President Joe Biden warned a bipartisan group of Senators Thursday that China “will eat our lunch” after speaking with Xi Jinping on Wednesday night, Reuters reported. Biden discussed a range of issues with the Chinese leader, from “coercive and unfair” trade practices to reported human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims...
The nation's lawmakers took to their electoral duties late Wednesday amid broken glass and smashed doors in the U.S. Capitol following an historic day of havoc wrought by pro-Trump rioters who breached the building in hopes of thwarting President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Vice President Mike Pence affirmed Biden's win...
Agreat presence of mind can do many things, including saving a person’s life. Thayyil Mittal Baburaj from Kerala’s Vadakara is being lauded these days for his agile mind as he saved a man’s life who was about to fall off the first floor of a building earlier this week. According...
Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted leader of Myanmar's civilian government, was charged Wednesday with illegally importing communications equipment, two days after the military seized power in what the U.S called a coup d'etat. She will be held until at least Feb. 15 on charges relating to the alleged ownership...
Cocaine drifting through London’s River Thames has hooked the city’s eel population, causing “hyperactive” behaviour among the fish. Cocaine is causing some eels in London’s famous River Thames to be “hyperactive”, new research by King’s College London shows. A team of scientists at the university studied the composition of waste water...
Greenpeace activists in Brazil have captured shocking images of fires burning in the Amazon rainforest. There is currently a government ban on fires in states including Mato Grosso — a large state in western central Brazil — where the photographs were taken between 7 and 10 July. Despite the ban, there...
There’s no Confederate flag there now. National Guard troops protected Congress on Wednesday as the House of Representatives moved to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting a violent mob that invaded the U.S. Capitol complex a week earlier. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi personally thanked a group of the troops standing at...
The “Big Mac” trademark is not exclusive to McDonald’s anymore, at least not in the EU. In a landmark ruling, McDonald's has lost the right to the trademark 'Big Mac' across the bloc to the Irish fast-food chain Supermac. “This is the end of McBully,” said Supermac’s founder Pat McDonagh in...
A suspect shot dead by police after the gruesome beheading of a history teacher in an attack near Paris was an 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee, officials said Saturday. France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said authorities investigating the killing of Samuel Paty in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on Friday also arrested nine suspects, including the...
A day after learning that a science-fiction show on Netflix used actual footage of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, the mayor of the Quebec town said she believes images of the tragedy were used in a second Netflix production, "Bird Box." Lac-Mégantic Mayor Julie Morin wants the streaming service to take...