"Authoritarian leaders ... are using the coronavirus crisis ... to strengthen their grip on power and weaken dissent," one political scientist said.
"Authoritarian leaders...are using the coronavirus crisis...to strengthen their grip on power and weaken dissent," one political scientist warned.
On Monday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban effectively became the world's newest dictator when the country's parliament voted to suspend elections and granted him the power to rule by decree with no time limit. More »
The climate summit and a separate summit on preserving threatened species, to take place in China, were both being pushed back to next year.
Police arrived at a home in Macon, Georgia, to find the child missing and his grandparents and aunt shot to death.
A recurring theme in contemporary literature is of the plague that appears suddenly from nowhere and takes hold of the world, destroying or severely damaging life in the process. In 2003 acclaimed author Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake was ...
The Premier League says meetings will continue over the next 48 hours with topics including "player wages and the resumption of the 2019/20 season.
WASHINGTON (Nexstar/AP) — The White House Coronavirus Task Force is planning a Wednesday briefing to discuss the latest steps the federal government is taking regarding COVID-19 coronavirus. The briefing starts at 5 p.m. EDT and can be watched live right here. As of Wednesday afternoon, there are 203,608 confirmed cases in the United States. New […]
A large-scale shortage of respirators and face shields threatens progress in some labs that are currently trying to ramp up their studies of SARS-CoV-2.
Draft coalition agreement calls for taxpayers to fund residences for both PM and his deputy ■ Gantz's party says he intends to remain in his own home after becoming prime minister
Juventus forward Paulo Dybala and girlfriend Oriana have been ill with coronavirus, but both are on the mend after self-isolating.
As deaths mount, pressure is building on the state to release more. The Minnesota Department of Health has cited concerns that releasing names would violate privacy laws.
Instead of hanging on metal stands next to the patients' beds, they're all out in the hallway -- with extra-long tubing delivering drugs, nourishment and fluids to critically ill coronavirus victims in rooms behind closed doors.
As production on Schitt's Creek started winding down, series star and co-creator Dan Levy had to put his foot down and stop a certain behavior. "There was a point where I had to...
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While leaders across the country are urging Americans to stay in their homes to stop the spread of the coronavirus, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway is openly mocking former Vice President Joe Biden for setting that example.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Wimbledon Canceled, West Virginia Delays Primary HuffPost
At the Naval Academy, officers-in-training memorize “The Laws of the Navy,” a many-lined poem by a Victorian English admiral that prescribes teamwork, obedience, and prudence at all times. “Dost think, in a moment of anger,/’Tis well with thy seniors to fight?” it scolds. “They prosper who burn in the morning/The letters they wrote overnight.” From training to retirement, there may be no more enduring truth for the military officer than this: Memos can kill careers.
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The US Space Force (USSF) has awarded two $500 million contracts to develop and produce satellite communications modems secure from enemy jamming.
A same-sex couple in southern France has been told to vacate their home in a menacing letter linking homosexuality to the new coronavirus.
Читать дальше...Juan Mata has trolled his Manchester United team-mate Nemanja Matic by jokingly saying he is only claiming to be doing his training regime.
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PIERS Morgan has set up a TV home studio just in case the coronavirus pandemic forces him to broadcast from home. Piers, 55, borrowed some equipment from the Good Morning Britain set so he could present the show from home should he need. His daughter Elise, 11, stood in as her dad in front of […]