Новости за 11.03.2023

A major breakthrough in international diplomacy was announced Friday when Saudi Arabia and Iran revealed that they had agreed to resume normalized relations in a deal brokered by China. The countries announced the deal in a joint statement, saying Iran and Saudi Arabia, the two largest Middle Eastern nations by area, will resume diplomatic relations...

Dealing with the climate crisis, like fighting COVID, calls for strengthening intellectual property rights, not waiving them.

The Mississippi legislation that critics have slammed as a “Jim Crow” bill has taken a turn after the state Senate passed it Tuesday with a couple of amendments that would both expand its scope and maintain a level of city government jurisdiction over Jackson. City leaders and Democrats serving in the state legislature have fumed...

Over the course of the past three years, Florida has become both a lightning rod and a rallying cry for millions of Americans. As with just about everything else in the “Age of Trump” and the “Age of COVID,” the interpretation of what Florida may mean to those millions of people has become politicized and...

Former President Trump says parents should elect principals and the Department of Justice should be involved in school discipline for troublesome students. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem have moved to curtail the teaching of critical race theory. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drew widespread criticism for what critics call the "Don't...

You've probably felt your grocery bill growing over the past year, but seeing the numbers really puts it into perspective.

It was a chilling but defining moment.

The Biden administration denied multiple media reports that it will announce its approval next week of a controversial Arctic oil drilling project long opposed by environmentalist and Native American groups. CNN, The New York Times and Bloomberg reported on Friday that the Interior Department will officially give ConocoPhillips the nod to proceed with the Willow...

More than 3.2 million Calico Critters toys have been recalled over a potential choking hazard after two young children died from using pacifiers the company sold. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a release on Thursday that the agency and Epoch Everlasting Play announced the recall for all of its Calico Critters flocked animal...

Could this be the last time we change the clocks?

It was factual, not “demagoguery,” as some have charged, for President Biden to say that billionaires pay lower tax rates than their secretaries.

President Biden has selected a new design for Air Force One after discarding the one former President Trump chose during his administration. An Air Force release from Friday states that Biden has chosen a design for the “Next Air Force One,” which will be a VC-25B aircraft, that will resemble the design for the current...

Having dealt with the failures and been involved in the investigations of many of the largest financial collapses in American history, I thought a story like FTX’s was inevitable.

Former Rep. Stephen Buyer (R-Ind.) was convicted of insider trading in New York on Friday after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleged he used nonpublic information to buy stocks last year. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said in a statement that Buyer took advantage of his “privileged position”...

Three women in Texas have been sued for wrongful death over allegations that they helped a friend obtain abortion pills to receive an abortion, the first case of its kind since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June. A complaint filed Thursday states that Marcus Silva alleges three women helped his ex-wife obtain...

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen will testify before a grand jury in Manhattan next week as New York investigators appear to potentially be close to filing an indictment against the former president. The New York Times reported Friday that people with knowledge of the matter said Cohen will testify as part of Manhattan District Attorney...

Those who agree to be guided by imagined realities, may consider known physics and 'new physics' as equals.

On March 7, 2021, Filipino labor leader Manny Asuncion and eight other activists were killed by state security forces in coordinated raids across the Philippines in an event that has since become popularly known there as “Bloody Sunday.” In January, the Philippine Department of Justice dismissed a criminal case implicating 17 police officers in Asuncion’s...

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) says Fox News host Tucker Carlson's sympathetic coverage this week of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack increases the risk for future violence because it creates a space "where people feel like they can do it again." In a clip from an interview on Showtime’s “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political...

Monkeys in modern-day Thai forests create stone artifacts uncannily similar to those crafted by early humans — challenging the established narrative of human cultural evolution. A new study published on Friday in Science Advances suggests the possibility that a critical hallmark of human tool use happened by accident — potentially blurring the line between tool use by early humans and...

An 8-year-old Washington girl who had been missing for over four years was found in Mexico and safely returned to the United States in February, the FBI's Seattle office revealed Wednesday.

Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (R) is facing controversy after reports revealed that his Instagram account liked half-nude photos of a gay man whose account he follows despite McNally’s support for anti-LGBTQ legislation. The Tennessee Holler, an “audience-supported progressive news site,” reported on Wednesday, after users of social media platforms began discussing the posts, that McNally’s...

A federal judge ruled on Friday that E. Jean Carroll can use the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape and the testimony of two other women who have accused former President Trump of sexual assault as evidence at trial in her defamation case. District Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected a request from Trump’s team to disallow the tape and the...

Regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, marking the biggest bank failure since the 2008 recession and sending shockwaves across the tech world. The Federal Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created a National Bank of Santa Clara to hold deposits and other assets of the failed Silicon Valley Bank, but the abrupt closing is impacting tech...

Former President Trump is engulfed in a number of legal battles, but signs are growing that Manhattan prosecutors’ Stormy Daniels investigation could soon produce criminal charges, which would be a first for a former U.S. president. The New York Times reported on Thursday that the Manhattan district attorney’s office offered Trump a chance to testify next...