Hong Kong (CNN Business)Two Australian journalists working in China have left the country after they were questioned by police and forced to seek the protection of their country's government, their n…
Publishedduration2 hours agomedia caption'This was a whirlwind and it's not a particularly good experience'Two Australian news outlets have removed their reporters from China over what they say is a diplomatic standoff.The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Bill Birtles and the Australian Financial Review's Mike Smith landed in Sydney on Tuesday.Chinese authorities questioned both men before their departure.…
Many members of the mainstream media criticized the staging of the White House event where President Trump was to accept the Republican Party's renomination for president, citing concerns about its legality and the lack of social distancing.Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Republican National Convention was initially moved from Charlotte, N.C. to Jacksonville, Fla. before the idea of a…
The Atlantic staff writer Jemele Hill stirred up controversy on social media after declaring that anyone who votes for President Trump is a "racist."Hill has been a longtime critic of the president, who she previously called a "white supremacist." Her outspokenness prompted her 2018 exit from ESPN as a host.Now, Hill is taking aim at his supporters."If…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…