The Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Prosecution Gives Final Pitch in Closing Arguments
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Prosecutors in Elizabeth Holmes’s criminal-fraud trial made their case one more time in closing arguments Thursday as jurors...
Month: December 2021
CDC Advisers Review Blood-Clotting Risk Associated With J&J’s Covid-19 Vaccine
U.S. vaccine advisers are meeting to consider whether to change recommendations on the use of Johnson & Johnson ’s Covid-19...
Remaining missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released by gang, says justice minister
Seventeen missionaries representing Christian Aid Ministries, including 16 Americans and one Canadian, were kidnapped by armed men on October 16...
France shuts out UK tourists over Omicron concerns
(CNN) — UK travelers are to be banned from traveling to France for tourism and will instead be required to...
Netflix Slashes India Prices in Battle with Amazon, Disney
Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.18% is slashing its prices in India, a key market for global growth where it trails cheaper...
Nine people killed in Dominican Republic private jet crash
Seven passengers and two crew members died in the incident, it said in a statement posted to Twitter. Six were...
Container Imports Tumble at Los Angeles, Long Beach Ports
Container imports at the largest U.S. gateway for seaborne goods trade fell sharply in November, even as backups of ships...
Democrats’ $2 Trillion Package Stalls as Manchin Talks Make Little Headway
WASHINGTON—Democrats braced for weeks of delay and uncertainty on their roughly $2 trillion education, healthcare and climate package they had...
Hackers Backed by China Seen Exploiting Security Flaw in Internet Software
Hackers linked to China and other governments are among a growing assortment of cyberattackers seeking to exploit a widespread and...
South Africa’s High Court orders former president Zuma to go back to jail
The 79-year old began medical parole in September, and is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court, after he...
I’ve Tried to Make Travel Better for 20 Years. Mostly It’s Gotten Worse.
I fear I’ve failed.When I started covering aviation, flights were expensive, delays were maddening and the coffee on Southwest Airlines...
German police conduct raids in Saxony over ‘anti-vaxxer murder plot’
The searches targeted individual members of a group on the messaging app Telegram who reportedly discussed plans to kill the...
Analysis: The Communist Party thinks China’s prolific censors are not censoring enough
But in the eyes of the Chinese Communist Party, it is not censoring enough — and needs to pay a...
House Approves Increase in Debt Ceiling, Sending Measure to Biden
WASHINGTON—Congress passed a measure raising the government’s borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion, sending to President Biden’s desk legislation that is...
Vietnam jails dissident journalist for 9 years over ‘anti-state’ acts
Pham Doan Trang, who published material widely on human rights and alleged police brutality in Vietnam, was convicted of "conducting...
At least 62 dead after gas tanker explodes in Haiti’s second largest city
The situation remains "critical," Deputy Mayor Patrick Almonor said on Tuesday, who also extended an appeal for blood donations.Almonor said...
Biden to Nominate Sandra Thompson to Lead Fannie and Freddie’s Overseer
WASHINGTON—President Biden plans to nominate Sandra Thompson to become the permanent director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the White...
Surprise! Holiday packages are moving on time
Deliveries of packages by UPS, FedEx and the US Postal Service are all moving at close to 100% on-time performance,...
Belarusian opposition figure sentenced to 18 years at high-security penal colony
After a trial that took place largely behind closed doors, Tsikhanouski was convicted on charges including "organizing mass riots" and...
Millennials Are Supercharging the Housing Market
The generation that supposedly didn’t want to buy things now accounts for over half of all home-purchase loan applications. Economists...
