Afghanistan: Taliban Refuses Washington Partnership for Curbing Terrorism
The Taliban has announced that it has no intention of working with the United States to counter extremist...
Southern States See Decline in COVID-19 While Infections in Northern States Increase
The COVID-19 pandemic is now displaying a regional divergence in its rate of spread in the United States...
Favoring China: IMF Meeting to Decide Fate of Managing Director Ends Without Resolution
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met on Oct. 8 to discuss the fate of incumbent...
CIA Forms New Mission for Countering Communist China
On Oct. 7, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) announced the creation of a mission exclusively dedicated...
Autumn Activities for All the Family
It is essential to keep our children active; physically, mentally, and socially. While fall is jam-packed...
Some US Lawyers Argue Natural Immunity Is Valid Exemption From Vaccine Mandates
Governments around the world are compelling and coercing more people to receive Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) injections, including countless federal and health care workers in the United States. President Joe Biden announced that it will...
Prison Inmates Have Taken Over Parts of Rikers Island: NYT
Parts of the Rikers Island prison facility in New York City are under the control of inmates, according to a new investigation by the New York Times chronicling the descent of what is supposed to...
Southwest Airlines Cancels More Than 1800 Flights; Blames Air Traffic Control Issues, Weather
Since Friday, Southwest Airlines has canceled more than 1800 flights, igniting speculation about a massive walkout of staff after the company announced mandatory vaccination for all employees. Instead, Southwest blamed the cancellations on the weather,...
Iceland Halts use of Moderna Vaccine for all Ages Citing Health Concerns
On Oct. 8, Iceland announced that it was halting the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after other Nordic nations took similar measures. But unlike Sweden, Denmark, and Finland that have all banned the vaccine’s use...
Heavily Vaccinated Sri Lanka Reopens to Ease Economic Shortfall
Sri Lanka lifted its COVID-19 lockdown on Oct. 1 even as, according to officials and traders, more than 800 containers carrying essential items were held up in the country's main port due to a lack...
Beijing: Heavy Rains Thwart Plan to Produce More Coal for Resolving Power Crisis
China is reeling under a significant power crisis. There is a shortage of coal to produce electricity. Many regions have been instructed to ration power in a bid to manage the issue; a move expected...
18 Former NBA Players Charged with Defrauding Health and Welfare Benefit Plan
On Thursday, Oct. 7, Federal prosecutors announced that 18 former National Basketball Association (NBA) players, including Ronald Glen “Big Baby” Davis, have been accused of swindling the league's health and benefits plan of nearly US$4...