Embracing hostage families, Blinken urges Hamas to accept ‘very strong’ deal

Embracing hostage families, Blinken urges Hamas to accept ‘very strong’ deal

U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, fourth left, and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, third left, walk at the Kerem Shalom border crossing in Kerem Shalom, Israel on May 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Hamas on May 1 to accept a “very strong” ceasefire-for-hostages offer as he vowed … Read more

'Come together and straighten out world': Donald Trump after winning Iowa caucus

'Come together and straighten out world': Donald Trump after winning Iowa caucus

After winning the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump told his supporters that it would be good if everybody could come together and straighten out the world and straighten out the problems and the death and destruction that one is witnessing. In his speech soon after his victory in the Iowa caucuses, the former US president called … Read more

Corporate America is testing the limits of its pricing power

Corporate America is testing the limits of its pricing power

Alexander MacKay co-leads the Pricing Lab at Harvard Business School, a research center devoted to studying how companies set prices. Since the pandemic, he has watched how businesses have become more willing to experiment with what they charge their customers. Big companies that had previously pushed through one standard price increase per year are now … Read more

‘If Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running,’ says Biden

‘If Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running,’ says Biden

President Joe Biden waves as he walks to Marine One to depart the South Lawn of the White House on December 5, 2023 | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Joe Biden told campaign donors Tuesday that he wasn’t sure he’d be running for reelection if Donald Trump wasn’t also in the race, warning that democracy … Read more

Border crossings closed after vehicle explosion on bridge connecting New York and Canada

Border crossings closed after vehicle explosion on bridge connecting New York and Canada

A vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls Wednesday, prompting the closing of four border crossings in the area, authorities said. The blast happened on the U.S. side of the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River. Three other bridges between western … Read more

26-year-old American CEO found dead in apartment with blunt force trauma

26-year-old American CEO found dead in apartment with blunt force trauma

September 27, 2023 03:37 pm | Updated 03:37 pm IST – BALTIMORE, U.S.A. File picture of Baltimore tech startup CEO Pava LaPere | Photo Credit: X/@PavaLapere The founder of a Baltimore tech startup, whose professional accomplishments earned her a spot on a Forbes 30 under 30 list earlier this year, was found dead after being … Read more

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making American whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, has died at the age of 92. By leaking the Papers, he revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation. Ellsberg, who announced in February … Read more

Trump faces biggest legal threat as documents case opens in court

Trump faces biggest legal threat as documents case opens in court

A poster of former President Donald Trump is held up by a supporter in front of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse on June 13, 2023, in Miami. | Photo Credit: AP Former U.S. President Donald Trump is on his way to the federal courthouse in Miami to face dozens of charges that he … Read more

Two of 17 Sikhs arrested in California sought in murder cases in India: U.S Police

Two of 17 Sikhs arrested in California sought in murder cases in India: U.S Police

Two of the 17 Sikhs arrested in California over the weekend from two warring criminal gangs are facing murder charges in several cases in India, while another two are sought in other criminal cases, U.S officials said, stressing that they have prevented a major mass casualty incident with their actions. The two Sikhs who are … Read more

Defendant Trump slams criminal charges as insult to the U.S.

Defendant Trump slams criminal charges as insult to the U.S.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the day of his court appearance in New York after being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., on April 4, 2023 | Photo Credit: Reuters Donald Trump offered a full-throated … Read more