Why the US Electoral College system is problematic

Arabnewssocial12 Sep, 2020News

When Al Gore and George W. Bush competed for the presidency in 2000, Gore won the popular vote. However, the Electoral College votes allocated to each candidate were so evenly distributed that only the state of Florida was left to try to decide the victor from the vanquished. In modern times, this was probably the first occasion that global onlookers became aware of the realities and foibles of the US Electoral College system.

Bahrain’s recognition of Israel reveals a vision for the future of the region

Arabnewssocial12 Sep, 2020News

The monumental announcement that Bahrain and Israel are establishing official relations is exciting and gratifying, both from an international relations perspective but also for me personally. I have enjoyed a close relationship with King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain for more than a decade. We have had many conversations about Israel over the years and he has shared his paramount interest in, and authentic desire to see, the establishment of relations between his kingdom and Israel. He has always recognized that Israel and Bahrain have more in

NBA ousts Rockets forward House after bubble violation

Arabnewssocial12 Sep, 2020News

NEW YORK: Houston Rockets forward Danuel House will miss the remainder of the NBA playoffs after a violation of COVID-19 quarantine rules, the league announced Friday. The NBA season, shut down March 11 by the coronavirus pandemic, resumed in July in a bubble atmosphere under strict health and safety rules at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The league conducted an investigation into House’s actions and found he had violated rules by having an unauthorized guest in his hotel room.

Osaka, Azarenka in US Open final; both eye 3rd Slam trophy

Arabnewssocial12 Sep, 2020News

NEW YORK: When tennis resumed last month from a five-month hiatus prompted by the coronavirus outbreak, it was impossible to know exactly what to expect. Turns out Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka have been far and away the two best women in the sport, which is why they will face each other Saturday in the US Open final. “Honestly,” Osaka said, “like, no one remembers anyone but the winner.”

Fear and frustration: Europe’s wealthy keep wallets closed

Arabnewssocial12 Sep, 2020News

LISBON: By this time of year, Ilene Steele, 63, would usually have several trips behind her: One to visit family in the US, a holiday in Italy, and a few day excursions in London, where she lives with her retired therapist husband Mike. She’d be meeting friends for drinks and dinners, and enjoying manicures and pedicures with her daughter.

UK agrees first major post-Brexit trade deal with Japan

Arabnewssocial12 Sep, 2020News

LONDON: Britain on Friday said that it had secured its first major post-Brexit trade agreement — a free trade deal with Japan — the day after bitter wranglings with the EU. The Department for International Trade said that the deal, which largely replicates the current EU-Japan deal, will be worth £15.2 billion ($19.5 billion).

Terror at sea: Rohingya migrants tell of 200-day ordeal

Arabnewssocial12 Sep, 2020News

LHOKSEUMAWE: When hundreds of Rohingya refugees paid traffickers to escape their squalid camp in Bangladesh, they were promised a new life in Malaysia after just one week at sea. Instead, the group of mostly women and children suffered more than 200 days of terror on the high seas, until they landed this week on Indonesia’s northern coast, where they are now back in refugee tents.

‘Mass fatalities’ feared in US wildfires that has killed at least 16

Arabnewssocial12 Sep, 2020Business

FRESNO, California: US officials warned Friday of potential “mass” fatalities as more than 20,000 firefighters from across the country battled sprawling deadly wildfires up and down the West Coast.A prediction of cooler weather offered some hope of respite in coming days, but the true scale of the destruction from dozens of massive blazes in California, Oregon and Washington states remained hard to gauge.

Rise in UK COVID-19 ‘concerning’ but not out of control: Hancock

Arabnewssocial07 Sep, 2020News

LONDON: The rise in COVID-19 infections in Britain is “concerning,” Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday, but he added that the government was still in control of the pandemic. The daily number of cases of COVID-19 jumped on Sunday to 2,988, the highest daily rise since May. “The rise in the number of cases we’ve seen in the last few days is largely among younger people,” Hancock told LBC Radio.

Iran Medical Council lambasts education ministry for schools’ reopening

Arabnewssocial07 Sep, 2020News

DUBAI: The Iran Medical Council (IMC) has questioned the country’s education ministry’s decision to reopen schools amid the coronavirus pandemic, national media Radio Farda has reported. IMC head Mohammad Reza Zafarqandi has raised concerns over the decision which he described as a “sudden u-turn,” adding it would add “burden on the country’s medical workers.”

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