Managers of The Boston Globe called off printing its daily newspaper for the first time in its 153-year-old history after a record-setting snowstorm prevented staff from safely reaching the printing plant.Snow and winds stopped staff from getting to the Globe printing plant to print Tuesday’s paper, the newspaper said in an article on its website. […]
US President Donald Trump on Saturday called for an end to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s 37-year reign, saying, “It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran,” in comments to POLITICO.Trump made the remarks as widespread protests calling for an end to the regime appeared to have waned, after thousands of protesters across the country were […]
Park Geonroung older (left) and as Baby shark boy (right).(Picture Credit: X) Park Geonroung, the child star of Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark Dance”, has made his K-pop debut a decade after appearing in the viral video.The 2016 video, in which Park appeared at the age of 7, has more than 17.2 billion views and remains the […]
The Senate on Monday voted against reopening the govt for the 11th time, extending the shutdown to three weeks as both sides remain at odds and unable to resolve the deadlock. The chamber voted 50-43 on the House-passed continuing resolution to fund the govt through late November, falling short of the 60 votes required for […]
Welcome to the Island Where Egrets Rule A century after wildlife wardens began protecting a small island in Texas, the 35-acre site has become the world’s largest nesting colony for Reddish Egrets. Green Island sits in the Laguna Madre, a coastal lagoon in southern Texas. In 1923, Audubon Texas signed its first sanctuary lease with […]
Time Magazine’s latest cover hails Donald Trump’s “triumph” in brokering peace between Israel and Hamas, but the US president isn’t exactly celebrating.Trump criticised Time Magazine early Tuesday for using the worst photo “of All Time” for a cover story about “his triumph” getting the Israeli hostages freed by Hamas. “They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then […]
US President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday for a ‘routine yearly check-up,’ the White House announced Wednesday, ahead of a potential trip to the Middle East.This marks the second visit to Walter Reed for an exam since Trump returned to the White House in January. His […]
The United States has, for the first time, used unmanned surface vessels in combat, with US Central Command (CENTCOM) saying three Corsair sea drones struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility at Iran’s Bandar Abbas Naval Base. The attack, carried out on Sunday night, marked the first operational use of American sea drones in a […]
Omar Abdullah slams BJP over J&K statehood, alleges ‘backdoor’ politics Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday accused BJP of making repeated promises on restoring the Union Territory’s statehood without fulfilling them. Addressing a National Conference rally ahead of the party’s ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest over the statehood demand, Abdullah also alleged that the […]
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates Most people picture a philanthropist as someone signing enormous cheques, not someone volunteering an evening a week or simply speaking up for a cause they believe in. Melinda French Gates has spent years pushing back against that narrow picture. “Philanthropy to me means using your voice, your time, your […]
