PETA defends controversial ‘kneel’ advertisement intended for Super Bowl
Animal rights group PETA defended an ad it said was rejected for the Super Bowl broadcast this year, after some critics said it trivialized and appropriated quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling protest against police brutality and racial injustice.
Third person dies from Chesapeake well blast in Texas: local media
A third person has died following a blast this week at a Chesapeake Energy Corp well site in Burleson County, Texas, according to a local media report.
U.S. confirms its eighth case of coronavirus; Pentagon to provide quarantine housing
U.S. health officials on Saturday confirmed an eighth case of the fast-spreading new coronavirus in the United States and the Pentagon said it would provide housing for people arriving from overseas who might need to be quarantined.
U.S. confirms its 8th case of coronavirus; Pentagon to provide quarantine housing
U.S. health officials on Saturday confirmed an eighth case of the fast-spreading new coronavirus in the United States and the Pentagon said it would provide housing for people arriving from overseas who might need to be quarantined.
U.S. confirms its eighth case of coronavirus, quarantine in effect
U.S. health officials on Saturday confirmed an eighth case of the fast-spreading new coronavirus in the United States in a person who had traveled to China.
Pentagon to provide housing support for 1,000 people who may need to be quarantined
The Pentagon said on Saturday that it had approved a request from the Department of Health and Human Services for assistance for housing support for 1,000 people who may need to be quarantined after arriving from abroad due to the coronavirus.
Eritrea blasts U.S. visa ban, Nigeria creates committee to address issues
Eritrea denounced a U.S. ban on immigrant visas for its citizens as “unacceptable” on Saturday, while Nigeria’s government said it had created a committee to address the issues that prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to add the country to the ban.
Billionaire U.S. candidate Bloomberg floats plan to tax rich people ‘like me’
U.S. democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Saturday proposed major tax hikes on wealthy Americans and corporations, including a new tax aimed at people earning more than $5 million per year.
Nigeria creates committee to tackle issues that led to U.S. visa ban: presidency
The Nigerian government has created a committee to address the issues that led to a suspension of U.S. immigrant visas to its citizens, the president’s office said on Saturday.
Kyrgyzstan says U.S. travel restrictions damage ties
The move by the United States to impose travel restrictions on Kyrgyz citizens is a blow to bilateral relations, the Central Asian nation’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.
