DACA ruling ‘disappointing’

President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed to preserve a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children, promising to appeal a judge’s “deeply disappointing” ruling invalidating it and urging Congress to provide them a path to citizenship.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Scientists stunned by rare Arctic lightning storms

Meteorologists were stunned this week when three successive thunderstorms swept across the icy Arctic from Siberia to north of Alaska, unleashing lightning bolts in an unusual phenomenon that scientists say will become less rare with global warming.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Wildfires in US, Canada stretch firefighters’ resources

With wildfires in the drought-hit western United States and Canada continuing to scorch vast areas, firefighting resources are being severely stretched, authorities said Saturday.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM

The world is ‘seeing a lie’

Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday denounced what he said was a false narrative over unrest on the Caribbean island, as the Communist regime vigorously pushed back against suggestions of historically widespread discontent.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM

8 Bangladeshi students to participate in US-funded college program

Eight Bangladeshi undergraduate students have been selected to participate in the US State Department-funded Community College Initiative (CCI) Program.
18 July 2021, 14:31 PM

Four people shot outside Washington Nationals baseball stadium

Some fans and players scrambled for cover at a professional baseball game in Washington on Saturday night as the sound of gunfire filled the stadium, and police later said four people had been shot outside.
18 July 2021, 03:29 AM

Moon ‘wobble,’ climate change seen as driving coastal flooding in 2030s

US coastlines will face increasing flooding in the mid-2030s thanks to a regular lunar cycle that will magnify rising sea levels caused by climate change, according to research led by NASA scientists. 
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Biden vows to appeal ruling against ‘Dreamers’ program

President Joe Biden yesterday denounced as “deeply disappointing” a federal judge’s decision curbing a program that protects undocumented migrants brought to the country as children.   
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Dreamers’ program illegal, US court rules

A US federal judge on Friday dealt a fresh blow to an immigration program protecting undocumented migrants brought to the country as children, ruling it
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Lost Honduran toddler reunited with mother

A toddler who made international headlines when he was found alone in Mexico after a harrowing attempt to reach the United States was reunited with his family in Honduras on Friday, his mother said.
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Social media ‘killing people’

US President Joe Biden on Friday said social media platforms like Facebook “are killing people” for allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on its platform, as the administration continued criticizing the company. 
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Cops close net on alleged masterminds

The assassination of Jovenel Moise by armed mercenaries was planned in the neighboring Dominican Republic, say Haitian police, who announced the detention of the slain president’s chief bodyguard and three other members of his security detail. 
16 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Quotes of the day

If I was going to do a coup, one of the last people I would want to do it with is General Mark Milley. Former US president Donald Trump on his alleged bid to hold on to power after  losing polls 
16 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Trump showerhead rule to increase water flow being dropped

So much for Donald Trump’s quest for “perfect” hair.
16 July 2021, 15:29 PM

This day in history

1790 – US Congress declares Washington, DC as new capital.
15 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Biden decries Republicans’ attacks on voting rights

President Joe Biden on Tuesday called it a “national imperative” to pass sweeping voting rights legislation that has stalled in Congress and attacked Republicans for their opposition.
14 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Quotes of the day

Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. This is a mistake... They’re just going to be left behind to be slaughtered by these very brutal people, and it breaks my heart.
14 July 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Increased risk’ of rare nerve disorder after J&J Covid vaccine: US

The US Food and Drug Administration updated its warning labels Monday for the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine to include information about an observed “increased risk” of a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS). 
13 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Wildfires rage across million acres in US, Canada

Wildfires were burning across more than one million acres of the western United States and Canada on Monday, as scorching temperatures held their grip on areas reeling from a brutal weekend heat wave.
13 July 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Super Mario’ cartridge sold for record $1.5m

A cartridge of Nintendo’s classic video game “Super Mario 64” set a world record Sunday, selling at auction for $1.56 million.
12 July 2021, 18:00 PM