| 05.04.2025 1:07 In latest trans sports salvo, Trump administration creates Title IX investigation team The Trump administration is creating a new Title IX Special Investigations Team focused on keeping transgender women and girls from sports teams and restrooms designated for females. 05.04.2025 1:21 Pro-Palestinian protester interrupts Microsoft AI CEO during live event A pro-Palestinian protester interrupted a live presentation by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, accusing the tech company of selling AI technology to Israel. 05.04.2025 1:25 South Carolina defeats Texas to advance to consecutive NCAA finals No. 1 UCLA will square off with No. 2 UConn immediately after the first game. 05.04.2025 1:36Tech megacaps lose $1.8 trillion in 2 days as Trump tariffs lead Nasdaq to worst weekly drop in 5 years Technology stocks fell for a second day Friday as retaliatory tariffs from China fueled fears of a global trade war. 05.04.2025 1:41 Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate teacher training grants as part of anti-DEI policy The Trump administration wants to terminate the grants because of what it calls “objectionable DEI material” in the programs they would fund. 05.04.2025 1:46Microsoft birthday celebration interrupted by employees protesting use of AI by Israeli military Microsoft's 50th birthday celebration was interrupted by multiple protesters on Friday due the use of the company's AI by the Israeli military. 05.04.2025 2:17 Trump admin. to reportedly drop Medicare GLP-1 plan 05.04.2025 2:39 Malian artist Amadou Bagayoko dies at 70 following an illness Amadou formed half of the famous music duo Amadou & Mariam, the 'blind couple from Mali.' Their France-based manager Yannick Tard said he died Friday afternoon in the hospital. 05.04.2025 3:07 Texas measles outbreak nears 500 cases as virus spreads among day care kids Six young children at a Texas day care center have tested positive for measles — a dreaded scenario with the potential to accelerate an already out-of-control outbreak. 05.04.2025 3:30Tariff rates Trump ascribes to other countries are vastly higher than World Trade data shows A report said the trade-weighted average tariff rates in most countries are much lower than the figures used by the Trump administration. 05.04.2025 4:06 Markets plunge as trade war escalates Over the past two days, more than $5 trillion of wealth has been erased from the U.S. stock market as investors react to the tariffs announced by President Trump. China’s retaliatory move today sent markets sliding. NBC News’ Christine Romans reports. 05.04.2025 4:18 Japan PM has high hopes for Osaka Expo despite little public interest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wants the upcoming World Exposition in Osaka that kicks off April 13 to embody "enjoyable Japan," an expression he uses to describe the vibrant nation he pledges to create, but polls and data show Japanese people do not share the same enthusiasm.
While most of the visitors to the event lasting until Oct. 13 are expected to be domestic, nearly 75 percent of respondents to a recent Kyodo News poll in Japan said they are not interested.
Read full story here 05.04.2025 4:21 Tariffs: In Savoie, the Dolin House fears for its vermouth sales in the United States The Chambéry distillery anticipates a 40% jump in the price of its apéritif for American consumers as 70% of its exports head across the Atlantic. 05.04.2025 4:56 2 US Border Patrol officers are charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents 05.04.2025 4:58 Roofer says ICE arrested three of his relatives in a workplace raid A worker at roofing company in Bellingham, Washington, raided by ICE said masked agents detained three of his family members and dozens of co-workers. 05.04.2025 5:10 US cardinal accused of historical misconduct, sex abuse dies at 94 Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, was suspected of various sexual assaults against minors and young men. Pope Francis, under fire for a growing abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, expelled him from the priesthood in 2019. 05.04.2025 5:49 In Taiwan, Mazu, goddess of the sea and Chinese influence Taiwanese authorities are convinced that the worship surrounding this popular deity is enabling Beijing to spread its ideas in favor of absorbing the island into the mainland. 05.04.2025 6:17 Alexander Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky for most goals in NHL history Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scored his 894th career goal on Friday, tying NHL legend Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals scored in league history. 05.04.2025 6:18 5 nurses who work on the same floor at Massachusetts hospital have brain tumors A Boston-area hospital is investigating after five nurses who have worked on the same floor have developed brain tumors. 05.04.2025 6:40 Prosecutors seek 7 years in prison for disgraced former Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case The 87-month sentence proposed by prosecutors is on the high end of court guidelines for such cases. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 25. 05.04.2025 6:51 Nomura, SMBC Nikko Accounts Hit by Unauthorized Trades Some of Japan’s largest brokerages are uncovering a sharp rise in unauthorized trades alongside an uptick in volatility in the country’s penny stocks. 05.04.2025 7:12 Japan to make vehicle gas pedal safety devices mandatory in 2028 The Japanese government will require new models of vehicles to be fitted with devices that prevent pedal misapplication from September 2028, following cases of elderly drivers causing accidents by mistakenly accelerating instead of braking.
The move, however, is unlikely to have a major impact on automakers as most vehicles produced in Japan in recent years already have such devices installed.
Read full story here 05.04.2025 7:27 Five international students at UMass have visas revoked, student status terminated 05.04.2025 7:33 Disgraced ex-US Rep. George Santos could face up to 7 years in federal fraud case The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argued in a court filing Friday that a significant sentence was warranted because the New York Republican’s “unparalleled crimes” had “made a mockery” of the country’s election system. 05.04.2025 7:42 Mets fans cheer Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with potential free agency looming Though all eyes were on the Mets stars, from Pete Alonso, to Francisco Lindor to newcomer Juan Soto, that doesn’t mean there weren’t some wandering eyes in Queens, as well. 05.04.2025 7:50 Laura Loomer, the MAGA influencer behind the firing of the NSA director This thirty-something known for her racist and xenophobic remarks personally asked Donald Trump to dismiss General Haugh, appointed under Biden to head the American intelligence agency, and several other senior officials. Their mistakes? Supposed disloyalty to the American president. 05.04.2025 7:56 Shooting suspect accused of gunning down girlfriend in her NYC home kills himself as cops close in: sources Shannon Graham, 35 – wanted in connection to the Tuesday night murder of 31-year-old Jessica Hoyle – was tracked to a home on Pratt Avenue in Eastchester Thursday afternoon, sources said. 05.04.2025 7:58 In Spain, teenagers are as free as the air 'Parenting elsewhere.' Twice a month, one of our journalists overseas explores parenting beyond our borders. Spanish parents have no problem letting their offspring stay out until the late hours of the evening. Is this hands-off parenting or based on trust? 05.04.2025 8:02 Southeast Asia Rushes to Avert Tariff Pain by Enticing Trump Countries in Southeast Asia, major sources of exports to the US, are angling to accommodate President Donald Trump rather than retaliate against his punishing tariffs, seeking to keep exports flowing to one of their biggest markets. 05.04.2025 8:03 Dwight Howard to enter Basketball Hall of Fame as first-ballot inductee He is not only getting into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, but he'll be doing it as a first-ballot pick. 05.04.2025 8:11 US stocks plunge, extending selloff on escalating trade war Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned of the risk of higher unemployment and higher inflation due to tariff increases he characterized as 'significantly larger than expected.' 05.04.2025 8:20 Cody Bellinger misses Yankees’ win with back issue in latest injury concern Another new Yankee is dealing with a back issue. Страницы: 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 |