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JAKARTA, Indonesia — The United States will expand its military and economic relationships with partners in Asia to push back against China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. Blinken said the Biden administration is committed to maintaining peace and prosperity in the region and will do that by…Continue Reading
MAYFIELD, Ky. — Residents of Kentucky counties where tornadoes killed dozens of people could be without heat, water or electricity in frigid temperatures for weeks or longer, state officials warned Monday, as the toll of damage and deaths came into clearer focus in five states slammed by the swarm of twisters. Kentucky authorities said the…Continue Reading
The lead committee in the European Parliament writing new rules passed measures Monday that could set major restrictions on the way giant technology companies handle content. The rules, according to a person familiar and copies of the votes that were viewed by Bloomberg, would curtail targeting ads to minors and completely ban so-called “dark patterns,”…Continue Reading
The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over. The fight for substantive change within the sport’s national governing body is just beginning. A federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis on Monday confirmed a $380 million settlement between USA Gymnastics and the…Continue Reading
How can a country supposedly founded on principles of religious freedom be so quick to support policies that violate the civil rights of Muslims? That’s one of the questions at the heart of a new book, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, by Rutgers law professor Sahar Aziz. The Racial Muslim proposes an…Continue Reading
Dec. 13, 2021 Fog City News in the Financial District is closing after 22 years in business. Kevin Y./Yelp Fog City News, a celebrated Financial District retailer of magazines, chocolates and other goods, will close for good on New Year’s Eve after 22 years in business, its owner announced. Where most newsstands have a couple dozen…Continue Reading
Dec. 13, 2021 A file photo of a catalytic converter. deepblue4you/Getty Images/iStockphoto The San Jose Police Department concluded a massive investigation into regional catalytic converter thefts in mid-November, leading to the arrest of 15 people and the recovery of more than 1,000 allegedly stolen catalytic converters, the department announced Monday. Spanning six months, “Operation Cat Scratch…Continue Reading
BREAKINGBREAKING, Epicentre was north of the island of Flores in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, where the quake sparked terror.Published On 14 Dec 202114 Dec 2021A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with monitors briefly warning of the possibility of hazardous tsunami waves before lifting the threat. The…Continue Reading
The acknowledgement lends weight to fears that the country’s actual toll is much higher than reported.Published On 14 Dec 202114 Dec 2021India’s western state of Gujarat has acknowledged there were more COVID-19 deaths than its official tally, according to a court document, lending weight to fears that the country’s actual toll is much higher than…Continue Reading