JUNE 4, 2021
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s executive vice president in charge of competition policy, said Facebook collects “vast troves of data” on the activities of its users, “enabling it to target specific customer groups.” - Pool photo by Francisco Seco
European Union and British regulators said Friday that they were beginning separate antitrust inquiries into Facebook, broadening their efforts...
JUNE 3, 2021
Doctors in an intensive care unit full of Covid-19 patients in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The country is facing its most dramatic daily death rates to date. - Federico Rios / NY Times
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — In Colombia, nearly five hundred people a day have died of the coronavirus over the last three weeks, the nation’s...
JUNE 3, 2021
The royal family and Queen Elizabeth's monarchy seem to be treading hot waters off late and a latest investigative report has taken it a step further. On Wednesday, The Guardian published an investigative account of how Buckingham Palace until the late 1960s banned “coloured immigrants or foreigners” from serving in clerical roles in the royal household. Citing...
JUNE 3, 2021
US President Biden Delivers Remarks On COVID-19 Response And Vaccination Program. - Getty Images
Washington, D.C. — President Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden will meet with Queen Elizabeth II on June 13 as part of his first international trip as president, Buckingham Palace announced Thursday.
The gathering will take place at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom...
JUNE 2, 2021
Memorial Day will be the first major test of the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccinations in the U.S., according to many epidemiologists.
Last year, reopenings in parts of the U.S. ahead of the holiday weekend led to a second surge of new coronavirus cases. Hospitalizations climbed in late June, followed by a steady rise in fatalities after the first...
JUNE 2, 2021
Iran’s largest navy ship sank early Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman after catching fire, according to Iranian state media, the latest blow to the country’s vital infrastructure and military assets in recent months.
The Kharg had been deployed to international waters to participate in a training exercise when it caught fire near the port of Jask, the...
JUNE 1, 2021
Caribou crossing a shallow section of the Hulahula River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2019. President Biden is suspending drilling leases. - Christopher Miller / NY Times
The Biden administration on Tuesday will suspend oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that were issued in the waning days of the Trump administration, according...
JUNE 1, 2021
At a park in Beijing on Tuesday. China announced on Monday that it would allow married couples to have three children, up from two. - Gilles Sabrié / NY Times
After China said it would allow couples to have three children, the state news media trumpeted the move as a major change that would help stimulate growth....
MAY 31, 2021
In the previous quarter, India’s GDP swung back into the positive territory, growing 0.4%.
India GDP growth Highlights: India's economy continued to accelerate in the January-March quarter, growing 1.6%. For the full financial year 2020-21, India’s economy contracted 7.3%.
The Q4 GDP figures were ahead of the 1% median projections made by economists polled by Reuters.
India...
MAY 30, 2021
Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican who has said that an election overhaul is a priority, is widely expected to sign the bill. - Eric Gay/AP
The Republican-controlled Texas State Senate passed a bill early Sunday that would impose a raft of new voting restrictions in the state, moving a step closer to the expected full passage of what...
