DECEMBER 11, 2020
The EU wants to set strict conditions for internet giants to do business in the bloc's 27 countries. - DENIS CHARLET
US tech giants such as Facebook and Google face unprecedented regulation in Europe, as the EU prepares to unveil landmark proposals that could change the face of life online.
The EU wants the Digital Services Act and...
DECEMBER 11, 2020
During the past four years, President Donald Trump has challenged the integrity of the Supreme Court and tried to drag the justices into the legal muck with him.
His arguments have pushed the boundaries of the law and his assertions have tested the impartiality of individual justices. But Trump's meritless attack on the November election and his loss...
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Reserve Judge Stephen Simanek rules that there was no evidence of fraud or misconduct in the 2020 presidential election and maintaining the election results that President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris won should stand. - Angela Peterson / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — A state judge concluded Wisconsin's election was conducted properly Friday,...
DECEMBER 11, 2020
This is the first time all three kids have walked a red carpet together. Aaron Chown/Getty Images
Kate Middleton and Prince William made a red-carpet appearance on Friday with all three of their kids.
Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, and their parents attended a special performance of Pantoland at the London Palladium.
The...
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Blood samples from volunteers participating in the last-stage testing of the Covid-19 vaccine by Moderna wait to be processed in Miami, Fla. - Taimy Alvarez/AP Photo
The United States will buy 100 million additional shots of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine — doubling its initial order of the vaccine, which the FDA is expected to authorize later this month.
The...
DECEMBER 11, 2020The US Supreme Court has received more than a dozen friend-of-the-court briefs and motions seeking to intervene. - Stefani Reynolds / NY Times WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an audacious lawsuit by Texas that had asked the court to throw out the presidential election results in four battleground states captured by President-elect Joseph...
DECEMBER 11, 2020
If India are to beat Australia in the four-Test series, they will need one batsman to score over 500 runs, something what Cheteshwar Pujara did in the 2018-19 series, reckons Rahul Dravid. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy starts from December 17 with a pink-ball Test in Adelaide kicking things off, and if India are to repeat their feat from...
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC on December 7, 2020. - MANDEL NGAN, AFP via Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate unanimously passed a stopgap funding measure Friday to avoid a government shutdown for one week while lawmakers work to close a deal on government funding.
The bill, which keeps the government open at current funding...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
2020 Person of the Year - President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. - TIME/Painting By Jason Seiler
Time magazine has named Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2020's Person of the Year.
The two made history on November 7 when they beat Donald Trump in a bitter election that put him in a small club of presidents who...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Barr knew about federal probes into Hunter Biden's financial dealings in spring: - WSJ / Greg Nash
Attorney General William Barr was aware of federal investigations into President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden before the presidential election, and took pains to ensure they were not made public, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
A person familiar with the...
