JULY 11, 2021
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, left, receives a Virgin Galactic made astronaut wings pin from Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield after his flight to space from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, N.M., Sunday, July 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW MEXICO — Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged...
JULY 11, 2021
Screenshot of Messi consoling Neymar while Argentina team celebrates after beating Brazil 1-0 in Copa America final. (Twitter/Copa America)
Lionel Messi fell on his knees the moment the final whistle was blown by the referee at the historic Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro as it signalled the end of a 28-year trophy drought for La Albiceleste.
Argentina...
JULY 10, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks with members of the press before boarding Air Force One, Friday, July 9, 2021, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
US President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the United States will “take any necessary action” to...
JULY 9, 2021
WASHINGTON—President Biden signed a broad executive order that aims to promote competitive markets across the U.S. economy and limit corporate dominance that the White House says puts consumers, workers and smaller companies at a disadvantage.
The order, the centerpiece of a new Democratic emphasis on restraining the nation’s most powerful companies, lays out a detailed plan to address...
JULY 8, 2021
A U.S. Army helicopter flies from Camp Shorab to Camp Bost in 2017 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. - Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images
Yorktown was supposed to be Philly’s Black suburb. Now development is…
The U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan is essentially complete, despite President Joe Biden's comments last week that American troops will leave by late August, according to...
JULY 7, 2021
Trump mad sue Social Networking platforms. - Photographer: Chris Kleponis/Polaris/Bloomberg
Former President Donald Trump sued Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and their chief executives, raising the stakes in his battle against social media giants who have blocked him.
Billing the effort during a Wednesday press conference as a move to defend First Amendment rights, Trump filed three...
JULY 6, 2021
Apple's upcoming iPhone 13 models might come with reverse charging which is basically an ability of a smartphone to charge other devices like wireless buds.
This feature is already supported by Android smartphone manufacturers like Samsung and now it could soon be a reality on iPhones.The feature could further use the MagSafe wireless charging coil which is added...
JULY 6, 2021
Trump son-in-law and former White House adviser Jared Kushner. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images
Jared Kushner reportedly had a blowup with the chair of the Republican National Committee last year.
A new book from Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender details the pre-election exchange.
Kushner floated taking over the RNC's entire online fundraising platform,...
JULY 5, 2021
Vehicles are parked at Bagram Airfield after the American military left the base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 5, 2021. The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years, winding up its "forever war," in the night, without notifying the new Afghan commander until more than two hours after they slipped away....
JULY 5, 2021
Pope Francis is recovering after undergoing a planned surgical operation for diverticular stenosis, which is an intestinal procedure on the colon.
"His Holiness Pope Francis is in good general condition, alert and breathing on his own," said a statement released by the Holy See Press Office on Monday.
The surgery lasted about three hours and involved a hemicolectomy --...
