Oklahoma’s legislature passed a bill that would ban abortions from the stage of fertilization, effectively prohibiting almost all abortions in the state. Oklahoma House of Representatives approved HB 4327 by a vote of 73-16, and it will become law after signed by Governor Kevin Stitt. The Republican Governor is a strong supporter of legislation limiting abortion, who says Oklahoma should […]

Hong Kong (CNN)US President Joe Biden’s warning the US would defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression has made headlines around the world — and put growing tensions between the small democratic island and its neighboring autocratic superpower back under the spotlight. Less than a decade ago, ties seemed to be on the mend as the two sides — separated by a […]

The latest in the Twitter-Elon Musk circus has shareholders of the social media company seeking class action status for a lawsuit against the billionaire Tesla founder, alleging unjust enrichment, false statements and stock manipulation in order to lower the price or walk away from the $44 billion deal he’d agreed to. Musk had originally financed the purchase in part by […]

The United States has engaged militarily in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, DR Congo, and the Central African Republic since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. These eleven countries are where the U.S. has committed boots on the ground. But this list does not include other U.S. military operations, like the ones in the central […]

Most members of the monetary policy committee (MPC) argued for front-loading interest rate hikes in view of rapidly rising inflation during the off-cycle monetary policy review earlier this month — the minutes of the meeting published on Wednesday showed. In early May, the rate setting committee met unscheduled and unanimously decided to hike the repo rate by 40 bps. This […]

Hong Kong (CNN Business)China’s cabinet held an emergency meeting with more than 100,000 participants on Wednesday, according to state media, as top leaders urged new measures to stabilize an economy battered by the country’s stringent Covid-19 restrictions. The unexpected video teleconference by the State Council was attended by officials across provincial, city and council levels, according to a report in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard apparently will have the last word in Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation trial against her over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed on domestic violence. As the marquee name in the defense’s short rebuttal, the Aquaman star is expected to take the stand again Thursday in the Fairfax County Courthouse, we hear. Depp’s side has one more rebuttal […]

Johnny Depp returned to the witness stand in his $50 million defamation trial against Amber Heard in an effort to rebut his ex-wife’s claims of domestic abuse. At the start of Depp’s testimony, he offered a defense to Heard’s $100 million counter claim. She countersued in 2020, citing comments made by Depp’s attorney Adam Waldman that contended in comments to […]

Driven by the highly transmissible subvariants of Omicron in parts of the country, U.S. Covid daily cases crossed the dreaded 100,000 mark for the tenth day this month. With 110870 new cases reporting on Tuesday, the total number of people infected with the killer bug in the country has risen to 83,509,503. After reporting 353 additional Covid deaths , the […]