The 51-year-old woman fatally struck by a driver on the Upper East Side was a kindergarten teacher on her way to the tony Spence School, police sources said. Shruti Udeshi, 51, was in the crosswalk at East 76th Street and Third Avenue just after 6:30 a.m. Monday when she was […]
Pumpjacks taken out of production temporarily stand idle at a Hess site while new wells are fracked near Williston, North Dakota November 12, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Cullen/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Jan 25 (Reuters) – Hess Corp (HES.N) said on Tuesday it expects a 37% […]
Since late 2021, Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops along the border of Ukraine, prompting the US, UK and NATO allies to send their support. However, Germany has refused to allow a NATO ally to export weapons to Ukraine. Earlier in January, Germany blocked Estonia from exporting German-origin weapons […]
WASHINGTON — Covid-19 antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly should no longer be used because they don’t work against the omicron variant that now accounts for nearly all U.S. infections, U.S. health regulators said Monday. The Food and Drug Administration said it was revoking emergency authorization for both drugs, […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — The former chairman of the NSO Group on Tuesday confirmed that he has left the Israeli spyware company but said his departure was planned months ago and was unconnected to the recent turmoil surrounding the firm. Asher Levy said he had submitted his resignation last summer following […]
A New York Supreme Court judge struck down the state’s mask mandate Monday, ruling that the governor and New York State Department of Health did not have the authority to enact such a mandate without the sign-off from the state legislature. In an opinion released Monday, Nassau County Supreme Court […]
A Hungarian Olympic gold medallist and anti-vax conspiracy theorist has died of Covid-19 at the age of 51, weeks after getting the jab to continue his work as a coach. Szilveszter Csollany fell sick in December and was hospitalised and placed on a ventilator for weeks, with local authorities announcing his […]
The Connecticut state medical examiner has determined that 23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields died from ingesting a lethal cocktail of drugs, including fentanyl, washed down with alcohol, and ruled her death an accident. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced on Monday that the young black woman, who was found unresponsive […]
A consultant psychiatrist was tortured, robbed and left for dead in a city centre park by two men and a teenage girl who were motivated by “greed, homophobia and a straightforward liking of violence”, a jury has heard. Dr Gary Jenkins, 54, had gone to Bute Park in Cardiff seeking […]
Denis Shapovalov (left) and Rafael Nadal have a spirited discussion at the net.EPA Rafael Nadal was “destroyed” – and so was Denis Shapovalov’s racket. The Canadian shattered his racket in disgust after a 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 loss to the legendary Spaniard that took four hours. Shapovalov was still […]
Flights resume slowly in Istanbul Thousands evacuated from Athens motorway Snow on Antalya beaches for first time in 29 years ISTANBUL/ATHENS, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Some Istanbul Airport flights resumed on Tuesday after nearly 24 hours of cancellations as heavy snowfall clogged roads and stranded thousands of people across Turkey […]
Russia does not get to decide who can and cannot be part of the alliance, the Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has said. Watch her tell BBC World News’ Lucy Hockings that Russia is presenting “outrageous demands” to Nato that it should go back to its borders of 1997 – […]
Ukraine chief explodes at Germany over Russia snub Russia has been warned it will be swiftly hit with an “unprecedented package of sanctions” in the event of fresh incursion in Ukraine after world leaders, of Britain, the US, Germany, Italy, Poland and France, presented a united front to combat a […]
Shark attacks increased around the world in 2021 following three consecutive years of decline, though beach closures in 2020 caused by the Covid-19 pandemic could be making the numbers seem more dramatic than they are, researchers have found. Researchers with the International Shark Attack File recorded 73 unprovoked incidents last […]
Ukraine-Russia tensions: Why concerns of a Russian invasion are high Tens of thousands of Russian troops are at the Ukraine border, leading to fears of an invasion. Here’s what we know. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Rushing U.S. troops to Europe, issuing economic sanctions and sending more lethal weaponry […]
What’s happening: US stock markets went on a rollercoaster ride Monday, plunging and then rallying all within the span of a single trading session. The S&P 500 index, at one point down almost 4%, finished the day 0.3% higher. “It’s still looking quite fragile,” David Madden, a market analyst at […]
Russian advance troops are already operating in Ukraine ahead of a possible invasion, a defence minister warned today. James Heappey said a’ significant’ number of Vladimir Putin’s soldiers were already operating behind the lines. His comments came amid a deepening east/west stand-off and a growing military build-up, with the US […]
Ukraine says it has dismantled a group of Russian-backed saboteurs who were planning attacks in border regions with the aim of ‘destabilising’ the country. The ‘criminal’ group was preparing a ‘series of armed attacks’ on city infrastructure ‘coordinated by Russian special service’, Ukraine’s SBU security service said today. Raids were […]
The manager of an exclusive New York City restaurant insisted it was focused on the safety of its guests, after the former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin dined there despite not being vaccinated against Covid-19. New York City laws require proof of vaccination for indoor dining. The […]
She’s hair conditioning. A Russian acrobat wowed Chinese social media after she was spotted hanging by her hair from a Shanghai subway handrail as if levitating in mid air. A video of the hair-raising stunt is currently going viral online. “I have been practicing this move for half a year,” […]