response.
Novichok 'found on water bottle in Alexei Navalny's hotel room'
Development suggests Russian opposition leader poisoned in Tomsk, not at airport
Associates of Alexei Navalny have said traces of novichok were found on a bottle of water in his hotel room in Tomsk, suggesting he was poisoned while in the Siberian city, and not, as previously suspected, from a cup of tea he drank at the airport.
The Russian opposition leader fell ill on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow on 20 August. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where he spent two days in a coma before being flown by a medical jet to Berlin. He remains in the Charité hospital in the German capital.
Banksy loses art trademark battle with greeting card company in ‘devastating’ ruling
Judges ruled that mysterious artist’s intent on anonymity did not help his case
Banksy has lost a legal battle over one of his most famous artworks, with a trademark attorney calling the decision “devastating” for the artist.
The artwork, which depicts a masked protester throwing a bouquet of flowers, appeared on a wall in Jerusalem in 2005. It has since been reappropriated by the UK card company Full Colour Black, which has used the artwork on cards.
West Coast fires will cost US economy dearly
The wildfires ravaging America's West Coast have sent thousands fleeing and will leave behind destruction, uncertainty and huge bills. The disruption to the economy should not be underestimated.
The many wildfires roaring through America's West Coast don't just look scary, they are bad for people's health, bad for public and private lands, and bad for the economy.
The plumes of smoke have pushed air quality to hazardous levels forcing residents to stay indoors. Now some of the dirtiest air on Earth is wafting along the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles up to the Canadian border. Millions of people are at the mercy of merciless flames.
Iran’s rap battles: youth with a 'pure love' for rap
The young people gathered are in their twenties, dressed in oversized tee-shirts, hoodies, chains and durags. In short, they look like any young people immersed in rap and hip hop culture. But when they launch into their flow, the words are in Persian. Rap has been popular in Iran for the past twenty years but, recently there has been an increasing number of rap battles staged in quiet streets and parks, and videos are popping up online.
Most Iranian rappers never get approval from the Iranian Ministry of Culture to broadcast their songs and have to record in underground locations. Several well-known rappers have been arrested, including Bahram (who was arrested and held in detention for a week in 2008), or exiled, including Pishro (who fled the country after authorities released an arrest warrant with his name on it in 2018) and Hichkas (who continues to record while living abroad). Even so, rap has been on the rise for the past 20 years in the Islamic Republic and many say that it is the most popular style of music amongst young people today.
'End of the road' for pro-India politicians in Kashmir
Many politicians have fallen silent and disappeared from public life after India stripped the region's autonomy.
by Rifat Fareed
Sakina Itoo used to motivate Kashmiris to believe that India would be better for their future. But the 48-year-old pro-India politician says New Delhi's decision to strip the Muslim-majority region's autonomy last August has made her lose face and vulnerable.
"We don't know how to go to people again. We have no answers ourselves, what will we tell them," Itoo, a former minister in the regional government, told Al Jazeera.
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