SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
Twenty years have passed since the 9/11 attacks by Al-Qaeda in the United States, but the fallout remains painful for Americans. - SETH MCALLISTER
America marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Saturday with pleas for unity at solemn ceremonies given added resonance by the messy withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and return to power of the...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
Donald Trump waits to speak during a memorial service at the Pentagon for the 9/11 terrorist attacks September 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images
Over the years, Donald Trump has made many claims about his memories of 9/11.
Many others have made false or exaggerated claims about the attack, such as pretending to...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
Photograph: Elise Amendola/AP Emma Raducanu reacts after winning the first set against Leylah Fernandez. She won the second too for a convincing victory in the US Open final.
Emma Raducanu walked on to court for her first grand slam final with a smile, responded to the roar of the crowd with a gentle wave of her left...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a Toyota logo at the Tokyo Motor Show. - Reuters/Edgar Su
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Toyota Motor Corp said Saturday it will sharply oppose a proposal by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to give union-made electric vehicles in the United States an additional $4,500 tax incentive.
Japan's largest automaker said the...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (September 9) said that Afghanistan should not become a "source of terrorism" and turn into a "threat to its neighboring countries". Russian President made the statement at the 13th BRICS summit, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"The withdrawal of US forces and its allies from Afghanistan has...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Beijing: China`s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday announced USD 31 million aid to Afghanistan, endorsing the new caretaker government "Islamic Emirate" of Taliban. Hua Chunyin, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, said the decision was announced during the first meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan`s neighbouring countries and would be "for emergency use to the Afghan people",...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un greets people during an event to mark the 73rd founding anniversary of North Korea in Pyongyang. (via Reuters)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held center stage at a military parade, showing off to a national television audience a thinner frame, a trace of a tan and a haircut reminiscent of...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Tropical Storm Mindy. - NOAA
Tropical Depression Mindy moved off the coast of Georgia after lashing Georgia and South Carolina with heavy rainfall Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm is expected to bring several inches of rainfall to South Carolina this afternoon that could produce "scattered flash, urban, and small stream flooding."
Mindy was located about...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and former Theranos COO Ramesh Balwani. Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images (Holmes). Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (Balwani).
Prosecutors have released some of Elizabeth Holmes' texts with former Theranos COO Ramesh Balwani.
The texts shed light on their past relationship and efforts to manage crises threatening Theranos.
A law professor explains how...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
"Abiy, Abiy," the crowd chanted, waving Ethiopia's tricolor flag and cheering as the country's new prime minister, dressed in a white blazer with gold trim and smiling broadly, waved to a packed basketball arena at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, part of a whirlwind three-city tour of the United States to woo the diaspora.
It...
