APRIL 11, 2023
A judge rejected a request by Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to remain free on bail. - Getty
Elizabeth Holmes' request to remain free on bail was denied on Monday by a US judge.
The judge described Holmes' one-way ticket to Mexico as a "bold move" and "ill-advised."
The Theranos founder is expected to begin serving her sentence...
APRIL 11, 2023
Less than a year after the US Supreme Court ended legal protection for abortions nationwide, clinics that provide reproductive health care across the United States are bracing for more restrictions on the care they provide to women.
If a judge’s ruling takes effect Friday, it may soon be illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, the first in a...
APRIL 10, 2023
A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Reading, Pa. On Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. - Matt Rourke, AP
The Biden administration Monday announced a $5 billion program to accelerate the development of next-generation COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.
Like Operation Warp Speed, which developed and distributed vaccines in the early days of the pandemic,...
APRIL 10, 2023
The leak of a trove of classified U.S. military documents, some of which began to spread on chat platforms in recent weeks and more of which have emerged since, has spooked officials around the world — none more so than in Washington, as the defense and intelligence establishment scrambles to assess the damage and the Justice Department...
APRIL 7, 2023
Chennai: At a time when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is aggressively trying to make inroads in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Chennai Saturday and inaugurate and lay foundation stones for development projects worth over Rs 5,254 crore.
A five-tier security arrangement was put in place for the high-profile visit, with about 26,000 police personnel...
APRIL 7, 2023
New Delhi: The rise in Covid cases is indicative of the SARS-CoV-2 virus moving into an endemic state in India and behaving like other coronaviruses that cause common cold-like symptoms and can keep reinfecting, say scientists.
Giving the reassurance that a monster spike on the lines of the Delta wave in the spring of 2021 is unlikely due...
APRIL 7, 2023
Layoffs 2023: Amplitude, an American public company that develops digital analytics software, has laid off 99 employees, which accounts for 13 per cent of its workforce, amid tough macroeconomic environment.
Amplitude co-founders Spenser Skates, Curtis Liu, and Jeffrey Wang sent an email announcing the decision to reduce the company’s global team by 13 per cent on the morning...
APRIL 7, 2023
London: The Labour Party in the UK has reportedly deselected 18 of its councillors in Leicester, including all its Hindu councillors, thereby preventing them from contesting in the upcoming local elections scheduled in May.
Out of the 18 councillors, seven are of Indian-origin, including six Hindus and one Christian, TOI reported.
All these candidates had voted for a motion...
APRIL 7, 2023
FILE PHOTO: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the NH Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College in Manchester.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a lawyer and vaccine skeptic, will make a bid for the White House in 2024, becoming the second long-shot Democratic candidate to challenge President Joe Biden in his expected run for re-election.
Kennedy,...
APRIL 7, 2023
U.S. hiring gradually cooled in March as employers added 236,000 workers, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%.
The labor market has remained solid a year after the Federal Reserve began aggressively raising interest rates to tame high inflation. Employers added jobs last month in leisure and hospitality, government, professional and business services and health care. They cut...
