JULY 2, 2020
Court documents say the Duchess of Sussex felt "silenced" amid "false" stories.
Meghan Markle said she felt "unprotected" and "silenced" by the monarchy amid "false" tabloid stories about her, according to court documents filed as part of her lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday.
Newsweek reports that court documents say the Duchess of Sussex faced "false and damaging"...
JULY 1, 2020
President Trump continued to insist Wednesday that reports that Russia was offering bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan were “fake news” as his national security adviser disclosed that options had been drawn up to present to Trump on how to respond if the allegations were corroborated.
National security adviser Robert C. O’Brien reiterated...
JULY 1, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Biden speaks at campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware. - Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden, people involved in the effort said, the latest Republican-led group coming out to oppose the re-election...
JUNE 30, 2020
With 18,522 people testing positive for coronavirus in a single day, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 5,66,840 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 16,893 with 418 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Recording nearly 4,000 cases in the last 24 hours, Tamil Nadu has surpassed Delhi to regain the second spot among the...
JUNE 30, 2020
The federal government is planning a party, despite this pandemic.
Crews are setting the stage around the National Mall for a big July 4th celebration. A secure area for spectators is already fenced off. Portable toilets and hand-washing stations are also in place.
The National Park Service said, normally, tens of thousands of people would gather...
JUNE 30, 2020
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and President Trump in Washington on May 19. (Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage large swaths of the U.S., leading Republicans and even some right-wing television personalities have now come out in favor of wearing masks to prevent the spread of...
JUNE 30, 2020
Mr. Reiner in 2002. He was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the Kennedy Center in 2000. - Ric Francis/AP
Carl Reiner, who as performer, writer and director earned a place in comedy history several times over, died Monday night at home in Beverly Hills. He was 98.
His death was confirmed by his daughter,...
JUNE 30, 2020
Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport last month. The move by the European Union aims to balance health concerns with the need to bolster trade, not least the tourism industry.
BRUSSELS — The European Union will open its borders to visitors from 15 countries as of Wednesday, but not to travelers from the United States, Brazil or Russia, putting into...
JUNE 30, 2020
Female nurse examining all the parameters in operating room
In an age when we're used to seeing authorities using measured tones to describe the current coronavirus pandemic, some are becoming more vocal about what needs to be done to contain the virus. One of them is Dr. Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director of the US Centers...
JUNE 29, 2020
John Ratcliffe, the recently confirmed director of national intelligence, condemned disclosures about classified intelligence. - Gabriella Demczuk / The NY Times
American officials provided a written briefing in late February to President Trump laying out their conclusion that a Russian military intelligence unit offered and paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan,...
