IndyRef2 could make Scotland ‘economically weaker’ says Lockhart The SNP National Executive Committee (NEC), the highest decision-making body for the party, is being slimmed down from 42 to 32 members.However, around half of the party’s regional representatives are set for the chop, who represent thousands of members across hundreds of branches across Scotland. Related articles…
Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Thursday, Aug. 19
[Calgary] ·THE LATEST Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Thursday, Aug.19 Decision on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots expected in September The latest COVID-19 numbers: – Dr.Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, has apologized for failing to release public health data used to justify controversial changes in the province’s pandemic…
Have You Already Had a Breakthrough COVID Infection?
For most of the year, Provincetown, Massachusetts, on the northern tip of Cape Cod, has around three thousand residents.In summertime, however, it becomes a vacation destination and gay mecca.Thousands of visitors typically descend for festivals, concerts, parades, comedy shows, and parties organized around themed weeks.Almost all of this has been suspended during the pandemic; in…
A bizarre security breach in a rural Colorado elections office underscores how the Big Lie lives on – CNN
(CNN) An unusual security breach of an election system in a rural Colorado county has set off a criminal investigation and prompted state authorities to sideline a Republican election official in a fresh display of how debunked claims of a stolen 2020 presidential election continue to resonate across the country. The saga unfolding in Mesa…
Queen plans legal action over Meghan and Harry’s ‘repeated attacks’ – ‘Enough is enough!’
Thomas Markle: Meghan and Harry Queen ‘attack’ is ’embarrassing’ The Queen’s legal team is said to be consulting libel experts following the series of explosive claims made from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex this year, the Sun has reported.The royals are also bracing for the publication of Harry’s memoirs next year which he has…
The father of the cellphone – CBS News
There wouldn’t be Uber or Lyft or Google Maps or FaceTime or Instagram or Tinder or Snapchat or TikTok or iPhones or Android phones if someone hadn’t invented the cellphone.Fortunately, somebody did. It was Marty Cooper.”I know a lot about the future, ’cause I spend all my time there,” he laughed, “when I should be…
In Sunday Sketching, Christoph Niemann Tells the Brutal Truth About the Creative Process
© 2016 Christoph Niemann For years, Christoph Niemann spent every Sunday conducting a drawing experiment.The artist, whose illustrations have appeared in dozens of publications, including WIRED, would sit down with a blank piece of paper and a random, everyday object.He never knew what he was going to draw—only that his drawing would include whatever object…
Clothier Patagonia boycotts ski resort after owner hosted GOP fundraiser with Marjorie Taylor Greene
Patagonia will no longer sell its merchandise at a popular Wyoming ski resort after one of the owners hosted a fundraiser featuring Rep.Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans supportive of former president Donald Trump. Patagonia confirmed this week that it was pulling out of three stores operated by Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, its largest single…
Uhuru’s legacy at stake as he gets ready to exit stage
Uhuru’s legacy at stake as he gets ready to exit stage POLITICS By Oscar Obonyo | August 22nd 2021 President Uhuru Kenyatta.[PSCU] From a string of losses in parliamentary and civic-ward by-elections, including the latest two in Juja and Kiambaa constituencies in his political backyard of Central Kenya, to the dismissal of the Building Bridges…
COMMENT: The war on Covid should be over – We do not need lockdowns | Express Comment | Comment | Express.co.uk
Money would be better spent bankrolling vaccination programs for vulnerable people in poor places (Image: PA Images) We are making a similar mistake with Covid. Related articles Brexit fishing row: EU vowed it will ‘be firm’ and back France Angela Rayner erupts at Sajid Javid in furious row: ‘This is a LIE!’ Instead of body…