Virtual doggy dates help re-home pups
When coronavirus lockdowns forced animal shelters to close their dogs to the public, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home began arranging video meetings between animals and...
Russian health workers’ coronavirus compensation proves hard to get for some
Yelena Nikonorova, a nurse in the Russian town of Belebey, took a new job on a hospital ward on April 1. Two days later, she...
Instacart valued at nearly $14 billion in latest funding amid online sales boom
Instacart said on Thursday it had raised $225 million in a new funding round, valuing it at $13.7 billion, as the grocery delivery company cashes...
White House’s top lawyer at the Supreme Court to resign
The U.S. government’s top advocate before the Supreme Court, Noel Francisco, who defended President Donald Trump’s policies, including the travel ban on people from mainly...
GOP Senate’s subpoena power ‘unprecedented’: Feinstein
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, who is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Thursday urged her colleagues on a Senate panel to vote...
After rebuke, top U.S. general says joining Trump church walk during protests was ‘mistake’
The top U.S. military officer on Thursday said he should not have joined President Donald Trump as he walked from the White House to a...
Pentagon’s top general apologizes for appearing alongside Trump in Lafayette Square – The Washington Post
Pentagon’s top general apologizes for appearing alongside Trump in Lafayette Square The Washington Post Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley says it was ‘mistake’ to appear with Trump...
U.S. Treasury’s Mnuchin considering changes to aid for national security firms
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday he was considering possible changes to the definitions of companies that could access $17 billion in coronavirus...
U.S. Democratic candidate Biden urges Facebook to fact-check political ads
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign published an open letter to Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, calling for the company to police and...
Stolen Banksy artwork found in Italian farmhouse
A mural by secretive British street artist Banksy that was stolen from the Bataclan theatre in Paris, where Islamist militants killed 90 people in 2015,...