Seven people were injured after a fire broke out inside a high-rise hotel being built steps away from Times Square in Midtown Manhattan on Monday. The fire was reported just after 10.20am local time on the 10th floor of the 49-story tower at 145 West 47th Street, around the corner from the News Corp headquarters […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Pfizer said on Monday (Nov 22) its Covid-19 vaccine provided strong long-term protection against the virus in a late-stage study conducted among adolescents aged 12 to 15. A two-dose series of the vaccine was 100 per cent effective against Covid-19, measured seven days through over four months after the second dose, the company said. […]
The past 15 months have been devastating for the majestic trees, as fires destroyed an estimated 13 to 19 percent of their population, officials said. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By Vimal Patel Three wildfires in California […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) Like so much else in modern America, Friday’s acquittal of Mr Kyle Rittenhouse both revealed and widened the split between the country’s hostile political factions, with conservatives calling it a victory for the right to defend yourself and liberals condemning it as a miscarriage of justice. Mainstream and far-right Republicans alike celebrated […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Officials in Washington and Beijing have agreed to high-level conversations between their militaries, according to a person familiar with the matter. During a 3 1/2-hour virtual summit with President Joe Biden on Monday (Nov 15), Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to support such discussions between the US military and top officials from […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) An investigation by the New York state Assembly Judiciary Committee has found that former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration “materially misrepresented” the extent of deaths that occurred in nursing homes in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an assemblyman who reviewed the report. The assemblyman, Mr Phil Steck, a Democrat […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States is “deeply concerned” about Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who went missing after making sexual assault allegations against a top Communist Party official, the White House said on Friday (Nov 19). Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden’s administration wants China to “provide independent, verifiable proof” of her […]
A teenager has been found not guilty of the murders of two men and the attempted murder of a third at a demonstration in Wisconsin. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, had pleaded self-defence over the shootings following the widely-publicised incident in Kenosha. It happened during protests which were sparked by the shooting of a black man, Jacob […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – A Tesla factory worker in California has sued the electric car maker, alleging women are subjected to rampant sexual harassment at the facility and that managers have not taken action despite her complaints. The Fremont plant in the San Francisco Bay area has been involved in other controversies, including a lawsuit […]
WASHINGTON – China has deliberately and systematically expanded its maritime militia in the South China Sea over the last decade as part of its strategy to assert more control over the contested waters, according to a new report by an American think-tank. Since China completed construction of its artificial island outposts in 2016, more militia […]