WASHINGTON (AFP) – A rare joint opinion article by the ambassadors of China and Russia has sharply assailed President Joe Biden’s plans for a virtual summit of democratic countries – from which they were pointedly excluded. Calling the US plan “an evident product of its Cold War mentality”, Ambassadors Anatoly Antonov of Russia and Qin Gang […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – As global concern rose on Friday (Nov 26) about a new coronavirus variant, Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in New York, giving her the power to order hospitals to limit non-essential procedures to boost capacity in facilities. The new variant, called Omicron, has officially been named a “variant […]
A mother was fatally stabbed by her own son on Thanksgiving Day, and the motive for the gruesome crime is still unknown. Police officers found Marcia Chance, 42, dead with stab wounds inside her home in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, on Thursday shortly before noon, law enforcement officials stated. Cops responded to a report of […]
President Joe Biden has announced that the US will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries due to a new coronavirus variant that the World Health Organization (WHO) has named ‘omicron’. Biden announced on Friday that his administration will restrict travel from South Africa – where cases of the variant appear to be […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – A United States lawmaker defied what she says was a demand from China that she abandon a trip to Taiwan, a move that risks escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing. “When news of our trip broke yesterday, my office received a blunt message from the Chinese Embassy, telling me to call off […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – E-commerce spending by US consumers on Thanksgiving Day will probably climb to a record as more retailers close their physical stores for the holiday, forcing shoppers online. Adobe Analytics estimated that consumers will spend US$5.1 billion (S$7 billion) to US$5.4 billion online on Thursday (Nov 25), it said in an e-mailed statement. […]
President Joe Biden had a ‘benign’ polyp removed during his routine colonoscopy last week that was ‘potentially pre-cancerous’, the White House has revealed. The single, three-millimeter ‘tubular adenoma’ was ‘slow-growing, but thought to be (a) pre-cancerous lesion’, White House physician Dr Kevin O’Connor said in a letter released on Wednesday. It was ‘similar to the polyp’ that […]
A man who spent 16 years in jail for the rape of award-winning author Alice Sebold has been exonerated after a producer working on a film of the writer’s memoir spotted glaring inconsistencies. Anthony Broadwater, 61, broke down in tears this week when a judge cleared him of the rape which was the basis of […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A health coach from Antigua and Barbuda has won two tickets worth almost US$1 million (S$1.37 million) to be among Virgin Galactic’s first space tourists – and plans to take the trip of a lifetime with her teenage daughter. Ms Keisha Schahaff, 44, said she wanted to cross the final frontier with […]
BOSTON (NYTIMES) – Hospitals in Massachusetts will cut back on non-urgent scheduled procedures starting Monday (Nov 29) because of staffing shortages and longer patient hospital stays, according to the state’s health authorities. Coronavirus cases have been rising in Massachusetts for several weeks, but hospitalisations have risen at a lower rate. The pressure on hospitals relates […]