• Abortion politics could be key to Democrats’ victory in key Senate races

    A week after the Florida Supreme Court approved an abortion rights ballot measure for November, Arizona's high court followed suit, giving voters a chance to have their say on statewide abortion access this fall.  At the same time, both supreme courts allowed highly restrictive bans to take effect in their respective states—supercharging the import of the ballot measures. As Arizona Republic reporters Stacey Barchenger and Ray Stern wrote, "The state Supreme Court's ruling puts a stark choice...

  • London is in a race for space – and developers need to do more than look up

    Tall buildings are great, but with huge demand for quality physical space in the capital, the construction industry needs to be more creative, says Ged Simmonds Despite post-pandemic fears of vacant buildings and stranded assets, recent coverage has revealed that London is now in the midst of a ‘race for space’. News that Deloitte has []

  • Putin Issues Orders for Nuclear Space Program

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued orders to Kremlin-controlled agencies regarding the development of a nuclear energy program for space.The Russian state media outlet Tass on Thursday reported Putin gave instructions to the government space corporation Roscosmos and Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation to allocate funds for the creation of space nuclear energy by June 15.Putin's announcement comes after a February warning from the White House that Russia has the capability for an...

  • Netanyahu: Hamas to face ‘painful blows’ in the coming days

    (JNS) – Israel will inflict “painful blows” on Hamas in the coming days in an attempt to free the remaining 133 hostages held by the terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email “Why is this night different, citizens

  • Putin Faces New Rebellion in Russia's Back Yard

    Fresh protests against a Russian-inspired security law are roiling Georgia—a small but strategically located nation in the South Caucasus—as the Black Sea nation struggles to chart a strategic path between its massive northern neighbor and its own Euro-Atlantic ambitions.Thousands have taken to the streets of the capital Tbilisi in recent days to march against a proposed foreign agents registration law. This would require organizations receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad...

  • Britishvolt's gigafactory site sold off in electric car blow

    US private equity investors have bought the site of what had been hoped would become Britain’s first electric car battery gigafactory in a blow to Britain’s net zero ambitions.]]>

  • Planet Fitness' Pro-Trans Policy Blows Up in Its Face

    Last month Planet Fitness revoked an Alaska woman's membership after she reported finding a "man with a penis" shaving in the women’s locker room while a young girl was present. The man refused to leave insisting "he had a right to be there”

  • Another body is recovered from Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse site

    A fourth body has been recovered Sunday from inside a vehicle at the site of the Key Bridge collapse, although the name of the victim is not being released. One of the missing construction vehicles was located, and inside was a person who had been trapped after cargo ship, Dali, crashed into the Key Bridge

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    What's in a Face: How technology uses our faces

    We think our faces are our own. But technology can use them to identify, influence and mimic us. This week, TED speakers explore the promise and peril of turning the human face into a digital tool.

  • Live updating results for key 2024 Pa. primary election races

    Pennsylvania voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in primary elections for U.S. House, President, U.S. Senate, and several positions in state government.

  • Stuart Armstrong faces a race against time to be fit to play for Scotland in the Euros

    Stuart Armstrong faces a race against time to be fit to play for Scotland in the Euros after getting stretchered off playing for Southampton against Cardiff.

  • US facing humiliation in Ukraine akin to Vietnam and Afghanistan, says Russia

    Russia has cautioned that the recent US aid to Ukraine is exacerbating tensions, drawing parallels to historical failures in conflicts like Vietnam and Afghanistan. Following the US House of Representatives’ passage of a $95 billion security assistance package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova accused the United States of pushing […]