United States President Joe Biden will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House ahead of the upcoming June 14 NATO summit in Brussels. Biden and Stoltenberg will discuss the “many issues on the NATO agenda, including reinforcing transatlantic security in the […]
Day: June 4, 2021
Israeli police attack Palestinians running to protest expulsions
The Palestinian Red Crescent said 23 runners were injured when Israeli police fired tear gas and stun grenades at an activist-organised run in solidarity with Palestinian families facing forced expulsion in occupied East Jerusalem Hundreds of runners took part in the event on Friday which began […]
Bonus edition: Ethiopia, BLM-Palestine, Tulsa
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AMC ends dizzying week with more wild moves
True to form, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. ended its wild week with another day of moves that confounded anyone trying to explain them. The new king of meme stocks bounced between gains and losses, closing 6.7% lower at $47.91 on Friday. It’s still up 83% […]
Protests erupt after Black man shot by deputies in Minneapolis
Minneapolis activists expect Friday protests to be raucous after a US Marshals Service task force fatally shot a man they were trying to arrest the same day city authorities attempted to clear the area where George Floyd was killed. The slain man was identified as […]
JPMorgan freezes donations to Republicans who contested election
JPMorgan Chase Co will resume making political donations to United States lawmakers but will not give to Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn President Joe Biden’s election victory, according to an internal memo on Friday seen by Reuters news agency. The bank was […]
US restaurants lure workers with higher wages, crypto bonuses
U.S. restaurant owners have been dangling unprecedented perks in an effort to attract back workers, and it’s starting to pay off. After months of understaffing that’s hobbled the recovering food-service sector, bars and restaurants reported the largest payrolls increase of any industry last month, with […]
Some Americans resist COVID vaccines as world faces shortage
California held its first COVID-19 lottery on Friday, which saw 15 vaccinated residents of the state win $50,000 each as part of a host of efforts across the United States to encourage Americans reluctant to take one of the country’s jabs, as the world struggles […]
Turkey has discovered more natural gas in Black Sea, Erdogan says
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the discovery of new natural gas deposits in the Black Sea, where Turkey plans to start production in 2023. State energy company Tpao found 135 billion cubic meters of gas at the Amasra-1 offshore well, bringing the total amount of […]
Violence eclipses upcoming midterm elections in Mexico
With campaigning finished as Mexico’s midterm elections approach, many hope the bloodshed is over in what experts have described as one of the bloodiest election seasons in recent history. According to Etellekt, a security consultancy firm, at least 89 politicians, including 35 candidates, have been […]