SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Visitor services at national parks may stop during a government shutdown. - Robert Berlin, The Daily Times via AP
As the federal government teeters near the edge of another shutdown, you might wonder what it could mean for you if the slow gears grind to a halt.
Senate blocks federal spending bill that would avoid government shutdown over...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic measure aimed at averting a government shutdown and raising the federal debt limit Monday evening, leaving Congress with just days to cobble together a government funding bill.
The Senate voted 48-50, with Democrats falling short of the 60 votes needed to stop the Republican filibuster. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer changed his vote...
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
Huawei CFO Gets Hero’s Welcome While Canadians Land Quietly. - Photographer: CCTV/AFP/Getty Images
China gave a hero’s welcome to Huawei Technologies Co.’s executive Meng Wanzhou as she touched down three years after her arrest in Canada, while two Canadians freed by Beijing returned to their homeland with less fanfare.
“I am finally home after over 1,000 days of...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Scientists from China say they have isolated 'exquisitely preserved' cartilage cells of a 125-million-year-old dinosaur that contains organic molecules and may suggest that dinosaur DNA could one day be found.
Researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and from the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature found the nuclei which...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Barack (left) and Michelle Obama
The Obama Presidential Center is one step closer to coming to fruition, with the former president's foundation announcing on Friday that it will hold virtual groundbreaking festivities for the estimated $500 million Chicago project next week.
"Our virtual groundbreaking festivities for the Obama Presidential Center will take place on Monday, Sept. 27 and...
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
India has great potential for attracting investments and manufacturing under the various programmes introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as companies try to diversify their global footprints, according to hi-tech CEOs who met him.
"Because of the necessity to diversify and build a very resilient supply chain for semiconductors, we believe India could be an important destination for...
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
US President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office. - Jim WATSON
India said Friday that US President Joe Biden and other leaders agreed to keep a careful eye on Pakistan, adding that its historic rival has been an "instigator" of trouble in Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held his first in-person meeting...
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Lava from a volcano eruption flows on the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. A volcano on a small Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean erupted on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. Experts say the volcanic eruption and its aftermath on a Spanish island could last for up...
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of various companies in the US will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 23, sources have exclusively told CNBC-TV18. The Prime Minister currently is on a five-day visit to the United States, which began on September 22.
CEOs that will call on Modi individually are Cristiano R Amon of Qualcomm, Shantanu Narayen...
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
While former president Donald Trump publicly announced the recipients of his donated salary for his first three and a half years in office, he has not done so for his final six months. - Emil Lippe/TWP
Donald Trump has once again sued a news organization alleging that its reporting was unfair to him. If history is any...
