AUGUST 4, 2022
The Senate passed a resolution Thursday canceling a Biden administration rule governing environmental reviews for infrastructure projects that Republicans have argued made permitting more onerous, holding up construction.
All 49 Republicans present, and the lone Democratic vote of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), were enough to pass the Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval, which would strike down...
AUGUST 4, 2022
On January 15th, 2022, Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted, spewing tons of gas and ash into the atmosphere. According to a Wednesday report by National Public Radio, the blast contained enough water vapor – notorious for its heat-trapping abilities – to temporarily raise Earth's temperature.
"The massive amount of water vapor is roughly 10% of the normal...
AUGUST 4, 2022
A house with a large front lawn. - Getty Images
There's only one housing bull left standing: Zillow.
Not only does Zillow disagree with the "home price correction" narrative, the Seattle-based home listing site thinks the pandemic housing boom has some gas left in the tank. Between July 2022 and June 2023, Zillow predicts that U.S. home prices...
AUGUST 4, 2022
Monkeypox vaccination at a clinic on Fire Island in New York this month. As of Wednesday, the U.S. had recorded nearly 7,000 monkeypox cases, with the highest rates per capita in Washington, New York and Georgia. - Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
As monkeypox continues to surge in the United States, the Biden administration plans to declare a public health...
AUGUST 4, 2022
Laal Singh Chaddha: Days before the release a boycott trend has been trending against the movie Laal Singh Chaddha on Twitter. Reacting to this actor Aamir Khan addressed the matter and said, “Please don’t boycott my film. Please watch my film.” Meanwhile, now the lead actress of the film, Kareena has also addressed the matter and said,...
AUGUST 4, 2022
FILE PHOTO: Alex Jones defamation trial. - Reuters/POOL
A Texas judge denied Alex Jones's motion for a mistrial on Thursday as jury deliberations resumed in a defamation case over the U.S. conspiracy theorist’s false claims about the Sandy Hook mass shooting.
The mistrial request followed the disclosure at trial that Jones's lawyer accidentally sent two years of the...
AUGUST 4, 2022
Brittney Griner is escorted in a court room prior to a hearing, in Khimki, Russia, Aug. 4, 2022. - Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia for over five months, was found guilty on drug charges in a Moscow-area court Thursday. She was then sentenced to nine years in prison.
The...
AUGUST 3, 2022
In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at right reacts to Chen Chu, the President of the Control Yuan and Chair of the National Human Rights Commission, during a visit to a human rights museum in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,...
AUGUST 2, 2022
It seems that Google's CEO Sundar Pichai is not happy with the performance of many employees. The executive held a meeting and warned its employees to work efficiently and focus more on how to better improve their products and help customers. Pichai believes that productivity is missing and it is not where it should be considering the...
AUGUST 2, 2022
Richest Indian Gautam Adani's group on Tuesday said the Rs 212 crore worth of spectrum it has bought in a millimetre wave band will be used to create a private network to support its businesses and data centres.
Adani Data Networks Ltd (ADNL), a unit of Adani Enterprises Ltd, acquired the right to use 400MHz of spectrum in...
