Voters endured heat, pouring rain and waits as long as five hours on Tuesday to cast ballots in Georgia, demonstrating a fierce desire to participate in the democratic process while raising questions ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia elections chief warns of delayed results
Georgia’s chief election officer warned that Tuesday's results may be slow to come in as poll closures and virus restrictions complicate in-person voting and counties work to ... ( read original story ...)
George Floyd, Georgia, Joe Biden: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. George Floyd was laid to rest at a private funeral in Houston, more than two weeks after his death. Mr. Floyd, 46, who was pinned under the knee of a Minneapolis ... ( read original story ...)
Voting machines and coronavirus force long lines on Georgia voters
Georgia’s primary quickly turned into an ordeal for voters who waited for hours Tuesday, when it became clear officials were unprepared for an election on new voting computers during the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Long lines, faulty machines in minority areas on primary day in Georgia
NBC News Correspondent Blayne Alexander brings the latest from Georgia where voters are facing hours long lines to cast their ballot in the state's primary. ( read original story ...)
1MDB’s Suspected Mastermind Found New Ways to Move Money in Kuwait
The Kuwaiti royal family provided Jho Low means to fend off U.S. and Malaysian investigators who accuse him of masterminding the plunder of Malaysian state investment fund 1MDB. ( read original story ...)
PA submits ‘counter-proposal’ to US plan, providing for demilitarized Palestine
Palestine will be a state along the 1967 borders and its capital will be East Jerusalem,' PM Shtayyeh says, calling Netanyahu's annexation project an 'existential threat' ... ( read original story ...)
World’s Biggest Gaming Show Cancels First-Ever Singapore Event
The organizers of the first-ever Gamescom Asia have announced that the inaugural show will not happen as planned in October. Instead, it's being delayed an entire year, to October 14-17, 2021. ( read original story ...)
Justice and the June Events: Looking Back at Kyrgyzstan’s 2010 Troubles
Two wrongs don’t make a right: a decade after violence exploded in Kyrgyzstan’s south, Azimzhan Askarov remains in jail. ( read original story ...)
Office of independent TV station 3 Kanal firebombed in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan authorities should conduct a quick and thorough investigation into the arson attack on the office of the 3 Kanal broadcaster, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. At around 7 a. ( read original story ...)