OCTOBER 30, 2021
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert for the National Security Council, testifies Nov. 19, 2019, before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in a public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into allegations President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. - Hannah Gaber, USA TODAY
Alexander Vindman was preparing to testify at President Donald Trump's...
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Archaeologists have made a "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery while working on a high-speed railway project in a small English village: rare Roman statues in a mausoleum under an old church.
The statues were uncovered in Buckinghamshire while the researchers were excavating the Norman-built St. Mary's Church, the high-speed railway organization, HS2, said in a press release. While digging, they found...
OCTOBER 30, 2021
By the time you are reading this, Aryan Khan would be walking out of jail, if 25 days too late. Everything we know about the case as yet tells us there was nothing to justify his arrest, incarceration and being charged under such a draconian law in any case. His ordeal, however, has given us another ‘star’...
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Christian community leaders across India appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s meeting with Catholic church head Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday. In their first-ever meeting, the leaders discussed a wide array of issues including Covid-19, general global perspectives, and maintaining peace and tranquility.
Kevin Mathew Sunny from the Kerala Christian Forum said the meeting was a welcome...
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Joseph B. Hill was four days from starting a new position as vice president, chief equity, diversity and inclusion officer at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, when he received an email that changed the trajectory of his career.
The two-sentence note from Memorial Hermann’s human resources vice president, Lori Knowles, which was obtained by NBC News, read,...
OCTOBER 29, 2021
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore speaks during a session at the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. - Reuters/DENIS BALIBOUSE
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and financier David Blood have set up a new asset manager to address global net-zero carbon emissions as countries come under increasing pressure to slow climate...
OCTOBER 29, 2021
Kannada Actor Puneeth Rajkumar in 2019. - Everett Collection
Indian actor Puneeth Rajkumar has died aged 46 after suffering cardiac arrest on Friday, according to a statement from Vikram Hospital in the city of Bangalore.
"Mr. Puneet Rajkumar, aged 46 years was brought to Vikram Hospital on 29/10/21 with a diagnosis of heart attack with ECG done by...
OCTOBER 29, 2021
Buckingham Palace shared the the Queen has been advised to rest for two more weeks, but she will continue to undertake "light duties." - FRANK AUGSTEIN - Getty Images
Earlier this month, Queen Elizabeth was hospitalized for "preliminary investigations," and advised by medical staff to rest.
"Following medical advice to rest for a few days, The Queen attended hospital...
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday. Each visit by an American president has marked a distinct phase not only of his papacy, but also of the political upheaval in the United States and in its Catholic church. - Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
VATICAN CITY — When Joseph R. Biden Jr. visits the Vatican on Friday, he will be...
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In Ashburn, tensions ran high during the Loudoun County school board meeting Tuesday night where more than 100 people told school board members and the superintendent that they lost the trust of their community.
On Tuesday, parents pleaded for safety and accountability at the Loudoun County school board meeting.
“You have failed our students,” one speaker said.
“Two young ladies...
