JUNE 22, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three Veterans Affairs health care professionals who reported patient care issues say the agency continues to try to silence them, jeopardizing veterans and undercutting a key Trump promise of whistleblower protection.
They work at different sites – in the Phoenix area, Baltimore, and Iowa City, Iowa – yet the VA response has been similar. All were stripped of assigned...
JUNE 22, 2019
India 224 for 8 (Kohli 67, Jadhav 52, Nabi 2-33) beat Afghanistan 213 (Nabi 52, Shami 4-40) by 11 runs
Indian bowler Mohammed Shami celebrates his hat-trick against Afghanistan - Getty Images
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi sent India on a tailspin and threatened a Sri Lanka-style comeback as a second successive upset...
JUNE 22, 2019
A self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars in June 2018.Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Mars, it appears, is belching a large amount of a gas that could be a sign of microbes living on the planet today.
In a measurement taken on Wednesday, NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered startlingly high amounts of methane in the Martian air,...
JUNE 22, 2019
DUBAI —Iran’s Foreign Minister Saturday posted new maps on Twitter he said offered further details on “the path, location and point of impact” of the U.S. Navy surveillance drone shot down by Iran earlier this week.
“There can be no doubt about where the vessel was when it was brought down,” Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter alongside...
JUNE 21, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 232 for 9 (Mathews 85*, Avishka 49, Kusal Mendis 46, Wood 3-40, Archer 3-52) beat England 212 (Stokes 82*, Root 57, Malinga 4-43, Dhananjaya 3-32) by 20 runs
Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga celebrates after taking a wicket. - Getty Images
LEEDS, ENGLAND - Against all the odds Sri Lanka produced the result of...
JUNE 21, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Trump on Friday confirmed that the U.S. military was "cocked and loaded" to retaliate against Iran after the country shot down a U.S. surveillance drone, but backed off at the last minute.
In a series of tweets, Trump said he opted not to follow through because he felt the response would not be "proportionate"...
JUNE 20, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Australia 381 for 5 (Warner 166, Khawaja 89, Finch 53, Soumya 3-58) beat Bangladesh 333 (Mushfiqur 102*, Mahmudullah 69, Tamim 62) by 48 runs
Nottingham, ENGLAND - David Warner firmly stamped his authority on the World Cup 2019 as he hit a blazing 166 to set up Australia's 48-run victory over Bangladesh in their encounter at...
JUNE 20, 2019
President Donald Trump delivers a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House, on May 22, 2019. - Evan Vucci, AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump's administration is threatening to furlough or lay off up to 150 employees at the Office of Personnel Management if Congress does not agree to eliminate the federal agency or find...
JUNE 20, 2019
Iran shot down a United States surveillance drone early Thursday, both nations said, but they differed on the crucial issue of whether the aircraft had violated Iranian airspace, in the latest escalation in tensions that have raised fears of war between the two countries.
Iranian officials said that the drone was over Iran, which the American military denied...
JUNE 19, 2019
FILE PHOTO: Man holds the flags while people take part in the 35th India Day Parade in New York. - Reuters/Eduardo Munoz
The United States has told India it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, widening the...
