The Biden administration is planning to announce sanctions on Russian officials as soon as Thursday, in a move that will target several individuals and entities, according to several people familiar on the matter. A package of sanctions targeting several Russian officials will be coupled with orders also expelling some of […]
The 76ers want to finish the season atop the Eastern Conference. The Nets just want to finish healthy. Both of those goals showed in Wednesday’s lineups. The already shorthanded Nets rested Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin, taking the court with a makeshift lineup and taking a 123-117 loss before 4,094 […]
FILE PHOTO: Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy was picking up but any recovery was likely to be modest due to lingering caution over the coronavirus pandemic, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko […]
India’s Covid caseload has risen sharply in the past few weeks. The country’s been reporting more than 150,000 cases a day. In January and February daily cases fell below 20,000. So, how did India get from relative calm to its new crisis? Workplaces, markets and malls have reopened, and transport […]
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats will introduce legislation Thursday to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices, alongside progressive activists pushing to transform the high court. The move intensifies a high-stakes ideological fight over the future of the court after President Donald Trump and Republicans appointed three conservative justices […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege warned Wednesday that the scourge of sexual violence and rape in all conflicts is now “a real pandemic” and without sanctions and justice for the victims these horrific acts won’t stop. The Congolese doctor told the U.N. Security Council […]
For every degree Celsius of global warming, monsoon rainfalls will likely increase by 5%, according to one of the key points of the analysis. While more rain might seem like a good thing, too much (or too little) can harm crops. India depends on this seasonal rainfall to help sustain […]
I’m speaking to you today from the Roosevelt – the Treaty Room in the White House. The same spot where, on October of 2001, President George W. Bush informed our nation that the United States military had begun strikes on terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. It was just weeks – […]
Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine will remain in limbo a while longer after US health advisers told the government Wednesday that they need more evidence to decide if a handful of unusual blood clots were linked to the shot – and if so, how big the potential risk really is. […]
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Hall of Fame women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer has agreed to a five-year contract extension that will keep her at Rutgers through the 2025-26 season. The New Jersey-based Big Ten Conference university announced the deal on Wednesday after it was approved by the school’s board of […]
FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Illustration//File Photo DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said on Wednesday it had launched an inquiry into Facebook Inc, after a dataset reported to contain personal data relating to […]
A group of Indigenous islanders from Australia’s Torres Strait has launched a world-first legal battle in a bid to protect their homes. They argue Australia has breached their rights to culture and life by failing to adequately address climate change. The low-lying islands, located on the northern tip of Australia, […]
The Annual Threat Assessment report compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence highlights potential areas of concern that pose a risk to the US. According to the report, there is a risk of conflict under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, though a full-scale war is “unlikely”. The […]
The White House on Wednesday announced the appointment of Erika Moritsugu as its Asian American and Pacific Islander liaison. Moritsugu was a vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families, heading up the group’s Economic Justice team. She was also an assistant secretary of housing and urban development […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The attorney for the former officer charged with killing George Floyd says several studies suggest police can safely use their bodyweight to hold a handcuffed suspect facedown on the ground — or prone — as Floyd was in the last minutes of his life. But those findings […]
Despite overtures from the White House to invite Republicans to the Oval Office this week and Biden’s continued promise to reach across the aisle, Republicans are skeptical the meetings will lead to substantive progress, viewing the infrastructure debate as a replay of negotiations on a Covid relief bill that never […]
A Fort Jackson Drill Instructor has been charged with third degree assault after shoving a black man and telling him: ‘You came to the wrong neighborhood motherf****r’. Jonathan Pentland, 42, was charged Wednesday after accusing his victim of ‘hanging around’ a South Carolina gated community, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott […]
A very good morning to you all. It’s Thursday and, honestly, we should be congratulated for making it through the news week this far. It’s Matilda Boseley: why don’t we jump into the morning’s biggest headlines. Today marks 30 years since the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody handed […]
Woof. Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler — who split in April 2020 after 10 years of marriage — may be reunited by a lawsuit alleging one of their dogs bit a cable guy. Satellite and cable technician Nathan Beam has filed a lawsuit against Cavallari, 34, and Cutler, 37, over […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday he and other lawmakers were concerned about the Biden administration’s decision to go ahead with a weapons sale to the United Arab Emirates and would review the transactions. Reuters reported on Tuesday […]