OCTOBER 2, 2020
Queen Elizabeth won't host any large-scale events at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle for the rest of this year, a spokesperson announced on Thursday.
This includes the honorary investiture ceremonies – which usually have more than 60 attendants.
The news came after the UK government introduced a "rule of six" restriction on indoor gatherings.
Queen Elizabeth will...
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co will buy a 1.4 per cent stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) for Rs 6,247.5 crore into, the Indian conglomerate announced on Thursday.
Mubadala will be the fourth investor in Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries.
“Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), the Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor, will...
OCTOBER 2, 2020
President Trump in Jacksonville, Fla., last week.
President Trump’s announcement on Friday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus has raised many questions about what the infection could mean for the health of America’s top leader.
In a statement, the president’s physician said Mr. Trump, who is 74, was “well” but did not say whether...
OCTOBER 1, 2020
The U.S. House of Representatives chamber is seen December 8, 2008 in Washington, DC. Members of the media were allowed access to film and photograph the room for the first time in six years. - Brendan Hoffman/Getty
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to adopt a resolution supporting a peaceful transition of power if President Donald Trump loses...
OCTOBER 1, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis holds weekly general audience virtually due to coronavirus outbreak.- Reuters/REMO CASILLI
ROME, ITALY - The Vatican's number two said on Thursday after talks with Mike Pompeo that the two sides' positions on China remained far apart and firmly asserted the Holy See's right to pursue an accord with Beijing denounced by the U.S....
OCTOBER 1, 2020
The moments after your first child is born are humbling and overwhelming, the emotional equivalent of staring directly into the sun. You realize that you are suddenly responsible for a human life that you helped create, a sliver of two souls smuggled into another body, a person you will love and protect desperately for the rest of...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Brief Scorecard: KKR 174 for 6 (Shubman Gill 47, Eoin Morgan 34; Jofra Archer 2/18) bt RR 137 for 9 (Tom Curran 54, Jos Buttler 21; Kamlesh Nagarkoti 2/13, Shivam Mavi 2/20)
DUBAI - On the face of it, a victory target of 175 was well within Rajasthan Royals’ reach. In the last game, they had chased down...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
President Trump speaking during a rally in Mosinee, Wisc. this month. Mr. Trump said Tuesday that balloting already underway was “a fraud and a shame” and proof of “a rigged election.” - Al Drago / NY Times
President Trump’s angry insistence in the last minutes of Tuesday’s debate that there was no way the presidential election could...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
A man wears a Proud Boy vest as several hundred members of the Proud Boys and other similar groups gathered at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon on September 26, 2020. MARANIE R. - STAAB, AFP via Getty Images
The Proud Boys, a far-right group with a history of violent confrontations, is gaining increased national scrutiny as academics, advocates and law...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
In the first presidential debate between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, voters who watched Tuesday night said Biden won the debate, but overwhelmingly called the debate's tone negative, and most said they felt annoyed watching it, according to a CBS News survey.
Forty-eight percent said Biden won, while 41% thought Mr. Trump was the winner. Biden's...
