Iraq partially reopened its southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran on Tuesday, border officials said. Baghdad closed the crossing more than three months ago to combat the spread of the new coronavirus. The crossing was being opened only for the trade of foodstuffs, allowing in some 500 trucks from Iran per week and would open...
U.S. stocks are falling in early trading Tuesday as expanding coronavirus outbreaks dim hopes for a speedy recovery. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average followed benchmarks in France, … Click to Continue »
“A Most Wicked Conspiracy: The Last Great Swindle of the Gilded Age,” by Paul Starobin (Public Affairs) Rules, laws and honesty meant little to Alexander McKenzie, a Gilded Age political … Click to Continue »
Authorities in China's capital on Tuesday reported no new cases of the coronavirus for the first time in around four weeks since the detection early last month of a virus cluster at Beijing's biggest wholesale market. One new patient, who tested positive without showing any symptoms, was confirmed in the capital in the 24 hours...
The best-selling author has been vilified for warning about how children struggling with their mental health are being shunted towards hormones and surgery by trans activists. But she is brave and right to speak out. After last month receiving a barrage of abuse for reclaiming the word ‘woman' to describe her sex, JK Rowling might...
Hungarian President Janos Ader called on Ukraine and Romania on Tuesday to stop polluting two major rivers that flow across Hungary after floods in the past weeks brought in “dirty carpets” of plastic bottles from the neighbors. The letters to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis were published on Ader's official website....
Germany's eastern state of Saxony plans to allow events with more than 1,000 visitors from September 1, the state's health minister said on Tuesday. This could include football games. There will not be an upper limit to the number of guests allowed at large events, Petra Koepping was quoted by Bild as saying. However, it...
