DECEMBER 22, 2022
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a grim announcement. For the second year in a row, American life expectancy declined. In 2019, there were 715 deaths for every 100,000 Americans and life expectancy at birth hit 78.8 years. In 2021, there were nearly 880 deaths per 100,000 people and life expectancy at birth...
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Dr. Anthony Fauci prepares to speak about COVID-19 at the White House in April 2020. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press)
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who turns 82 on Saturday, wants the record to reflect that he is not retiring. Really, he isn't. It's just that after 54 years as a government scientist and advisor to seven presidents, he is...
DECEMBER 22, 2022
US President Joe Biden greets Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's president, center, outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Biden will unveil nearly $2 billion in assistance and announce moves to deliver a Patriot missile battery to help Ukraine bolster its defenses this winter.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy traveled by train and plane under...
DECEMBER 22, 2022
FILE PHOTO: Passengers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. - Thomson Reuters
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - A massive winter storm system enveloped a vast stretch of the United States on Thursday, threatening to upend the travel plans of millions of Americans ahead of what could turn out to be one of the coldest Christmas days on record in many...
DECEMBER 22, 2022
In a video that has gone viral, an IndiGo air hostess can be seen schooling a flyer who can be seen yelling at her. While the reason behind the spat is not clear, the fact that it is about the food served on board is certain. The video was taken by a co-passenger who shared it on...
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Donald Trump at the White House in 2020. - Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Dozens of audit triggers litter Donald Trump’s tax returns, according to Congress’s top non-partisan tax lawyers: questionable private jet expenses, large unsubstantiated charitable deductions and dubious payments to the former president’s children, among others.
Yet none of them have been seriously audited, according to a new report...
DECEMBER 21, 2022
FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus disease ( COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China. - Thomson Reuters
BEIJING, CHINA - Beijing faces a surge in severe COVID-19 cases over the next two weeks, a respiratory expert said, amid concerns over the potential toll and knock-on effects for the world economy after the surprise ditching of China's tough virus policies.
FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus disease...
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Kapil Dev, an Indian cricket legend who led his team to its first World Cup win, has kept his position despite being criticized for things he has said about pressure. The former cricket player brought up the topic again in his speech last Friday to a crowd in Kolkata, calling for a shift in thinking.
Kapil Dev urged...
DECEMBER 20, 2022
As many as 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Divya Pharmacy which manufactures Yoga Guru Ramdev’s Patanjali products, have been blacklisted by Nepal’s drug regulatory authority saying that they failed to comply with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) drug manufacturing standards.
In a notice issued on December 18, the Department of Drug Administration asked the local agents in Nepal, which have...
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The House Ways and Means Committee will vote Tuesday on whether to release former President Donald J. Trump’s tax returns. - Maddie McGarvey / NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As a presidential candidate in 2016, Donald J. Trump teased that the release of his tax returns was imminent, pointing to the scale and complexity of his wealth as...
