“Euphoria” is one of the more polarizing dramas on television today. Despite plenty of fans, critical acclaim and nine Emmy nominations (so far), skeptics have consistently argued that a series centered on a teenage drug addict unnecessarily glamorizes substance use.These detractors have a point. While some season one’s episodes did show Rue (played by the…Continue Reading

British energy giant BP announced Sunday it was offloading its 19.75 percent stake in Rosneft, a Russian-controlled oil company.BP CEO Bernard Looney and former exec Bob Dudley are also resigning from Rosneft’s board, effective immediately. Looney had been a director of Rosneft as one of two BP-nominated directors since 2020. Dudley had been a director since 2013, the…Continue Reading

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump overwhelmingly won a straw poll at the country’s top conservative conference Sunday, another sign of his continued dominance of the GOP.Trump got 59 percent of the vote in a nonscientific straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, long considered an early measure of popularity of…Continue Reading

WASHINGTON — Fencing has been reinstalled around the U.S. Capitol ahead of possible protests that could collide with President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address this week.The fence is the same barrier that remained around the Capitol for months after the Jan. 6 riot and during the “Justice for J6” rally, when supporters of people arrested in the attack…Continue Reading

Models of oil barrels and a pump jack are displayed in front of Ukrainian and Russian flag colors in this illustration taken, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comMELBOURNE, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped more than $7 in early trade on Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin put…Continue Reading

Hyderabad: Few people can recall what the dominant political narrative was in the first week of November last year, when Etala Rajendar, one of most high-profile recruits into the BJP, won the Huzurabad byelections despite an intense on-ground and high-pitch campaign by the ruling TRS. The win by the BJP, whose membership in the Assembly…Continue Reading

Visakhapatnam: Some half a million people assembled on the shores of the Bay of Bengal to witness the enthralling Operational Demonstration held by Indian Navy as also the colorful International City Parade on Sunday evening at RK Beach, Visakhapatnam, in connection with the MILAN-22. Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy, who was the chief guest, said it…Continue Reading

Visakhapatnam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the Andhra Pradesh government, particularly the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), for the efforts in promotion of cloth-made carry bags as part of efforts to avoid use of plastic and help in environmental protection. The PM made a mention of this in his Mann Ki Baat programme aired…Continue Reading