WASHINGTON: Former US vice president Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating Donald Trump and his role in the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol, US media reported Thursday. The Justice Department appointed Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee federal probes into Trump’s role in […]
Year: 2023
WASHINGTON: An optimistic President Joe Biden will seek to lift an often unenthusiastic nation Tuesday (Feb 7) with a State of the Union address showcasing his efforts to rebuild the US economy – and setting the stage for the 80-year-old’s bid for re-election in 2024. After two years of managing […]
TOKYO: Nintendo cut its full-year net profit forecast on Tuesday (Feb 7), saying the global chip shortage and other supply chain problems had hit console sales in the nine months to December. The Japanese gaming giant also trimmed the annual hardware sales forecast for its Switch console to 18 million […]
SANLIURFA (Turkey): Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night today hunting for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent earthquakes. The confirmed death toll across the two countries has soared above 4,300 after a swarm of […]
WASHINGTON : A U.S. judge issued a public ruling on Friday evening that denies a request by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to stop a plan by Meta Platforms Inc to buy virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited, nixing regulators’ attempt to block the deal over concerns it would reduce […]
Manchester United made fewer signings in the January transfer window compared to other top teams in the Premier League but manager Erik ten Hag said he is confident the Old Trafford club have depth in their squad. United, who are fourth in the league, signed Jack Butland, Wout Weghorst and […]
Coffee may make you less drowsy, but it doesn’t really “energize” the body. Many of us want (or should I say need?) our morning coffee to give us our “get up and go.” Altogether, the people of the world drink more than two billion cups of coffee each day(opens in […]
MUMBAI: Under-fire Indian tycoon Gautam Adani insisted Thursday (Feb 2) that the fundamentals of his conglomerate were “strong” even as shares in its companies plunged again after the group cancelled a multi-billion-dollar stock sale. Adani’s empire has lost more than US$100 billion following explosive allegations of accounting fraud last week […]
The star-studded grassroots campaign for Andrea Riseborough had prompted skepticism from some academy voters and caused a stir in Hollywood. After a review of the awards campaign for the indie drama To Leslie, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has said that Andrea Riseborough will not be stripped […]
LONDON: Half a million people stopped work over pay in Britain on Wednesday leaving transport networks paralysed and thousands of classrooms empty in the largest walkout in over a decade. As Europe battles a cost-of-living crisis, Britain’s umbrella labour organisation the Trades Union Congress (TUC) called it the “biggest […]