JULY 21, 2022
Workers put up a giant poster of Droupadi Murmu, who has won election to be India's new president, a largely ceremonial position. - (Manish Swarup / Associated Press)
A woman who hails from one of India's minority ethnic communities was chosen Thursday as the country's new president, a largely ceremonial position.
Droupadi Murmu, a leader from India’s ruling Bharatiya...
JULY 21, 2022
Royal Collection Trust Queen Elizabeth photographed by Dorothy Wilding in 1952
Buckingham Palace is once again open to the public — but with some very sparkly additions!
Some of Queen Elizabeth's most treasured and personal jewels are on display at the monarch's London home in the latest exhibition organized by the Royal Collection Trust to celebrate the Queen's historic...
JULY 21, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security’s watchdog has launched a criminal probe into the Secret Service’s erased text messages from around the time of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The department’s Office of Inspector General immediately instructed Secret Service to halt its forensic search for agents’ telephone texts.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi confirmed Thursday that...
JULY 21, 2022
Donald Trump at Ivana Trump funeral held in New York. - Reuters/JEENAH MOON
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican views on Donald Trump have darkened somewhat over six weeks of televised congressional hearings on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by the former president's supporters, a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Thursday showed.
The two-day poll, finished...
JULY 21, 2022
Former first lady Melania Trump told Fox News on Thursday that she “was unaware of” the violence occurring at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which is why she did not immediately condemn the insurrection.
Trump’s assertion that she was “fulfilling one of duties as First Lady” and as a result unaware of the riot comes after...
JULY 21, 2022
President Donald Trump speaks on the telephone via speakerphone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in the Oval Office of the White House on August 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images
The January 6 Committee's eighth hearing will focus on Trump's actions on Jan. 6th.
White House call logs from January 6, 2021 show a...
JULY 21, 2022
President Joe Biden interacts with Senator Elizabeth Warren and other elected officials after arriving at T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick, R.I., July 20, 2022. - Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time Thursday morning, his office said.
Biden, 79, has "very mild symptoms" and is taking Paxlovid, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre...
JULY 20, 2022
Japan, Singapore, and South Korea have the world's strongest passports, according to the most recent rankings made public by Henley Passport Index. For the sixth year running, a Japanese passport continues to be the most effective and allows for hassle-free travel into 193 nations. Singapore and South Korea, which are ranked second and third in the most...
JULY 20, 2022
More than 4 million people have left their jobs each month in the U.S. so far this year — and according to new research, this record-breaking trend isn't going to quit anytime soon.
About 40% of U.S. workers are considering quitting their current jobs in the next 3-to-6 months, a report from McKinsey and Co. published last week,...
JULY 20, 2022
While the country was gradually inching back on track after being mangled by the pandemic followed by a series of lockdowns, the Indian rupee hit an all-time low against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Tuesday recording at 80.05 per dollar, further deteriorating the economy.
For the first time in a decade, the dollar reached its highest...
