Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny was awarded the European Parliament’s annual human rights prize on Wednesday for his efforts to challenge President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. Navalny, 45, who was poisoned in August 2020 by what Western nations said was a nerve agent, is […]
PayPal Holdings Inc has offered to buy digital pinboard site Pinterest Inc for $45bn, people familiar with the matter said, a combination that could herald more tie-ups between financial technology and social media companies in e-commerce. The deal talks revealed on Wednesday come as internet […]
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel sought to explain his handling of a 2014 police shooting of a Black teenager that took place on the same date seven years ago when he appeared before a Senate committee on Wednesday. Chicago police shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who […]
Solid earnings from health care companies helped power broad gains for stocks on Wall Street Wednesday and pushed the benchmark SP 500 within range of an all-time high. The SP 500, a proxy for the health of retirement and college savings accounts, climbed 0.4 percent […]
US authorities reportedly detained 1.7 million migrants trying to cross the US-Mexico border this fiscal year – marking an all-time high and highlighting the deepening political and humanitarian challenges the Biden administration is facing on immigration. The figures apply for the 2021 fiscal year, which […]
Tesla Inc. reported revenue that fell short of Wall Street estimates, but managed to beat third-quarter earnings projections despite a semiconductor shortage and supply-chain challenges that have stymied competing automakers. Sales at Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle and clean-energy company rose 57% to $13.8 billion, missing estimates […]
Nikolas Cruz, a former student, has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Florida in the southern US, that left 17 dead. Cruz, 23, entered his pleas in a courtroom hearing on Wednesday attended by a dozen relatives of victims […]
Nikolas Cruz, a former student, has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Florida in the southern US, that left 17 dead. Cruz, 23, entered his pleas in a courtroom hearing on Wednesday attended by a dozen relatives of victims […]
Nikolas Cruz, a former student, has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 high school massacre in Parkland, Florida in the southern US, that left 17 dead. Cruz, 23, entered his pleas in a courtroom hearing on Wednesday attended by a dozen relatives of victims […]
Violence, looting, road blockades, armed gangs pose increasing obstacles to humanitarian aid for impoverished nation. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/10/20/will-haiti-need-international-action-to-bring-back-stability
