By Ritu PrasadBBC News image copyrightGetty Images image caption(From left to right) Janet Yellen, Lloyd Austin, Deb Haaland Joe Biden’s first cabinet as US president is being described as potentially the most diverse ever. How does it compare to his predecessors and why does representation matter? When George Washington convened […]
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Google Maps helps users check out places they’d never be able to access in real life. It can also throw up some bizarre spectacles. One photo of a cruise ship has had viewers scratching their heads. The cruise ship looks very odd. It looks nothing like a normal cruise ship. […]
The 29-year-old said in a post shared on Instagram Stories on Thursday: “I just want to say thank you so much to everyone [sic] of you that has shown me so much love and support over the past few days.” “I appreciate it so much,” she added. “Love you all.” […]
Drug overdose deaths have spiked in the U.S. due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic, a new advisory finds. More than 81,000 fatalities occurred in the 12-month period ending in May 2020, a nearly 20 percent rise from the 12-month period ending in June 2019, according to provisional data from the […]
An independent panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly recommended that the agency authorize Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Thursday, bringing the United States one step closer to adding a second vaccine to its toolkit in fighting the pandemic. Members of the Vaccines and Related […]
OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images Never underestimate Russian President Vladimir Putin. Instead of avoiding a thorny question about the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny that came up during his annual press conference Thursday, Putin answered it head-on. But, in claiming that new, highly damning evidence of the involvement […]
Boseman plays ambitious trumpeter Levee in this film, based on the 1982 play of the same name by August Wilson. Boseman’s peformance is both moving and haunting, especially with the hindsight that throughout production he was battling the colon cancer that would eventually take his life. “While ‘Black Panther’ remains […]
Dealing with heartbreak. Dove Cameron posted a cryptic message to Twitter just six days after announcing her split from longtime beau, Thomas Doherty. “Some nights are hard, and that’s OK,” the Liv and Maddie alum, 24, tweeted on Thursday, December 17. “I hope you are happy wherever you are. And […]