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COVID-19: US Vice President Kamala Harris Tests Positive Without Symptoms, Goes Into Isolation
US Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19, her office announced Tuesday. Harris, 57, received positive rapid and PCR tests, but is exhibiting no symptoms, according to her press secretary Kirsten Allen. She will isolate and work from the vice president’s residence. Allen added that Harris is taking Pfizer’s…
Read More »TECH; Billionaire And Tesla CEO Elon Musk Gets Deal To Buy Twitter Inc For $44 Billion
Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) for $44 billion cash on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world’s richest person. It is a seminal moment for the 16-year-old company,…
Read More »BUSINESS: Billionaire Elon Musk Becomes Twitter’s Biggest Shareholder After Taking A 9.2% Stake
Elon Musk took a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. to become the platform’s biggest shareholder, a week after hinting he might shake up the social media industry. Twitter shares surged as much as 27% after Musk’s purchase was revealed Monday in a regulatory filing. The gain marked the stock’s biggest…
Read More »TECH: US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Adds Cybersecurity And Anti-Virus Firm Kaspersky To Its List Of Potential Threats To American Businesses
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added Russian security vendor Kaspersky to its list of potential threats for American businesses. In a statement published on Friday (March 25), the government agency announced it had expanded its list of communications equipment and services that pose a threat to national security…
Read More »ENTERTAINMENT; Actor Will Smith Smacks Chris Rock In The Face At The Oscars 2022 Sunday, Over A Joke About His Wife Jada Pinkett Smith
The Academy Awards briefly came to a stunning halt on Sunday night when Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, causing Will Smith to come to the stage and hit him in the face. The moment was not planned, said a person close to the Oscars production. Smith,…
Read More »US; President Joe Biden Schedules Rare Phone Call With Chinese President Xi Jinping As Washington Raises Concerns About China’s Alignment With Russia In Ukraine War
Washington turned its gaze at Beijing on Thursday, with U.S. President Joe Biden scheduling a rare phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a high-stakes conversation as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy begged the world for help fighting against a three-week Russian invasion. China has played an increasingly important role in…
Read More »US Senator Lindsey Graham Asks Russians to “Take Out” President Vladimir Putin As The Crisis In Ukraine Worsens
Senator Lindsey Graham called on Russians to carry assassinate their president Vladimir Putin. The Republican Senator invoked a Julius Caesar-style assignation of Putin who is currently leading an invasion of Ukraine during an appearance on Fox News’ Hannity show and in a series of tweets on Thursday. ‘Is there a…
Read More »US; Navy Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty To Trying To Pass Information About American Nuclear-Powered Warships To A Foreign Government Rep Who Turned Out To Be An Undercover Fbi Agent
A Navy nuclear engineer pleaded guilty Monday to trying to pass information about American nuclear-powered warships to someone he thought was a representative of a foreign government but who was actually an undercover FBI agent. Jonathan Toebbe, 43, pleaded guilty in federal court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to a single…
Read More »CANADA; Almost Two-Weeks Long Protests From Truckers, Residents Over Country’s COVID-19 Mandates Impede Access To The US Borders
Tensions stemming from protests spearheaded by Canadian truck drivers over the country’s Covid-19 mandates have been simmering in recent weeks, so much so that traffic at key US transit points has ground to a stop and a judge has temporarily banned demonstrators in the nation’s capital from using horns. Truckers,…
Read More »WORLD: A “Gigantic Mistake”; U.S President Joe Biden Warns Russian President Vladimir Putin On Making Any Military Moves Against Ukraine
US President Joe Biden warned Monday that it would be a “gigantic mistake” for Russian President Vladimir Putin to make any military moves against Ukraine amid concern over Moscow’s buildup of troops near its border. “He has to realize that it would be a gigantic mistake for him to move…
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Look Up For The Red Planet Tuesday, Mars Will Be Closest To Earth Till 2035
On Tuesday, the red planet will come the closest to Earth that it will …
