FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. - AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Sen. Ron Johnson said Tuesday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's excoriation on Saturday of former President Donald Trump put him out of step with the GOP caucus he leads.
McConnell voted Saturday to acquit Trump on the single article...
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., walks on Capitol Hill after the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. Trump was accused of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the acquittal gives him a historic second victory in...
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Brief Scorecard: England 134 and 53 for 3 (Lawrence 19*, Root 2*) need 429 more runs to beat India 329 and 286 (Ashwin 106, Kohli 62, Moeen 4-98, Leach 4-100)
Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates his fifth Test hundred. BCCI
As India flexed their muscle on day three, moving inexorably towards a series-levelling triumph over England, the second Chennai Test...
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
FILE PHOTO: Plastic bull figurines, symbols of the Frankfurt stock exchange are pictured at the Frankfurt stock exchange. - Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Global shares rose for the 11th day in a row to reach a fresh peak on optimism about the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and new fiscal aid from Washington, while tensions in...
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
In an interview last year to US author and professor Gayle Kimball, who is compiling a book on Gen Z girl climate activists, Indian climate activist Disha A Ravi, 22, weighed in on a question on whether protests and activism is a part of Indian culture.
"In India, protests are a part of life since the Indian freedom...
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Hispanic pastors at the Roosevelt Room of the White House January 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. - Alex Wong/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump's second acquittal by the US Senate proved the enduring power he holds over the Republican Party, with the results Saturday setting the dangerous precedent that...
FEBRUARY 14, 2021
WHO Investigators have discovered that COVID-19 was widely circulating in Wuhan in December 2019.
In a CNN interview, the team's lead investigator said there were possibly 1,000+ infections that month.
The WHO team's findings also suggest that the virus may have emerged earlier than initially thought.
Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) have found signs that...
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall - Clarence House/WPA Pool/Shutterstock
Prince Charles has come up with a creative way for schoolchildren to spend their upcoming midterm break amid lockdown in the U.K. due to the ongoing pandemic.
Starting on Monday, the Prince of Wales, 72, will kick off his "Half Term Nature Challenge." Daily tasks will be issued...
FEBRUARY 13, 2021
A healthcare worker administers the Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Covid-19 vaccine at a drive-thru clinic in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Brazil reported a total of 9,713,909 Covid-19 cases, with 54,742 confirmed in the last 24 hours.
The U.S. has administered 50.1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in the two months since rollout of the...
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Stonehenge, the still-mysterious circle of stones and burial mounds just outside Salisbury, England. - Andrew Testa /NY Times
Fans of the 1984 heavy metal mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap” will remember the scene in which the band commissions a stage set that’s a replica of Stonehenge, the Neolithic ruin in Wiltshire, England. Alas, a careless set of...
