JULY 17, 2021
US President Joe Biden meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday. - Evan Vucci, AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Joe Biden said Thursday his COVID response team is reviewing U.S. travel restrictions that bar visitors from the European Union and could announce changes in the coming days.
Biden's remarks come...
JULY 15, 2021
Travelers arrived at the Miami International Airport last month. - Saul Martinez/NY Times
Even as many Americans celebrate the apparent waning of the pandemic, the thrum of concern over the so-called Delta variant grows steadily louder.
The variant, the most contagious version yet of the coronavirus, accounts for more than half of new infections in the United States, federal...
JULY 15, 2021
Earlier this week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in association with international sports federations, published Sport-Specific Regulations (SSR) which specifies what happens if an athlete tests positive for Covid-19 once the Games start on July 23.
The SSR, however, leaves a few questions unanswered. For example, will a hockey team be given a silver medal if it is...
JULY 14, 2021
Gen. Mark A. Milley speaks with members of the military as he arrives for a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, on Friday, September 11, 2020. - Al Drago/TWP
In the waning weeks of Donald Trump’s term, the country’s top military leader repeatedly worried about what the president might do to...
JULY 14, 2021
This aerial image taken from a C-130 transport plane shows a general view of Taiping island during a visit by journalists to the island, in the Spratlys chain in the South China Sea on March 23, 2016. New satellite images show China deploying planes from the islands, demonstrating that they have militarized them. - SAM YEH/AFP via...
JULY 14, 2021
Over clear but unsteady video, the words ring out: "Surrender, commandos, surrender." Several men emerge from a building; they are clearly unarmed.
Gunfire erupts. At least a dozen men are seen shot to death amid cries of "Allahu Akhbar" -- God is Great.
The victims were members of an Afghan Special Forces unit: their executioners, the Taliban. The summary...
JULY 14, 2021
Former US President George Walker Bush at Walker Cup Golf. - Gerald Herbert / AP
Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday criticized the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan and said civilians were being left to be "slaughtered" by the Taliban.
"Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. This is a mistake. ... They're...
JULY 13, 2021
U.S. inflation continued to accelerate in June at the fastest pace in 13 years as the recovery from the pandemic gained steam and consumer demand drove up prices for autos, airline fares and other items.
The Labor Department said last month’s consumer-price index increased 5.4% from a year ago, the highest 12-month rate since August 2008. The so-called...
JULY 13, 2021
Administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Brooklyn in May. About 12.8 million people — or about 8 percent of the fully vaccinated population in the United States — have received the Johnson & Johnson shot. - James Estrin/NY Times
The Food and Drug Administration warned on Monday that Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine can lead to an...
JULY 12, 2021
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during an infrastructure event at the White House in Washington, U.S. - Reuters/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden does not yet have enough support from fellow Democrats to secure $400 billion in spending for at-home care for the elderly and disabled that the economy desperately needs,...
