NOVEMBER 28, 2020
Former CIA director John Brennan speaks during a forum on election security in Washington DC, on October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Former CIA Director John Brennan has condemned the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist on Friday, calling it "criminal" and "highly reckless."
Brennan, who served between 2013 and 2017, also said he...
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
A coronavirus testing site in Philadelphia. U.S. transmissions have been rising steadily. - Kriston Jae Bethel/NY Times
Nearly a year into a pandemic that has ravaged the global economy like no time since the Great Depression, the only clear pathway toward improved fortunes is containing the virus itself.
With the United States suffering its most rampant transmission yet,...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
India is doing admirably on climate action—a recent BofA report estimates the country to not just achieve its commitments under the Paris agreement but also to go past these, echoing the prime minister’s claim at the G-20 meeting. (Representative image)
A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), on the likely consequences of global...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
NEW DELHI: India’s economy contracted for the second successive quarter but the pace of decline narrowed sharply in the three month period ending September as the farm sector held strong while manufacturing returned to the positive zone. However, the crucial services segments fell for the second quarter in a row.
Data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO)...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Lame-duck President Donald Trump on Friday lost his campaign's latest legal fight to undo his narrow loss to Joe Biden in Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected the campaign's battle to block certification of Pennsylvania's election results based on its unsupported claims that the election system is fraudulent and ballots were processed improperly.
The decision affirmed...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington. - Reuters/HANNAH MCKAY
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, kicking off what is expected to be a string of pardons during the final weeks of the Trump administration.
Trump has granted clemency to supporters before,...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Russia’s experimental Sputnik vaccine being administered to a health worker last month. - Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters
In a 1988 essay on pandemics Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of The Rockefeller University, reminded the medical community that when it comes to infectious disease, the laws of Darwin are as important as the vaccines of Pasteur.
As medicine battles bacteria...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
President Donald Trump. - Getty
President Donald Trump snapped at a White House reporter on Thursday and called him a "lightweight" after the reporter asked if Trump would concede to President-elect Joe Biden.
"Don't talk to me that way. You're just a lightweight. Don't talk to me that — I'm the president of the...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Wilton Gregory, seen celebrating Easter mass in Washington, says his elevation to cardinal is "a sign of the importance of and respect for the African-American community" Eva HAMBACH
Wilton Gregory is about to make history: the first African-American to be picked as cardinal is handing out interviews like a Hollywood star and the Catholic world can't get enough.
The...
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
The number of current COVID-19-related hospitalizations in the U.S. surpassed 90,000 for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
The U.S. reached the grim milestone on Thursday as the nation celebrated Thanksgiving, and health experts expect the holiday gatherings to cause a massive uptick in new cases and hospitalizations.
The country currently has 90,481 people hospitalized for...
