Congress is on track to complete the latest stimulus package much faster than it did the last one. Sarah Tew/CNET The $1.9 trillion stimulus bill is expected to pass its first major marker this weekend. House leaders plan to bring the bill to a vote by Sunday, before sending it […]
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Californian Renee Capozzola dedicated several evenings to photographing sealife in the shallows off the tiny island of Moorea, finally landing this winning sunset shot. Renee Capozzola/UPY 2021 American Renee Capozzola became the first woman ever to win the title of Underwater Photographer of the Year award earlier this month for […]
The new US President has stated his desire to return to the 2015 nuclear deal that was negotiated and signed by Barack Obama. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) saw the US lift some of its sanctions against Iran, in return for Iran agreeing to ensure that its nuclear […]
Golf legend Tiger Woods was seriously injured Tuesday in a one-car accident in Southern California, authorities said. Woods’ Genesis GV80 crashed and sustained “major damage,” at 7:12 a.m. PST on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. […]
An artist’s illustration shows NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance rover hasn’t started roaming the red planet just yet, but its cameras have been busy at work. A suite of ruggedized, off-the-shelf sports cameras captured unprecedented footage of the rover descending to Mars and landing […]
Building Partnerships for Peace based on Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity, and Universal Values Washington, DC, Feb. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MEDIA ALERT From Pandemic to Peace: Join World Leaders and 1 Million+ Global Participants for the 5th Rally of Hope Online THEME: Building Partnerships for Peace based on Interdependence, Mutual […]
Neil Lennon’s second tenure as the Celtic manager is to end imminently, with Sunday’s 1-0 defeat at Ross County likely to prove his last match in charge. Celtic lie 18 points behind champions-elect Rangers in the Scottish Premiership. There was widespread expectation Lennon would leave at the end of this […]
SAN FRANCISCO – EchoStar Corp. announced another delay in the launch of its Jupiter-3 communications satellite and the failure of two nanosatellites to reach their intended orbits, during a Feb. 23 quarterly earnings call. EchoStar executives said they were eager to launch the Jupiter-3 satellite being built by Maxar Technologies […]