Winter storms disrupt vaccine effort as variants fuel new fears
Iranian authorities have executed at least 150 people this year alone, according to human rights organizations. Iran on Monday executed two men convicted of blasphemy, the country’s judiciary announced, carrying out a rare death sentence for such a crime. The judiciary’s Mizan news agency said in a report that Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare…
ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) — The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said the US war against Iran would not consist of a “single, overnight operation” and added that more US casualties should be expected. “This is not a single, overnight operation,” Caine said at the Pentagon on Monday. “The military objectives…
Employers in the United States added 114,000 workers to their payrolls in July, the Department of Labor said Friday, and the unemployment rate jumped to 4.3 percent. Economists had been expecting 180,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent. The disappointing payroll growth and the sudden jump in unemployment suggest that the economy may…
BERLIN, Aug 14 (Reuters) – A German military base next to Cologne airport was temporarily sealed off on Wednesday and soldiers there were told not to drink tap water as authorities investigated possible sabotage, the military’s Territorial Command said. A guard detected a hole in the fence near the water processing plant of the barracks…
Greetings friends, Big news this week includes the Canadian election. Mark Carney will remain Prime Minister as the liberal party retains power, albeit with a minority government. Carney, formerly central bank chair for both Canada and the UK, benefited from the perception of being a political outsider with relevant experience guiding the nation’s economy through…
Liz Truss has resigned as UK prime minister after just 45 days in office. Speaking outside of 10 Downing Street on Thursday afternoon, she announced there will be another leadership election within the ruling Conservative Party, which will decide who succeeds her. This makes Truss the shortest-serving PM in UK history and the country’s fourth…