Tag: politics
Castro asks FBI to probe police response
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) speaks at a press conference on immigration on Capitol Hill on November 18, 2021 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty [...]
Monkeypox spread to more than 20 countries, but outbreaks containable, WHO says
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situat [...]
FDA commissioner Robert Califf expects shortage to end within two months
Shelves normally meant for baby formula sit nearly empty at a store in downtown Washington, DC, on May 22, 2022.Samuel Corum | AFP | Getty ImagesFood [...]
Wouldn’t worry about monkeypox, cuts drug costs for low-income
Albert Bourla, Pfizer CEO, at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 25th, 2022.Adam Galici | CNBCPfizer's CEO said Wednesday that he "wouldn't worry mu [...]
A look back at Nicola Sturgeon’s life in politics
As Nicola Sturgeon becomes Scotland's longest-serving first minister, BBC Scotland follows how she rose to the nation's highest office.Her entry into [...]
5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day:1. Stock futures higher as Wall Street looks to b [...]
Recovering despite lack of Chinese visitors
Air travel in Singapore is recovering and has reached around 40% of pre-Covid levels despite China's border restrictions, Transport Minister S. Iswara [...]
Davos elite don’t expect a Covid-19 style health crisis from monkeypox
Business and political leaders gathered in the Swiss hilltop town of Davos in May 2022 for the World Economic Forum.Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News A [...]
Biden moves to protect major Alaska watershed from mining
Humpaback whale in Bristol Bay, AlaskaEnrique Aguirre Aves | Photodisc | Getty ImagesThe Biden administration on Wednesday moved to ban the disposal o [...]
SEC unveils rules to prevent misleading claims by ESG funds
Gary Gensler, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the SEC headquarters in Washington, on July 22, 2021.Melissa Lyttle/Bloomberg via [...]
U.S. bars Russia from paying bondholders through American banks, increasing default risk
The Kremlin towers and Ivan the Great Cathedral in Moscow.Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Biden administration will ban Russia's government [...]
House grills FDA commissioner, Abbott executive on baby formula shortage
[The stream is slated to start at 11 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]The head of the Food and Drug Adm [...]
CDC says monkeypox doesn’t spread easily by air: ‘This is not Covid’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants to calm public anxiety over how the monkeypox virus is transmitted, emphasizing that it doesn't s [...]
Steve Kerr condemns senators for inaction on guns
A visibly angry and shaken Steve Kerr on Tuesday evening condemned senators, particularly Republican leader Mitch McConnell, for failing to act on gun [...]
FTC launches investigation into infant formula shortage
A woman shops for baby formula at Target in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 16, 2022, as a nationwide shortage of baby formula continues due to supply cha [...]