By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman GREENBELT, Md., July 12 (Reuters) – Following a presidential sneak peek of a galaxy-studded image from deep in the cosmos, NASA officials gathered on Tuesday to unveil more of their initial showcase from the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful orbital[Read More…]
By Michael Holden and Muvija M LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) – As many as a dozen candidates were on Friday eyeing up replacing Boris Johnson as British prime minister after he was forced to quit by his own party, with opponents saying they want him out of Downing Street immediately.[Read More…]
COVID-19 restrictions in China caused the PGA Tour to cancel the WGC-HSBC Champions tournament scheduled for Oct. 27-30. The event began in 2005 but was last contested in 2019 due to the pandemic. “We have worked with all Tours, as well as the China Golf Association, on the viability of[Read More…]
May 17 (Reuters) – Russia is not planning to block Alphabet Inc’s YouTube, the minister for digital development said on Tuesday, acknowledging that such a move would likely see Russian users suffer and should therefore be avoided. Russia has blocked other foreign social media platforms, but despite months of fines[Read More…]
March 30 (Reuters) – A black and white, melancholy alternative to Instagram that asks users to post sad pictures of themselves may launch in Russia this week, its creators said, to express sadness at the loss of popular services such as the U.S. photo sharing platform. Russia restricted access to Instagram from[Read More…]
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, head of the largest U.S. labor organization and a key figure in Democratic politics, has died at age 72, representatives for the group said on Thursday. President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House that Trumka was a close personal[Read More…]
Zinedine Zidane took aim at his former club Real Madrid and team president Florentino Perez in an open letter, refuting claims that he was tired of coaching and citing a lack of trust for his decision to resign as head coach. Zidane’s comments in an open letter published Monday in[Read More…]
Uncategorized Myanmar poet Khet Thi, whose works declare resistance to the ruling junta, died in detention overnight and his body was returned with the organs removed, his family said on Sunday. A spokesman for the junta did not answer calls to request comment on the death of Khet Thi, who had[Read More…]
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced a university student to eight years in jail for sex crimes, judicial sources said, in a case prompted by a social media campaign that opened up a rare public debate on sexual harassment. Ahmed Bassam Zaki, in his early 20s, was referred to trial[Read More…]
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement said on Wednesday it was time for politicians to make concessions to agree a new government that must rescue the country from financial crisis. Lebanon’s financial meltdown is posing the most serious threat to stability since the 1975-1990 civil war, but politicians have been unable to form[Read More…]
