KATHMANDU, Nepal — Police in Kathmandu fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters opposed to a US-funded infrastructure program that was presented in Parliament for ratification on Sunday, witnesses and officials in Nepal’s capital said. Some protesters were injured in the clashes, they said. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US government aid … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press said Tuesday that it is assigning more than two dozen journalists across the world to cover climate issuesin the news organization’s largest single expansion paid for through philanthropic grants. The announcement illustrates how philanthropy has swiftly become an important new funding source for journalism — at the AP … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has tested positive for the coronavirus. Mr Shapps is the second Cabinet minister to test positive in five days after Secretary of State Liz Truss announced she was in isolation on Monday. Mr Shapps wrote on Twitter: “Tested positive for #COVID19 so I’m self-isolating and testing as needed.”
