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Nick Cannon has been fired by the American media giant ViacomCBS for “hate speech and anti-Semitism” after a podcast in which he called whites and Jews “true savages.” Cannon, which features shows from ViacomCBS, including Wild ‘n’ Out, sparked controversy after posting a conversation on his YouTube channel with former …

(Reuters) – Wall Street rose on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing more than 2% higher when investors bought energy and materials stocks and looked beyond a recent surge in coronavirus cases. In widespread trade, Moderna Inc increased 18% after the biotech company’s experimental vaccine for COVID-19 showed …

After his diagnosis with the coronavirus last week, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro complained about his “horrible” self-isolation during an interview on Monday, and was then quickly bitten by a large bird in full view of the press corps of his country. Bolsonaro has been quarantined at Palácio da Alvorada, Brazil’s …

President Trump said Tuesday that he would sign an executive order to serve beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and emphasize merit-based education. “We will deal with DACA,” Trump said at a briefing in Rose Garden. “I am going to sign an immigration action, a great merit-based immigration …

WASHINGTON – Sara Gideon, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, formally became the Democratic nominee to challenge Senator Susan Collins of Maine, wielding a formidable war chest in a race that could determine if Republicans retain control of the Senate in November. Backed by the Senate Democratic campaign arm …