Surgeon General Vivek Murthy delivers remarks at the White House in Washington, D.C., July 15, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy urged calm on Sunday as a Covid-19 wave fueled at least partially by a new sub variant of the virus spread across Europe, adding that the pandemic should “not define our lives.”…Continue Reading

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a video address to senators and members of the House of Representatives gathered in the Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 16, 2022. (Drew Angerer/Reuters) Amid the ongoing Russian invasion, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council has reportedly banned the activities of eleven…Continue Reading

Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to make the long-anticipated designation on Monday at an event at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to make the long-anticipated designation on Monday at an event at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum The Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar’s years-long repression of…Continue Reading

Cases booked against owners of 2,306 vehicles that were fitted with defective number plates A vehicle with a defective number plate stopped by the traffic police during a special drive in Chennai. Photo: Special Arragement Cases booked against owners of 2,306 vehicles that were fitted with defective number plates The police conducted a special drive here…Continue Reading

Actor and model Ganesh Venkatram seen with the team of volunteers that took part in the beach clean-up programme organised by the G Square Group and The Hindu at Kovalam on March 20, 2022. Photo: Special Arrangement As part of the campaign “Team up to Clean-up. My City. My Coast. My Environment” being organised by…Continue Reading

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP rises to meet Ukraine challenge to define itself Sunday shows preview: Biden calls Putin a war criminal as Ukraine conflict continues This week’s must-watch moments on Capitol Hill MORE (R-Ky.) on Sunday called Republicans who support Russian President Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinBelarusian president says Putin is ‘completely…Continue Reading

Justice Clarence ThomasClarence ThomasGinni Thomas’s activism sparks ethics questions for Supreme Court justice Senators should ask Biden’s SCOTUS nominee about judicial code of conduct Wife of Clarence Thomas says she attended Jan. 6 ‘Stop the Steal’ rally MORE has been hospitalized after experiencing flu-like symptoms and will miss some oral arguments this week.The longest-serving member of…Continue Reading

Strained relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States are complicating efforts by the Biden administration to convince Riyadh to step up its oil production — which could provide some relief to consumers amid high prices exacerbated by the Russian war in Ukraine. The U.S. government has been increasingly critical of the Saudis since the 2018…Continue Reading