| Barack Obama has privately voiced concerns that Joe Biden could 'f--- things up,' according to a report Posted: 16 Aug 2020 04:50 AM PDT  There are tensions between the Biden and Obama camps over the former President's perceived lack of support for his 2020 White House bid.
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| The Russia-Obsessed Media Does Its Best to Ignore Clinesmith’s Guilty Plea Posted: 16 Aug 2020 03:30 AM PDT  As news broke Friday that John Durham's criminal probe into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation had resulted in a former FBI lawyer being charged with doctoring FISA evidence used against the Trump campaign, the formerly Russia-obsessed mainstream media did its best to look the other way.Kevin Clinesmith, who first worked on the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane team and then under special counsel Robert Mueller — only to be fired in February 2018 after it was revealed he sent anti-Trump messages — will plead guilty to one count of making false statements. Clinesmith's admission came after Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz faulted him in a December report for doctoring an email to state that former Trump-campaign national security adviser Carter Page was "not a source" for the CIA — when in fact the email from a CIA official stated the opposite.Clinesmith's plea is not an indictment, but a "criminal information," in which the defendant seeks to avoid being charged by a grand jury. As National Review's Andy McCarthy has pointed out, such a move is often made under a cooperation agreement, suggesting that Clinesmith could be working with Durham.Despite the plea's status as the first major development in Durham's investigation, the media barely batted an eye, abandoning the Russia saga after providing wall-to-wall coverage of Michael Flynn's plea deal with Robert Mueller in December 2017."I think really the most important thing right now is to stay humble, and keep your eyes and your ears open, in terms of what you think you understand about Mike Flynn in this scandal," MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said in her opening monologue the night Flynn, Trump's former national-security adviser, pled guilty to lying to the FBI.But on her show Friday, Maddow, who breathlessly covered "Russia-gate" night after night for two years, totally ignored the Clinesmith news. And she wasn't the only one. CNN's Anderson Cooper failed to cover the plea deal during his two hours of Friday-night programming. Cooper's colleague Don Lemon, who also covered the Russia probe and Flynn's plea relentlessly, couldn't find time to cover Clinesmith's plea during his 10 p.m. time slot.Instead of ignoring the news altogether, Maddow's colleague Chuck Todd reacted to the development by belittling Durham's probe in general, wondering aloud whether the investigation is aimed at "creating confusion about investigating the investigators." MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann decided to challenge the news head on.Weissmann claimed on Twitter that Clinesmith's altering of the email was not "material" to the indictment, because Durham did not say whether Carter Page had, in fact, been a "source" for the CIA in the court document. That Page provided information to the CIA, and was praised by the agency for doing so, is beyond dispute, whether Durham mentioned it in his indictment or not.> Clinesmith is charged with adding the words "not a source" to an email about Carter Page, but no where does the charge say that is false, i.e. that Page was a source for the CIA. Without that, how is the addition "materially" false? Compare with Barr's materiality std for Flynn.> > -- Andrew Weissmann (@AWeissmann_) August 14, 2020The attempt to compare the Flynn guilty plea to Clinesmith's, however, does call into question the media framing of both stories.Elite political reporters and pundits focused their writing and broadcasting on Flynn's guilty plea for months and jumped to far-reaching conclusions about what it meant for the future of Trump's presidency. When Clinesmith's plea was announced Friday, our opinion leaders and news gatherers collectively decided to fit the latest development into the framework they'd developed over the better part of two years, rather than revise their conclusions in the face of new facts.Take New York Times reporter Adam Goldman, who broke the Clinesmith story, for example.Goldman emphasized Friday that "prosecutors did not reveal any evidence in charging documents that showed Mr. Clinesmith's actions were part of any broader conspiracy to undermine Mr. Trump." But in the 23rd paragraph, Goldman mentions that "Mr. Clinesmith had provided the unchanged C.I.A. email to Crossfire Hurricane agents and the Justice Department lawyer drafting the original wiretap application."Taken together, the two statements raise serious questions. If Clinesmith "provided the unchanged" email to other FBI officials, those officials must have been aware that he doctored his email to the FISA court. In other words, when they received the un-doctored email proving that Page had long cooperated with the federal government and chose to say nothing, they became part of a "broader conspiracy."Goldman proved much more willing to assign blame to a broad and nebulous group of actors when Flynn pled guilty in December 2017, calling the news "a politically treacherous development for the president and his closest aides."Goldman went on to write that Flynn's plea implied "that prosecutors now have a cooperative source of information from inside the Oval Office during the administration's chaotic first weeks." But a similar hypothesis about the far-reaching implications of Clinesmith's guilty plea was not advanced in Goldman's most recent report.Other outlets have engaged in similar efforts to downplay the seriousness of Clinesmith's wrongdoing by framing the plea as a single act of unintentional malfeasance. The notion that the Crossfire Hurricane team accidentally failed to mention Page's work for the CIA to the FISA Court is facially absurd. The CIA sent a memo to the team detailing the agency's relationship with the former Trump aide before the FBI filed their first FISA application to surveil Page; the FBI didn't mention it on that first application or their three subsequent application renewals.NPR's justice correspondent Carrie Johnson headlined her report on the Clinesmith plea: "Case Linked To Alleged Abuse Of Surveillance Power." The label "alleged" has been inaccurate since December 2019, when Horowitz released a report detailing "at least 17 significant errors or omissions" in the FBI's FISA applications used against Carter Page. Johnson also reported that the former FBI lawyer had "allegedly doctored an email." In the very next paragraph, she quotes — without a hint of irony — Clinesmith's lawyer, who told her that "Kevin deeply regrets having altered the email."Johnson was not so timid when speculating about the implications of Flynn's guilty plea: After quoting then-White House special counsel Ty Cobb, who argued that Flynn's decision to plead guilty did not implicate additional officials, she explained that "Flynn's plea agreement and cooperation with Mueller would seem to signal the opposite — that the investigation has now reached into the Trump White House itself, and that it still has a long way to go before wrapping up."The Associated Press's 2017 article on Flynn took a similar angle, warning that the development "could be an ominous sign for a White House" and hypothesizing that "if the Trump transition made secret back-door assurances to Russian diplomats, that could potentially run afoul of the Logan Act" — without mentioning that no one has ever been successfully prosecuted under the law since its passage in 1799.But in their report on Clinesmith's plea, the AP opted against commenting on what the development meant for the Russian collusion narrative and chose instead to comment on its utility as a prop that might "lift Trump's wobbly reelection prospects" by exposing what the Trump administration "see[s] as wrongdoing."
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| Angola orders Brazil evangelical churches to close Posted: 15 Aug 2020 11:40 AM PDT  Prosecutors seize buildings run by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, alleging corruption.
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| In the Gulf, normalisation with Israel feels anything but normal Posted: 15 Aug 2020 03:21 AM PDT  The shock announcement that the UAE and Israel are normalising relations has been applauded by allies and booed by rivals, but for many Gulf citizens there is deep unease over the embrace of a longtime enemy.
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| Jared Kushner said he and Ivanka Trump are 'absolutely' sending their children back to school for in-person classes Posted: 16 Aug 2020 09:14 AM PDT  The school attended by Kushner's kids will use online and distance learning but also offer in-person opportunities for outdoor education.
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| Trump makes call for new White House doctor's virus advice Posted: 16 Aug 2020 08:35 AM PDT  President Trump announced a new doctor — Dr. Scott Atlas, a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel — has joined the coronavirus task force as a pandemic adviser.
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| Texas police say 3 officers shot, but in stable condition Posted: 16 Aug 2020 03:00 PM PDT  Three police officers were shot Sunday and a person remained barricaded inside a home located in a suburb of Austin, Texas, authorities said. The Cedar Park Police Department said on Twitter that officers were responding to a call at a home off Natalie Cove when three were shot. The officers were in stable condition at a local hospital, Interim Police Chief Mike Harmon said on Twitter.
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| He calls himself a ‘witch’ and a ‘god.’ He’s been arrested in the missing mother case Posted: 16 Aug 2020 02:53 PM PDT  An Alabama resident who claims to be a witch, a god and the last person to see missing mother Leila Cavett alive now sits in Broward County Main Jail.
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| Letters to the Editor: Call the 'birther' attacks on Kamala Harris racist and false, then ignore them Posted: 16 Aug 2020 03:00 AM PDT  Questions over Kamala Harris' elibility are racist and false. Don't analyze them as if they are part of just another political strategy.
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| Oklahoma State sorority house reports 23 positive coronavirus cases Posted: 16 Aug 2020 07:54 AM PDT  Greek life has been a source of numerous coronavirus cases in the last few weeks as the nation debates the reopening of schools for in-person learning.
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| Trump says he probably would not participate in Putin Iran summit Posted: 15 Aug 2020 03:06 PM PDT  U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday all but dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for a summit of world leaders to discuss Iran, saying he probably would not participate. During a news conference at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, Trump also said he intended to move next week to trigger a "snapback" of sanctions on Iran at the United Nations. "We'll be doing a snapback," Trump told reporters one day after the U.N. Security Council rejected a U.S. bid to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran.
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| Online prayers. Social distancing in the pews. Christian leaders debate how to do church amid pandemic. Posted: 15 Aug 2020 05:27 AM PDT  Faith leaders are debating how they can continue to pray in fellowship with others while keeping staff and members safe amid the coronavirus.
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| Israel launches new air strikes on Hamas positions in Gaza, closes fishing zone Posted: 15 Aug 2020 11:48 PM PDT  Israel's army launched new air strikes on Sunday against Hamas positions in Gaza and closed the fishing zone around the Palestinian enclave in response to rockets and firebombs sent into Israeli territory. The measures came after a week of heightened tensions, including clashes on Saturday evening along the Gaza-Israeli border, the army said. Dozens of Palestinian rioters burned tyres, hurled explosive devices and grenades towards the security fence and attempted to approach it," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. Long-simmering Palestinian anger has flared further since Israel and the UAE on Thursday agreed to normalise relations, a move Palestinians saw as a betrayal of their cause by the Gulf country. Over the past week Israeli forces have carried out repeated night-time strikes on targets linked to the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. The army says they were carried out in response to makeshift firebombs attached to balloons and kites which have been sent into southern Israel, causing thousands of fires on Israeli farms and communities. There were 19 such Palestinian attacks on Saturday alone, according to Israeli rescue services. In response, "IDF fighter jets and aircraft struck a number of Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip," the army said, adding that among the targets hit were a Hamas "military compound and underground infrastructure". Early on Sunday the IDF said two more rockets had been fired into Israel from Gaza and intercepted by its Iron Dome defence system. "In response, our Air Force just struck Hamas terror targets in Gaza, including a military compound used to store rocket ammunition," it said.
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| Australia surfer saves wife by punching shark Posted: 15 Aug 2020 04:38 AM PDT  A husband leapt on to the shark as it attacked his wife off Port Macquarie, New South Wales.
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| Now Is Not the Time to Silence America’s Best Global Press Ambassadors Posted: 16 Aug 2020 03:30 AM PDT  At a time when access to accurate information is more critical than ever, leadership at Voice of America (VOA), the government-funded international news broadcaster, is actively undermining America's ability to reach those around the globe who need it most.VOA produces journalism in 46 languages around the globe, providing news through an American lens about the critical issues of the day. VOA frequently hires international journalists because they not only have a mastery of critical languages but also are knowledgeable of the journalistic landscape and have sources in the countries VOA serves. Often, their reporting is among the only news that reaches beyond the iron curtain of propaganda in despotic strongholds such as Russia or Venezuela, providing impartial news about the world and their home countries that is untainted by local regimes.But the new head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Michael Pack, who oversees VOA, has quietly refused to sign international journalists' contract renewals, forcing the impacted journalists to leave the country within 30 days unless they have already found a new job that provides a visa.Dozens of VOA employees now find themselves in limbo. Already, many have found their contracts have not been renewed, with no explanation given, often with only a few days' notice that they will soon need to leave the country. Journalists from places such as Iran face severe persecution for their work for the American government; sending them back puts their lives at great risk because of their commitment to our values.In a press release last month, CEO Pack has couched his non-decision in a broad accusation against VOA, citing "systemic, severe, and fundamental security failures" within the agency. But if this is the cause for Pack's decision to allow the contracts to expire, he should say so; instead, not only the press and the American people but also his employees are met with silence. The lack of specificity and evidence to support his claims make the accusations seem illegitimate.The organization has faced criticism, most recently over its reporting related to coronavirus that was perceived by many conservatives and the Trump administration as too soft on China for refusing to interrogate China's falsified coronavirus death count. But this concern has also been applied, with no less egregious examples, to many news organizations at home and abroad. The answer shouldn't be to strip bare the department in the dead of night.The White House's concerns about VOA -- real as they are -- are endemic to the current media environment, not a foreign influence threat metastasizing within the agency. The growth of and threat from foreign propaganda within American media is a topic that VOA covered in detail not even two months ago. What the concerns demand is reform -- thoughtful leadership that can reinvigorate an organization that has been broadcasting an American viewpoint to those suffering under the yoke of repressive governments dating back to Nazi Germany.In a moment where America is pulling back from its global leadership mantle, VOA serves as an indispensable communication outlet charged with "telling America's story." This is particularly true in places where hostile foreign governments actively spread disinformation about the United States. Reducing the international staff of VOA will undermine America's ability to broadcast our values and promote freedom as autocratic and anti-democratic forces gather steam around the globe.The urgency to act is critical. The loss felt by a gutting of our international journalistic capabilities will surely be felt in the years and decades to come -- but the window to act to address it is quickly shrinking. With foreign journalists already in limbo, and with only a 30 days before deportations can begin, Congress must act immediately.Leaders from Capitol Hill have come to the aid of the embattled agency in recent months. In defending the agency, they not only pointed out the bravery of journalists who face down dictators within their home countries but also called on the guiding principles set forth for VOA to "act as a bulwark against disinformation through credible journalism."Four Republicans signed on to this letter: Senators Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, Jerry Moran, and Susan Collins. They urged CEO Pack to not "invest in an enterprise that denigrates its own journalists and staff to the satisfaction of dictators and despots, nor can it be one that fails to live up to its promise of providing access to a free and independent press."Achieving these goals -- to the frustration of dictators and America's adversaries around the globe -- requires the aid of VOA's indispensable foreign journalists, a point the staff at VOA have made repeatedly. Particularly when those who want to create false, negative perceptions of America have spared no expense to co-opt, bribe, and otherwise entice journalists, now is no time for America to voluntarily surrender the moral high ground that our democratic press freedoms afford.The most compelling advantages America has in the global war against disinformation and propaganda is the freedom of our voices and the righteousness of our cause. These exist in spite of the problems we have domestically and within our own journalistic ranks. What sets us apart is our capacity to improve, to better live up to our ideals. This differentiator is no less accurate in describing what currently ails VOA.Senators Rubio, Graham, Moran, and Collins should take a stand for these ideals, and actively push back against Pack's irresponsible approach. As members of the president's party, they are the only ones in a position to apply the kind of pressure that could avoid hamstringing America's international legacy and global reception. Never has it been more important to tell America's story, and do it in a way that reflects the truth to a world desperately in need of it.
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| Thousands of volunteers neck-deep in oil battle noxious fumes amid cleanup efforts Posted: 15 Aug 2020 09:47 AM PDT  "It's a people's factory, a mobilization zone for Mauritians," said environmental activist David Sauvage.
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| Eight killed in armed group attack in southern Colombia Posted: 16 Aug 2020 09:23 AM PDT |
| Putin agrees to prop up Belarus dictatorship, claims leader Posted: 15 Aug 2020 02:43 AM PDT  Belarus's embattled dictator Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday claimed Vladimir Putin had agreed to provide military support if needed as he clung onto power in the face of a growing pro-democracy revolution. Police launched a violent crackdown on protests that broke out last weekend when Mr Lukashenko claimed 80 percent of the vote in a presidential election, results largely seen as completely fabricated. But authorities failed to contain the demonstrations and pressure is mounting at home and abroad on Mr Lukashenko to step down, after ruling the Eastern European country with an iron fist for 26 years. Mr Lukashenko said on Saturday night that Russia and Belarus remained tied with a treaty with a "military component". "I had a long, thorough conversation with the Russian president today," he said. "He and I agreed comprehensive aid to ensure the security of the Republic of Belarus will be provided at our first request," he said in comments carried by the Belta news agency on Saturday. Moscow sees Belarus as a strategically important buffer against NATO and the European Union, and will have no desire to see the current leadership replaced with a Westernising reformer. The Kremlin has, however, remained tight-lipped throughout the crisis on whether it would seek to prop up the regime. Analysts say direct intervention of the type seen during the 2014 Ukraine crisis, when pro-democracy protests ousted a Moscow-backed leader, is unlikely at this stage.
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| Two brothers in Alabama, ages 3 and 1, die in 'tragic accident' after getting into a hot car on their own Posted: 16 Aug 2020 01:31 PM PDT  The parents told authorities they thought the two boys had been playing in their rooms but discovered them unresponsive inside the vehicle.
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| Gunmen kill son of legendary Mexican drug capo Amado Carrillo Posted: 15 Aug 2020 11:26 AM PDT  Prosecutors in northern Mexico say that gunmen have killed Julio César Carrillo — a son of legendary drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
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| New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern delays election over coronavirus fears Posted: 16 Aug 2020 04:07 PM PDT  Jacinda Ardern has postponed September's election until October following new coronavirus cases.
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| Rare 'fire tornado' springs from blazes spreading rapidly across Northern California Posted: 16 Aug 2020 01:19 PM PDT  A rare "firenado" sprung from a California forest fire this weekend and lead the National Weather Service (NWS) to warn residents of "extremely dangerous fire behaviour".Since Friday, the Loyalton fire has burned more than 20,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe. As of Sunday morning, zero per cent of the forest fire has been contained, according to Tahoe National Forest.
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| Saudi-led coalition downs ballistic missile aimed at kingdom: SPA Posted: 16 Aug 2020 06:47 AM PDT |
| A North Carolina man was charged with murder in the shooting death of his 5-year-old neighbor Posted: 15 Aug 2020 08:43 AM PDT  Cannon Hinnant's father told local news the child was riding his bike outside when he was shot in the head.
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| Barack Obama reportedly said: 'Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f... things up' Posted: 15 Aug 2020 07:57 PM PDT  Barack Obama reportedly expressed private doubts about Joe Biden becoming the Democrat presidential nominee in 2020. According to Politico the former president told one Democrat: "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f... things up." Mr Obama was also said to have spoken about his own understanding of the 2020 Democrat electorate in Iowa. "And you know who really doesn't have it? Joe Biden," he reportedly said. There were said to have been lingering tensions between the two after Mr Obama supported Hillary Clinton for the nomination in 2016. Leon Panetta, Mr Obama's defence secretary, told Politico: "He [Mr Biden] was loyal, I think, to Obama in every way in terms of defending and standing by him, even probably when he disagreed with what Obama was doing. "To some extent, [he] oftentimes felt that that loyalty was not being rewarded." Some of Mr Obama's aides were said to have believed Mr Biden took discussions in the wrong direction when he was vice president. In his book Ben Rhodes, Mr Obama's former deputy national security adviser, wrote that "in the Situation Room, Biden could be something of an unguided missile". Mr Biden's aides were said to have believed his skills getting things achieved in Congress were under-appreciated. Since Mr Biden secured the Democrat nomination Mr Obama has enthusiastically backed him and will be a keynote speaker at the Democrat Convention next week.
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| Portland police declare riot, use smoke to clear crowd Posted: 15 Aug 2020 09:35 PM PDT  A riot was declared in Oregon's biggest city as protesters demonstrated outside a law enforcement building early Sunday, continuing a nightly ritual in Portland. Officers used crowd control munitions to disperse the gathering outside the Penumbra Kelly building. Protesters had thrown "softball size" rocks, glass bottles and other objects at officers, police said on Twitter.
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| Islamic State has gained its first outpost in southern Africa after the capture of strategic port in Mozambique Posted: 16 Aug 2020 08:54 AM PDT  Government troops abandoned Mocimboa da Praia last week but reinforcements have been rushed to the area to recapture the city from the insurgents.
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| Fact check: No evidence that BLM protest, Arizona train derailment are related Posted: 15 Aug 2020 09:50 AM PDT  A Facebook post blamed Black Lives Matter protesters for a July 29 train derailment in Tempe, Ariz. Investigators haven't suggested criminal activity.
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| Teacher with no shirt in online class prompts investigation, California district says Posted: 16 Aug 2020 02:39 PM PDT  "She couldn't concentrate on the topic because all she was seeing was this old man on camera in her bedroom."
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| The US Army is building zombies. (No, not the brain-eating kind.) Posted: 16 Aug 2020 05:00 PM PDT |
| Oklahoma high school student knowingly went to class with coronavirus, officials say Posted: 16 Aug 2020 10:46 AM PDT  The school district said the Westmoore High School student was asymptomatic and believed it was safe to attend the first day of classes.
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| U.S. Navy carrier conducted exercises in South China Sea on Aug. 14 Posted: 14 Aug 2020 07:33 PM PDT  A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier conducted exercises in the contested South China Sea on Friday, the U.S. navy said in a statement. A strike group led by the USS Ronald Reagan conducted flight operations and high-end maritime stability operations and exercises, the statement said. "Integration with our joint partners is essential to ensuring joint force responsiveness and lethality, and maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific," U.S. Navy Commander Joshua Fagan, Task Force 70 air operations officer aboard USS Ronald Reagan, was quoted as saying.
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| Can Trump do the impossible? He thinks so Posted: 15 Aug 2020 10:17 AM PDT  Maybe it was the beautiful sunset, or the crowd of tough-looking men cheering his name, or even some reassurance from secret polling, but Donald Trump did not sound like a president who risks humiliation in less than 80 days.
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| Kabul begins release of final 400 Taliban prisoners called for in US agreement Posted: 16 Aug 2020 10:07 AM PDT  Afghanistan has released the first 80 of a final 400 Taliban prisoners, paving the way for negotiations between the warring sides in Afghanistan's protracted conflict, the government said Friday.
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| An 'irate' woman struck an American Airlines employee after she was barred from boarding her flight without a face mask, police said Posted: 15 Aug 2020 04:53 PM PDT  Yolanda Yarbrough was arrested and charged with assault after she struck the American Airlines employee in the face, police said.
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| Forecasters watching two new tropical waves that have formed in the Atlantic Posted: 16 Aug 2020 07:26 AM PDT  Forecasters are monitoring two new tropical waves in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday morning as two other systems, what was left of previous Tropical Depression Josephine and Post-Tropical Cyclone Kyle, lost steam.
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| Exclusive: China continues to harass exiles on British soil, claim victims Posted: 15 Aug 2020 10:09 AM PDT  China is suspected of orchestrating a sinister campaign to suppress prominent critics living in Britain from speaking out against the ruling Communist Party by harassing, intimidating, and surveilling them while they are in the UK, the Telegraph can reveal. Simon Cheng Man-kit, a former British consulate employee in Hong Kong who was tortured by Chinese secret police, said he had been followed at least three times in the last two weeks. Mr Cheng, who has been granted asylum in the UK, has been vocal about eroding freedoms in Hong Kong. A threatening email also arrived in Mr Cheng's inbox this week. "Chinese agents will find you and bring you back," read the subject line. In the body, the message said: "Only a matter of time." The email alias was 'CY Leung', the name of Hong Kong's former chief executive who pro-democracy protesters accused of cosying up to Beijing. Azis Isa Elkun, a British Uighur who has campaigned from the UK about China's internment camps for Muslim minorities, revealed he had been sent messages from his mother, apparently under duress. He believes it is a warning to remain silent. Frances Eve, deputy director of research for Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a network of advocacy groups, said: "These kinds of threats are definitely to try to silence them from using their voices outside of China to raise awareness of these human rights violations. It's intimidation. It can take different forms, but the purpose is to silence them."
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| Germans are 'waking up' to anti-Black racism after George Floyd protest Posted: 16 Aug 2020 01:30 AM PDT  "Policing starts with stops and ID'ing but can also end in death," said activist Tahir Della.
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| Erdogan says Turkey 'will not back down' in east Med standoff Posted: 15 Aug 2020 09:20 AM PDT  President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will not back down to threats of sanctions nor to incursions on its claimed territory in the Mediterranean Sea, where it is in a standoff with EU-member Greece over oil and gas exploration rights. European Union foreign ministers on Friday said Ankara's actions were antagonistic and dangerous after a meeting requested by Athens. Tensions between NATO members Greece and Turkey have risen in the past week after Turkey sent the Oruc Reis survey vessel, escorted by warships, to map out possible oil and gas drilling in territory over which both countries claim jurisdiction.
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| Protesters demand apology from Chicago police, Mayor Lightfoot after violent clash with police in Loop Posted: 16 Aug 2020 03:35 PM PDT  Twenty four people were arrested and at least 17 officers were hurt after protesters clashed with Chicago police Saturday in the Loop.
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