
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered two of the country's shipbuilding facilities to construct a large number of container ships last month, Daily NK has learned. Kim's strong rebuke came as skepticism has risen over whether the construction can be completed by October amid challenges in securing necessary materials due to tight border control kept in place to stave off the new coronavirus and crippling global sanctions.

Lewis was a recipient of the 2017 John Hope Franklin Award from Diverse . Last December, Democratic Congressman John Lewis re-introduced "Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act" that affirmed India-US friendship and proposed to establish a bilateral partnership for collaboration to advance the development and shared values.
Iranian health officials have tried to play down President Hassan Rohani's estimate that as many as 25 million Iranians could have been infected with the coronavirus since the beginning of the outbreak. Referring to the Health Ministry report, Rouhani said it also predicts that the number of hospitalizations will soon be "twice as many as we have seen in the last 150 days".

The government announced the restrictions after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "interim steps" were needed to avoid another general lockdown . We asked whether or not you would feel comfortable returning to work next month following the government's announcements that businesses could ask employees to come back.
Bob Woodward's 2018 Trump book "Fear: Trump in the White House" was Simon & Schuster's previous bestseller for presales with 750,000 copies of presales and first-day combined, according to The Los Angeles Times . She said that Trump has always been the way he is. "To start with I have lowlife dummy John Bolton , a war mongering fool, violating the law (he introduced substantial quantities of Categorised Info) and an NDA in purchase to develop terribly desired believability and make a few ...
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan praised the agencies for calling out the "bad behavior", and deterring other malicious foreign actors from targeting Canadian intelligence. Contradictions in the words of the UK's top diplomat were pointed out by the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova. "The statement is so foggy and contradictory that it's practically impossible to understand", she told reporters in Moscow.

Families with children will receive one-off payments of between 2,000 and 3,000 shekels ($580-875), while "all other citizens over the age of 18 will receive 750 shekels", Netanyahu pledged at a press conference. But after reopening the economy in May, it appears he declared victory too early and there has been a sharp spike in infections. The polls come as Netanyahu's popularity continues to plummet amid a massive spike in infections.

The daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie-Madikizela-Mandela died on Monday just days before her father's birthday. Zindzi was buried next to her mother - who died two years ago - at a cemetery in Fourways, a northern suburb of Johannesburg.

Federal officers have charged at least 13 people with crimes related to the protests so far, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Thursday. Mr Pettibone said he was taken to a holding cell in a federal courthouse, where he was read his arrest rights.
Even in his old age, to stand up for the rights of all Americans. Praise for Lewis also came in from some Republicans, including those who have blocked his legislative causes, including a pending bill to renew the Voting Rights Act. We never thought back then that we would be successful enough in the movement to both end up serving in Congress together. "He warned us not to get lost in despair".

The field has an in-place gas reserve of 21.7 trillion cubic feet, of which 60 per cent is estimated to be recoverable. He believes that this is completely wrong because there was no deal with India in relation to the Chabahar-Zahedan railway project.

Protesters in Portland, Oregon are said to have threatened to torch a police station, hours after law enforcement cleared out a street encampment. "Each night, lawless anarchists destroy and desecrate property, including the federal courthouse, and attack the fearless law enforcement officers protecting it", he said.

India's journey from half a million to one million has taken 20 days. It's a club no country wants to be part of, but Friday (July 17) saw India join the US and Brazil in passing 1 million cases of coronavirus . India's software capital Bangalore, a city of 13 million, enforced a week-long lockdown while the seaside tourism state of Goa ordered a "people's curfew" until 10 August.

A person was taken into police custody Friday in the killing of a 33-year-old tech entrepreneur found dismembered inside his luxury Manhattan condo, two law enforcement officials said . The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide after an autopsy found the cause of death was multiple stab wounds to the body. Mr Saleh, who was born in Saudi Arabia to Bangladeshi immigrant parents, was described as a nice and loving person who loved gadgets and video games.

Florida is now reporting more Covid-19 cases daily than any other state in the country. Any cruises touching on a Canada port (such as Alaska & Canada/New England) have been suspended through October 2020. The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), an industry group representing more than 50 cruise lines globally, has already voluntarily extended its suspension of cruise operations for United States ports through September 15.

The Trump campaign doubled down on its message of "law and order" in an ad launched Wednesday, tying presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden to progressive activist's calls to "defund the police". SHARON BUCCINO: NEPA gives poor and communities of color a say in the projects that will define their communities for decades to come. They say part of the problem is lack of funding for projects and that federal agencies which conduct environmental reviews ...
Trump did not talk much to the media at the army facility, and just said "thank you" as he passed the cameras wearing a navy blue coloured face mask with a presidential seal embossed in gold. The decision comes as Trump is trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in polling , including in Florida. I can tell you that some countries, they test when somebody walks into a hospital sick or walks into maybe a doctor's office, but usually a hospital.
Tuberville , who was endorsed by the President, will now advance to the general election as the Republican candidate set to take on incumbent Democratic Sen. Jones, who pulled off an upset in the deep red state in a 2017 special election, is widely viewed as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat facing reelection in 2020.

Ms Ginsburg , 87, was "resting comfortably" and would stay in the hospital for a few days. The justice's recent health issues aren't necessarily unique for her, as she's battled cancer twice before. Asked in a White House press conference about Ginsburg, Trump indicated he had not heard the news. "She's actually given me some good rulings". In addition to the tumor on her pancreas previous year, she was previously treated for colorectal cancer in 1999 and pancreatic cancer in 2009.
With the economy taking a battering, the government is desperate to get us back into shops and spending again. During an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today program on Tuesday, Ken Marsh - who represents police officers in the United Kingdom capital - claimed it would be "nigh-on impossible" to enforce the new requirement on face masks, due to come into law in England on July 24 .