Barry O’Farrell responded to Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong on Friday. New Delhi: Australian High Commissioner Barry O’Farrell responded to Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong on Friday, objecting to his comments on Chinese actions in the South China Sea, saying Beijing should refrain from actions that could unilaterally …
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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week totaled 1,434 million, the Labor Department reported Thursday, roughly in line with expectations, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the U.S. economy. It was the nineteenth consecutive week in which initial claims totaled at least 1 million …
Read More »Representative Louie Gohmert will use hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19
Representative Louie Gohmert will take the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat his COVID-19, he announced this week. Speaking to Fox News Wednesday night, Gohmert (R-Tx.) Said his doctor had prescribed the drug, that scientific data has shown it is not effective in treating the disease, and that he would start …
Read More »Trump urges Congress to stop evictions and pass stimulus controls
President Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to quickly extend an expired moratorium on evictions and pass more coronavirus stimulus controls. “You must work on evictions, so that people are not evicted. You work on payments to people. The rest of us are so far apart that we don’t care. …
Read More »Congressman complains that Google CEO should fix his father’s Gmail spam filter
Individually gifted with four of the world’s most powerful tech executives, Republican Congressman Greg Steube of Florida decided to question Google CEO Sundar Pichai about Gmail’s spam folders. We’ve all had issues with spam folders, but Steube suggested to Pichai that his campaign emails sent to spam were part of …
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