APRIL 2, 2019
Canada's Arctic is warming faster than southern Canada
Canada is warming on average at a rate twice as fast as the rest of the world, a new scientific report indicates.
The federal government climate report also warns that changes are already evident in many parts of the country and are projected to intensify.
Canada's Arctic has seen the deepest impact...
APRIL 2, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Rajasthan Royals 164 for 3 (Buttler 59, Smith 38, Chahal 2-17) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 158 for 4 (Parthiv 67, Stoinis 31*, Gopal 3-12) by seven wickets
JAIPUR - superb spell by legspinner Shreyas Gopal spearheaded Rajasthan Royals to their first win in this season's IPL, by seven wickets over the increasingly beleaguered Royal Challengers Bangalore....
APRIL 2, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As former Vice President Joe Biden's camp scrambles to contain any political damage over his past behavior with women, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has some words of advice: Keep your distance.
"Join the straight-arm club," Pelosi told a breakfast hour Washington event on Tuesday.
In other words, keep your handshakes at arms' length and don't be...
APRIL 2, 2019
LONDON - Bitcoin soared to its highest in almost five months on Tuesday, pulling smaller cryptocurrencies up with it, after a major order by an anonymous buyer set off a frenzy of computer-driven trading, analysts said.
The original cryptocurrency soared as much as 20 percent in Asian trading, breaking $5,000 for the first time since mid-November. By mid-afternoon,...
APRIL 2, 2019
This photo released Tuesday, April 2, 2019, by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, shows pharaonic paintings in the tomb of a noble from the time of one of the earliest pharaonic dynasties, in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt. The Antiquities Ministry said Tuesday that the tomb uncovered in the Saqqara pyramids complex outside Cairo dates to the 5th...
APRIL 1, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Kings XI Punjab 166 for 9 (Miller 43, Sarfaraz 39, Morris 3-30, Lamichhane 2-27, Rabada 2-32) beat Delhi Capitals 152 (Pant 39, Ingram 38, Curran 4-11, Shami 2-27, R Ashwin 2-31) by 14 runs
CHANDIGARH - Twenty-three runs to get. Twenty-one balls to get them in. Seven wickets in hand. Two set batsmen at the crease....
APRIL 1, 2019
Tens of thousands of skilled, educated foreign workers are rushing to file their H-1B visa applications when processing opens on April 1.
But many of them will be rejected - either by the highly selective lottery, or by delays that lawyers and experts attribute to the Trump administration's crackdown on legal immigration to the US.
Alex,...
APRIL 1, 2019
Jaden Rams at a Trump event in Grand Junction, Colo., in October 2016. - Damon Winter/NY Times
Jaden Rams used to be on fire for Donald Trump. Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, when he was 13, he put on a red MAGA hat and matching tie and yelled his support at a rally in his hometown,...
APRIL 1, 2019
Pope Francis addresses reporters aboard the plane bringing him back following a two-day trip to Morocco March 31, 2019. - Alberto Pizzoli/Pool via REUTERS
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Pope Francis said on Sunday that political leaders who want walls and other barriers to keep migrants out “will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build”.
The pope...
MARCH 31, 2019
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, second from left, indicated on Friday that the state was close to a budget deal; by early Sunday, an agreement had been reached. - Cindy Schultz/ NY Times
ALBANY — After weeks of intraparty bickering, the New York State Legislature and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Sunday signed off on a $175 billion budget...
