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The Ivy League school is following the actions of Stanford and Princeton universities, which also turned down funds amid growing scrutiny People walk past a statue of John Harvard on the university’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photograph: CJ Gunther/EPA Harvard University announced Wednesday it will turn down $8.7m in federal coronavirus relief, a day after […] More
Venezuela’s dictatorship has proved to be highly resilient. It mutated from a lively democracy in the second half of the 20th century to a hybrid regime where unfree and unfair elections were held and repression reigned, giving way to the current dictatorial domination. In the process, it also destroyed the economy and brought down most […] More
Rick Bright, who directed key government agency, tells New York Times refusal to embrace unproven treatment led to departure Live US updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday. The president has repeatedly touted hydroxychloroquine as therapy for coronavirus. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA A senior US government doctor who worked […] More
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known as AMLO) reacted last week to the news that a corruption investigation into Mexico’s nationalized petroleum industry, Pemex, had moved on to target his predecessor, Enrique Peña Nieto. Though aware of the attorney general’s investigation into another personality active during the previous regime — former Pemex CEO Emilio Lozoya […] More
A few days ago, President Donald Trump came out and announced that the United States was suspending its funding of the World Health Organization (WHO). Among the main reasons for his decision, Trump cited the WHO’s “mismanaging” of the spread of the epidemic and its heavy pro-China slant. The United States is the most important […] More
Piers Morgan, voice of reason? Now I know the apocalypse is nigh Arwa Mahdawi The broadcaster has been praised for his Covid-19 response, even turning on his friend Donald Trump. Shame the racism was not enough Better late than never … Piers Morgan. Photograph: David M Benett/Getty Images The world is upside down. Oil prices […] More
Play Video 1:57 US president Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order to institute his new immigration ban targeting those seeking permanent residency. Trump said the move was an effort to ‘protect American workers’ amid the coronavirus pandemic. Immigration is effectively cut off anyway because of the coronavirus through border restrictions and flight […] More
Following Donald Trump’s election as US president, many more radical-right rallies have taken place. This not only indicates an interaction between the electoral arena and civil society — it illustrates the fact that when a party (or a candidate) of the radical-right family is elected, its supporters are more likely to voice their approval in public […] More
