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Protest actions were held across America this weekend against President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries and suspending the U.S. refugee resettlement program. Trump signed the executive order on Friday afternoon, claiming it will keep "radical Islamic terrorists" out of the country. The order targeted people from Iran, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, including those with visas and for a time lawful permanent residents holding green cards. Syrian refugees are indefinitely barred from entering the U.S., while refugees from other countries are prohibited from coming to the U.S. for 120 days. Related: Thousands of lawyers descend on U.S. airports to fight Trump ban The order quickly affected airports around the country, as nervous relatives waited hours to hear the fate of their loved ones. By Saturday morning, thousands of protesters started showing up at international airports across the U.S., demanding … [Read more...] about Protests Held Across America Against Trump’s Travel and Refugee Ban

China's top disease control official has admitted that the efficacy of the country's coronavirus vaccines is low - and mixing them is among the strategies being considered to boost their effectiveness. Gao Fu, the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said efficacy rates needed improving, in the rare admission. Giving people doses of different vaccines is one way to improve vaccines that "don't have very high rates of protection", he said. Live COVID updates from across the UK and around the world "Inoculation using vaccines of different technical lines is being considered," he added, during a conference in the Chinese city of Chengdu. Advertisement China has been at the forefront of COVID-19 vaccine development. It started vaccinating some citizens as far back as last summer under emergency use approval. More from Covid-19 COVID-19: NHS coronavirus app update blocked for breaking privacy rules … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Top Chinese official admits efficacy of China’s vaccines is low

It is the most commercially successful Afrofuturistic US work to date: the Marvel blockbuster Black Panther was nominated for an Oscar in seven categories in 2019, ultimately winning three of the awards including for best picture and best costume design. The Oscar-winning designer of the film's groundbreaking costumes was Ruth E. Carter. Carter, who was born on April 10, 1960 in Springfield, Massachusetts, had originally planned to pursue a completely different career path: She wanted to become an actress. But it was when she started helping out in the costume department of her student theater group at Hampton University that she found a new calling. So after graduating from university, she trained as a costume designer at the Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico, subsequently moving to Los Angeles. For more than 40 years now, Ruth E. Carter has been designing costumes for independent films and Hollywood blockbusters alike, working with Stephen Spielberg, Denzel Washington and … [Read more...] about Afrofuturism in Hollywood: Ruth E. Carter’s iconic costumes

The manufacturers view both nations as untapped markets that could be exploited and talks are ongoing between the WRC Promoter, the FIA and teams about incorporating the countries into future calendars. The subject has been on the agenda for some time, with the United States and China also targets. Matton believes introducing the competition to new territories is one way of ensuring the WRC fulfils its goal of having a "global footprint". "The WRC Promoter - supported by the FIA - is working with ASNs [national sporting authorities] and event promoters around the globe to understand the opportunities," Matton told Motorsport.com. "The WRC thrives on diversity and making the best of the local conditions, so we will continue to receive innovative proposals from around the globe - the strategy is still to have a global footprint. "This global approach is not only the aim of the FIA but also the manufacturers - they're requesting to go to China, Northern America, Russia, … [Read more...] about Russia, India among countries WRC teams “requesting” to visit

Premier Doug Ford reiterated his call for the federal government to commit money to Toronto-area transit plans Tuesday, as he backed off his previous pledge to have the province pay the entire costs of the new lines if Ottawa doesn’t come to the table. At a news conference at a provincial transportation maintenance garage on Kennedy Road in Scarborough, Ford said the Ontario government had reached a “key milestone” by putting tunnelling work for the Eglinton West LRT and Scarborough Subway extension out for bids last week. “We’re moving ahead at lightning speed and these projects couldn’t come soon enough. The people of Scarborough have been waiting for decades, I repeat, decades, for a fast, reliable three-stop subway,” Ford said. Along with the Ontario Line and Yonge North subway extension, the Eglinton West and Scarborough projects make up the $28.5-billion GTA transit expansion proposal Ford released last April . The premier said that ahead of the First Ministers … [Read more...] about Premier Doug Ford pushes federal government to fund transit projects