White House press briefing | 5/22/2020
JERUSALEM/GAZA/KFER AZA, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Israel hammered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday with the fiercest air strikes in its 75-year conflict with the Palestinians, razing entire districts despite a threat from Hamas militants to execute a captive for each home hit. Across the barrier wall enclosing the coastal enclave, Israeli soldiers collected the last…
Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, the attorneys general from several states announced Thursday. The deal, agreed to by Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family members who…
A spacecraft built in the UK has captured new images of Mercury as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the planet’s orbit in 2026. BepiColombo was built by the Stevenage-based company Astrium, now Airbus, and launched in 2018. The spacecraft comprises two satellites that will gather data for at least a…
Judge refuses Hong Kong government’s request for injunction against Glory to Hong Kong, saying it could have chilling effect Hong Kong’s high court has rejected a government attempt to ban a protest song, Glory to Hong Kong, saying an injunction could create a chilling effect and undermine freedom of expression. The government had sought the…
California has grappled with three mass shootings in three days that have left at least 19 people dead. Around the tranquil coastal town of Half Moon Bay, a pair of related shootings at two locations Monday killed seven people and left one person critically injured. 7 dead in Half Moon Bay as California confronts another…
CAIRO, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Jordan won’t sign a deal to provide energy to Israel in exchange for water that was planned to be ratified last month, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told AL Jazeera TV on Thursday. “We had a regional dialogue about regional projects. I think that all of this, … the war…