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100s of DEAD voters still registered for 2020 election in Pennsylvania – lawsuit An Indiana-based law firm is suing Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in federal court for having hundreds of dead people registered to vote in the upcoming 2020 election, among other bizarre irregularities. The lawsuit alleges that some 1,600 dead people are registered to vote in the 2020 election, while almost 1,200 people are registered to vote without a date of birth listed, and some have even listed the 1800s as their birth years, all violations of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. “One registrant is stated as being born in ‘June 1800,’ the same year Thomas Jefferson won eight of Pennsylvania’s 15 Electoral College votes against President John Adams,” the la...

Iranian parliament suspends work over coronavirus spread Iranian parliament has decided to suspend sessions over coronavirus threat in an unprecedented move. The decision comes after a bunch of top Iranian officials, including lawmakers, contracted the killer virus. The move was announced by a spokesman for the legislative body on Friday, as the coronavirus continues to spread across the country. According to latest official figures, 388 cases of the virus have been confirmed, while 34 people have died. Also on rt.com Former Iranian ambassador to Vatican succumbs to coronavirus in first high-profile death of the epidemic DETAILS TO FOLLOW Iranian parliament suspends work over coronavirus sprea...

'I firmly believe in my innocence': Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang handed EIGHT YEAR ban for breach of anti-doping rules Three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang will miss this summer's Olympic Games after being banned from the sport for eight years for missing a drug test in 2018, in what was the Chinese swimmer's second run-in with drug testers. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has co-signed a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appeal against a decision made by swimming's governing body FINA to clear Sun of a doping offence dating back to 2018. At the time Sun was accused of breaking vials containing his blood following a verbal altercation with FINA drug-testers in September of that year. The Chinese swimmer had previously served a three-mon...

Tourist on board coronavirus cruise ship ‘Diamond Princess’ becomes 1st British death from outbreak A British man who was on board the quarantined cruise ship ‘Diamond Princess’ has died in Japan. It’s the first British death from the illness which is still spreading across the globe. Five other passengers from the vessel have already died from the novel coronavirus, which can cause severe respiratory problems, but this was the first death of a foreigner who was on board the cruise ship. The ship was quarantined with everyone on board by Japanese health authorities earlier this month when a passenger tested positive for the illness. Over 700 other passengers have since been confirmed to have the coronavirus, a small number of whom have already recov...

‘Must be parody’: George W Bush’s brother ridiculed online after moaning about ‘incredibly rude’ BBC bias against BoJo’s Tories Jeb Bush, younger brother of former US President George W Bush, has been mercilessly mocked on Twitter, after accusing the BBC of being “biased” in their news coverage and “incredibly rude to Conservative MPs.” The former 2016 US Republican presidential candidate took to social media on Thursday night to reveal that he was in the UK capital and wasn’t best pleased with the British broadcaster’s attitude towards PM Boris Johnson’s Tory Party. Bush insisted that he enjoyed the BBC’s world coverage, but questioned the “vitriol” when it came to its UK political coverage. Every time I visit London, I am amazed how biased UK pol...

'Don't you dare buy these': Sneaker fans warn resellers as Nike releases pics of special edition Kobe 5 'Lakers' basketball shoes Sportswear giants Nike are set to release a special edition version of their hugely-popular "Kobe 5" basketball shoes to honor the late NBA superstar, but fans are already worried about the cynical motives of the reseller market. Images of the "Lakers" edition of the Kobe Bryant-inspired "Kobe 5" sneakers were posted online by noted sneaker-fan Twitter account @J23app. But, while the fan excitement about the possibility of owning a special pair of tribute sneakers was palpable online, there were also those who warned resellers to steer clear from trying to profit from the NBA superstar's death. ...

Syria has every right to fight terrorists in Idlib and Russia can’t interfere – Moscow Damascus has the right to fight back when attacked by terrorists and Moscow is in no position to stop Syrians from doing what the UN Security Council endorsed, Russia’s foreign minister has said after the latest Idlib flare-up. Ankara lost 33 soldiers in the northwestern Syrian province after they were targeted by a Syrian airstrike. Commenting on the tragedy on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the deaths were undoubtedly a tragedy, for which Moscow expresses its condolences. However, Ankara shares part of the blame for what happened, both because it failed to notify Russia about the location of its troops and because it fell short when it came to...

NATO offers Turkey condolences & solidarity, but no additional military aid amid Idlib crisis On a request from Ankara, NATO members held consultations on the situation in Idlib, Syria, where 33 Turkish soldiers have been killed. But the alliance failed to pledge additional military aid to its member. The Allies offered “their deepest condolences” to Turkey and expressed solidarity, but stopped short from taking any more practical measures after the Friday emergency meeting. Other members of the bloc are already supporting Turkey, “including by augmenting its air defenses, which helps Turkey against the threat of missile attacks from Syria” and conducting patrols of AWACS air reconnaissance planes, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a news co...