Google has announced that it will buy an office building in New York for $ 2.1 billion. If the deal is successful, it will be one of the largest of its kind in the city, which gives hope to the real estate market limping by the coronavirus pandemic, the New York Times reported.more
The United Kingdom may take steps to join the USMCA North American trade agreement after it has become clear that a free trade agreement with the US cannot be signed soon, British media reports.more
Security cooperation, the situation in Afghanistan, the fight against climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, as well as a free trade agreement - these were the main topics raised during the meeting of US and UK leaders Joe Biden and Boris Johnson.more
The parents of a British 19-year-old who was fatally hit by the wife of an American diplomat reached an agreement with her on a civil lawsuit for damages, it was reported.more
President Joe Biden declared Tuesday the world is at an “inflection point in history,” urging countries to join forces to tackle threats such as climate change, pandemics and corruption - or else risk failing in ways that “will reverberate for generations.”more
According to the Daily News, the Spanish flu claimed about 675,000 lives in the US in 1918. It was then the most deadly pandemic since the founding of the United States. According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of deaths in the US from Covid-19 on Monday around noon was 673 985.more
The United States will reopen in November to air travelers from 33 countries including China, India, Brazil and most of Europe who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said on Monday, easing tough pandemic-related restrictions that started early last year.more
Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that their Covid-19 vaccine can be used in children 5-11 years of age, and companies will soon apply for its approval for this age group by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).more
The AUKUS military agreement concluded by Great Britain with the United States and Australia shows its readiness to act tough in defense of its interests - said the new British Foreign Minister Liz Truss in "The Sunday Telegraph".more
US President Joe Biden announced a new tripartite pact, AUKUS, with Australian and British leaders aimed at defense cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. As a result of the cooperation, Australia is to build nuclear-powered submarines based on American and British technology.more
Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, committed "treason" if, as a new book reported, he secretly contacted China to head off a conflict while Trump was in office.more
The Apple concern presented a new generation of its company phone, the iPhone 13. During the conference, the premieres of new versions of iPad tablets and the Apple Watch Series 7 smartwatch were also announced.more
The allegedly late al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri spoke in a video published on the Internet on the 20th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, the US SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist organizations in the media, said on Twitter.more
The maternity unit in Lewis County, New York this month suspends delivering deliveries after the resignation of some staff who chose to dismiss rather than undergo compulsory immunization against Covid-19.more
The last 20 years have been a time of missed opportunities, and the way the war in Afghanistan has ended and its consequences will haunt the US for many years, said Andrew L. Peek, a war veteran and former director of the National Security Council for Europe at the White House.more
U.S. adults who got the vaccine between December 2020 and March 2021 experienced a 4% reduction in their risk of being mildly depressed and a 15% drop in their risk of severe depression, researchers reported Sept. 8 in the journal PLOS ONE.more
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday released the first of what is expected to be several documents related to its investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and suspected Saudi government support for the hijackers, following an executive order by President Joe Biden.more
Former US president Donald Trump on Saturday used the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks to accuse his successor, Joe Biden, of surrendering “in defeat” by withdrawing from Afghanistan.more
When a plane hit the WTC, Leokadia Głogowski was working on the 82nd floor of the building. She mentions seeing puffs of smoke in the hallway and was convinced she was going to die. Suddenly, however, she remembered that her family in Poland was attending a service for her. She decided that it could not be a coincidence and began to run away.more
British Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid tribute to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks in New York and Washington, which killed 2,977 people, including 67 British citizens.more
The risk of dying from Covid-19 is 11 times higher in unvaccinated than in vaccinated people, and the risk of being hospitalized is 10 times higher, according to a study published yesterday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).more
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks by al-Qaeda terrorists in the United States. A total of 2,996 people died there. After hijacking four airliners, the hijackers struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The planned fourth attack was thwarted by passengers fighting the terrorists. The machine has crashed near Shanksville.more
Former President Donald Trump along with his son Donald Jr. He will comment live on the boxing fight of almost 59-year-old Evander Holyfield with former MMA champion Vitor Belfort, ESPN television reported. The fight falls on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.more
Inhabitants of Alaska, followed by North Dakota and Nebraska, are among the hardest working people in America. At the bottom of the list are New York, West Virginia and, lastly, New Mexico, according to a study by WalletHub.more
