overnight News of 09/27/20

With Daily Infections Hitting A Record-High, Critics Say The U.K. Hasn’T Learned From Its Mistakes

LONDON — Britain bungled its response to the coronavirus the first time around. Now many scientists fear it’s about to do it again. The virus is on the rise once more in the U.K., which has recorded almost 42,000 COVID-19 deaths, with ...

Despite Trump’S Attacks, Both Parties Are Vowing An Orderly Election

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses drew swift blowback Thursday from both parties in Congress, and lawmakers turned to unprecedented steps to ensure he can’t ignore the ...

Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Arrested Over Protest Last October

(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong said he was arrested again Thursday for allegedly participating in an unauthorized assembly last October. Wong tweeted that he was arrested when he reported to the semi-autonomous ...

70 Whales Rescued From Australia’S Worst Mass Beaching

(CANBERRA, Australia) — Authorities revised up the number of pilot whales rescued from Australia’s worst mass stranding from 50 to 70 on Thursday, as the focus shifted to removing 380 carcasses from Tasmania state shallows. The number of ...

Republicans Claim Addressing Climate Change Is Too Expensive. Americans Aren’T Buying It, A New Poll Shows

“It’s too expensive.” Republicans have uttered this refrain time and again to reject nearly every proposal aimed at addressing climate change . It’s what drove the U.S. rejection of global climate deals in the 1990s and ...

Alexei Navalny Has Been Released From A German Hospital After 32 Days

BERLIN — The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for poisoning said Wednesday that his condition improved enough for him to be released, and suggested a “complete recovery” from the nerve agent was ...

Nearly 500 Pilot Whales Stranded In Australia, Killing 380

HOBART, Australia — More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, raising the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 that have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country. Authorities had already ...

China, The World’S Top Emitter, Aims To Go Carbon-Neutral By 2060

UNITED NATIONS — Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060. Xi’s announcement during a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly is a significant step for the ...

Chinese Tycoon Linked To Article Criticizing Xi Jinping’S Coronavirus Response Jailed For 18 Years

China jailed outspoken property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang for 18 years on graft charges, a Beijing court said, months after he was linked to an article criticizing President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Ren, the former chairman ...

‘I Think Our Goal Is Worthy For Everyone In Thailand.’ Meet The Lawyer Trying To Reform The Thai Monarchy

The stage at the “ Harry Potter vs He Who Must Not Be Named” protest in Bangkok on Aug. 3 was decorated with images of the franchise’s villain, Lord Voldemort. The framed pictures were a not-so-subtle allusion to the portraits of ...

As Another Top U.S. Official Visits Taiwan, China Launches More Military Drills

China launched a fresh round of military drills in the Taiwan Strait, as a top U.S. diplomat demonstrated increasing American support for the democratically ruled island with a visit to Taipei. The Eastern Theater Command of the People’s ...

Federal Judge Blocks Postal Service Changes That Slowed Mail

(SEATTLE) — A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election. ...

Yoshihide Suga Is Japan’S New Prime Minister. Here’S What That Means For The U.S.

As Japan’s new prime minister , Yoshihide Suga, takes the reins of the world’s third-largest economy this week, he inherits a domestic agenda swamped by the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s biggest economic slump on record and ...

Sweeping Failures And Insufficient Oversight Led To Boeing 737 Max Crashes, Scathing House Report Finds

Sweeping failures by Boeing engineers, deception by the company and significant errors in government oversight led to the two fatal crashes of the 737 Max, congressional investigators have concluded. A 245-page report issued Wednesday provides the ...

Yoshihide Suga Elected Prime Minister Of Japan, Replacing Shinzo Abe

Japanese ruling party leader Yoshihide Suga was elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote Wednesday, becoming the country’s first new premier in nearly eight years. Suga’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party used its majority in the ...

Bill Gates Sr., Father Of Billionaire Microsoft Founder, Dies At 94

(SEATTLE) — William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at 94. Gates died peacefully Monday at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer’s disease, the ...

U.S. Issues New Travel Warnings For Mainland China And Hong Kong Citing Risk Of ‘Arbitrary Detention’

(BEIJING) — The U.S. on Tuesday issued a sweeping new advisory warning against travel to mainland China and Hong Kong, citing the risk of “arbitrary detention” and “arbitrary enforcement of local laws.” The advisory is ...

U.S. Ambassador To China Terry Branstad Is Stepping Down

(BEIJING) — The U.S. ambassador to China will step down early next month, ending a three-year tenure marked by a trade war and increasingly bitter relations between the world’s two largest economies. Terry Branstad, appointed by ...

‘Thailand’S Inconvenient Truth.’ Why This Billionaire Is Risking It All To Back Reform Of The Monarchy

Rising 34 stories above Bangkok’s Phetchaburi Road, the Thai Summit Tower is the headquarters of Thailand’s largest car parts manufacturer. Until recently, it was also home to an upstart political party headed by the company’s ...

Yoshihide Suga Has Been Elected As The New Head Of Japan’S Ruling Party

TOKYO (AP) — Yoshihide Suga was elected as the new head of Japan’s ruling party on Monday, virtually guaranteeing him parliamentary election as the country’s next prime minister. Suga received 377 votes in the ruling Liberal ...