Beijing ended up solving that problem, but only after four European cities thought about it and dropped out, mostly because of expense and lack of public support. Starting with Friday’s opening ceremony at the lattice-ribboned Bird’s Nest Stadium, the spotlight will be trained on China, a country with human-rights record that troubles many, an authoritarian […]
“Dune,” starring Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya, received eleven nominations Thursday including best film, cinematography and original score. …Read the full story
CHICAGO — A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path brought a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the central U.S. The blast of frigid weather, which began arriving Tuesday night, put a long stretch of states from New Mexico and Colorado to Maine under winter storm warnings and watches. […]
His protest came after dozens of doctors and scientists wrote an open letter to Spotify, complaining about Rogan’s decision to have a podcast discussion with Dr. So did Nils Lofgren, a guitarist who plays in one of Young’s backing bands, Crazy Horse, and also with Bruce Springsteen. Graham Nash, Young’s former bandmate in Crosby, Stills, […]
In Ethiopia’s Somali region, people have seen the failures of what should have been three straight rainy seasons. More than 6 million people in Ethiopia are expected to need urgent humanitarian aid by mid-March, UNICEF said Tuesday. “We are just one month into the long dry season, and I have already lost 25 goats and […]
“Selling an NFL team is a complex process involving numerous parties and league approval procedures. NFL franchise values have skyrocketed with new broadcast deals and the league’s embrace of sports betting, which is now legal in many states, including Colorado. The team has an up-and-coming roster under general manager George Paton, who was hired a […]
As of the end of Monday, 272 people had tested positive among more than 10,000 who had arrived for the Games, Beijing organizers said. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important annual holiday in China. This year’s holiday has seen fewer people return to their hometowns for traditional […]
“In terms of the infrastructure, the magic word from the governors is give us flexibility, hold us accountable, but we know how to invest in infrastructure and, trust us, and we want to partner with the administration,” Arkansas Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat and the association’s vice chairman, said infrastructure was “probably the topic that […]
But there was no discernable bump in vaccinations after the Pfizer approval, which was heavily promoted by President Joe Biden and other federal officials. Vaccinations peaked last spring at more than 3 million per day, and now average less than 750,000 per day. The vaccine includes a warning about a rare type of heart inflammation […]
She told one witness that “she considered any attack that did not kill a large number of individuals to be a waste of resources,” according to an FBI affidavit. That affidavit from FBI Special Agent David Robins also alleges that Fluke-Ekren became leader of an Islamic State unit called “Khatiba Nusaybah” in the Syrian city […]
Officials from Virginia to Massachusetts declared states of emergency, imposed parking bans and warned of hazardous travel in advance of wet, heavy snow that could fall as fast as 5 inches per hour. “I don’t fuss with storms. I know in a couple of days, we’re going to be free and clear. Glenn Youngkin said […]
But the service has said nothing about comedian Joe Rogan, whose podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience” is the centerpiece of the controversy. While Mitchell, 78, is not a current hitmaker, the Canadian native’s Spotify page said she had 3.7 million monthly listeners to her music. …Read the full story
“Paradoxically, I don’t think there is a problem of money. Cingolani acknowledged the failure of leaders in Glasgow to come through on pledges of $100 billion a year to fight climate change, and said that goal cannot fail at this year’s U.N. …Read the full story
The animal was an injured young Cuvier’s beaked whale, or Ziphius cavirostris, according to Arion, a research organization that provides veterinary care for stranded cetaceans. He said two specialized veterinarians, a specialized veterinary nurse and four aid organizations had been brought in to try to save the whale. The animal was found to have suffered […]
Jill Biden had said after her husband, Joe Biden, was elected in November 2020 that they would bring a kitty to the White House, but months passed without a sighting or word of when she would arrive. The owner gave the first lady the cat, who was kept away from the White House until the […]
“We see space as an area for our once-in-a-century transformation. Gitai Japan Inc., a venture contracted with Toyota, has developed a robotic arm for the Lunar Cruiser, designed to perform tasks such as inspection and maintenance. Since its founding in the 1930s, Toyota has fretted about losing a core business because of changing times. Businessman […]
LONDON — Britain’s Prince Andrew has given up his honorary membership of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland, announced the move Friday, two weeks after Andrew was stripped of his honorary military titles and roles with charitable organizations amid a U.S. The decision to remove Andrew’s military titles and charity positions […]
But, he said the written response to Russia also contains “serious” offers for a diplomatic path to de-escalate soaring tensions over Ukraine by addressing Russian concerns on other matters. They understand that their fate is being decided by politicians in distant capitals. Envoys from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany met Wednesday for more than eight […]
The president was in the East Room of the White House on Monday for a meeting of his Competition Council, which is focused on changing regulations and enforcing laws to help consumers deal with high prices. The White House has insisted repeatedly that it is focused on curbing inflation, with Biden reorienting his entire economic […]
