Alexander Lukashenko insisted that Minsk air traffic control had to ask the flight to land after they received a bomb threat – AFP Russia on Thursday raised the spectre of a global air row by barring two European airlines from entering its airspace in an apparent retaliation for the EU’s decision to bypass Belarusian airspace […]
Susan Collins. Alex Wong/Getty Images Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will vote against a filibuster that would block the formation of a commission to examine the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, The Hill and Politico reported Wednesday. The moderate Republican wants a commission, but isn’t sold on the House-passed bill that would create the commission in its […]
The Guardian ‘It’s a real honor’: Karine Jean-Pierre makes history at White House briefing Jean-Pierre becomes first openly gay person to brief White House press corps and first black woman to do so in 30 years Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday. ‘Clearly the president believes that representation matters, and I appreciate him giving me this opportunity.’ […]
A woman weeps over a small white coffin during a ceremony for the five members of an Israeli family who died in the cable car accident – Shutterstock Three people were arrested by Italian police on Wednesday in connection with Italy’s cable car disaster, with prosecutors alleging that a safety brake had been deliberately deactivated […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are preparing a $1 trillion infrastructure counteroffer to present to the White House by Thursday, reviving negotiations over President Joe Biden’s sweeping investment plan ahead of a Memorial Day deadline for progress toward a bipartisan deal. Republicans sounded upbeat Tuesday after both sides had panned the latest offers. Biden had […]
The new law would allow owners to carry handguns without a licence Texas legislators have passed a bill which would allow most people to carry concealed handguns without a permit. Current state rules require those carrying handguns to have a licence, training and background checks. But Texas’s Republican-run senate has voted to drop the restrictions, […]
Axios White House, NASA tout new satellites to monitor climate change, hurricanes The White House is providing fresh details of a major satellite program that administration officials call poised to reveal vital information about climate change and extreme weather events. Why it matters: Known as the “Earth System Observatory,” the program consists of at least […]
The Telegraph Nero, British Museum, review: a provocative, revisionist take on Rome’s viper-in-chief While other institutions cower in fear of being “cancelled”, what does the British Museum do? It makes a notorious Roman emperor – the matricidal megalomaniac Nero, who died, aged 30, in AD 68, having reigned for nearly 14 years – the star […]
The New York Times Long Slide Looms for World Population, With Sweeping Ramifications All over the world, countries are confronting population stagnation and a fertility bust, a dizzying reversal unmatched in recorded history that will make first-birthday parties a rarer sight than funerals, and empty homes a common eyesore. Maternity wards are already shutting down […]
The New York Times Long Slide Looms for World Population, With Sweeping Ramifications All over the world, countries are confronting population stagnation and a fertility bust, a dizzying reversal unmatched in recorded history that will make first-birthday parties a rarer sight than funerals, and empty homes a common eyesore. Maternity wards are already shutting down […]