A shallow magnitude 5.3 earthquake was reported early morning near Bojnurd, North Khorasan, Iran. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Monday 17 May 2021 at 3:04 am local time at a shallow depth … Read More
Some two months away, organizers of the Tokyo Games face mounting pressure to postpone yet again. More than 15,000 athletes from over 200 countries are expected to make their way to Japan in time for the Olympics starting July 24. But as … Read More
A move by India, Japan and Australia last month to collectively boost supply chain resilience could eventually squeeze China out of the trios’ supply chains for sectors such as semiconductors, batteries and rare earths, experts say. The Indian, Japanese and … Read More
Mask-wearing is compulsory indoors and outdoors, and social gatherings are strictly limited. A local resident listens to a medical staff before queueing up for the COVID-19 virus testing at the Wanhua District in Taipei, Taiwan, May 19, 2021. -AFP The … Read More
Israel’s military operation against Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza will continue “with full force”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. “We are acting now, for as long as necessary, to restore calm… It will take time,” Mr. Netanyahu warned. Gaza … Read More
Six DACA recipients, sometimes called “Dreamers,” were invited to the Oval Office. President Biden invited a group of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients in the Oval Office Friday amid a push for immigration reform in Washington. Biden, facing a mounting migrant … Read More
Neither Democratic lawmakers nor President Joe Biden is putting overt retirement pressure on the Supreme Court justice — yet, anyway. Even as some liberal groups boot up a “Breyer Retire” campaign, the Democratic Party is sensitive to the justice’s predicament. … Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider gutting the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, taking up Mississippi’s bid to revive a Republican-backed state law that bans the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy. By … Read More
