Falconer on military action in Syria
Falconer downplayed the prospect of resignations from the Shadow Cabinet, after several Labour MP's reportedly threatened to resign over Syria.
Falconer downplayed the prospect of resignations from the Shadow Cabinet, after several Labour MP's reportedly threatened to resign over Syria.
A fourth chocolate -- "blond" -- has been slowly making inroads into French confectionary, but has failed to win official recognition and faces competition from a pink Swiss variety. - Swiss competition - Despite efforts, Valrhona has not managed to convince French lawmakers to reopen its legal definitions.
U.S. President Joe Biden's campaign has pulled in more money ahead of November's election than that of his Republican rival Donald Trump, which analysts attribute to Biden's incumbent status and support from Democratic predecessors. That support will be on full display Thursday at a fundraising event for Biden in New York City, where former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, both prominent Democrats, will be in attendance. Biden's campaign committee is outraising Trump in both money raised from large contributions and small individual donations under $200, according to OpenSecrets, a research group that tracks money and influence in U.S. politics.
Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, wandered out of a hospital room to charge a cellphone he imagined he had. When he wouldn’t sit still, the police officer escorting Grant body-slammed him, ricocheting the patient’s head off the floor. Taylor Ware, a former Marine and aspiring college student, walked the grassy grounds of an interstate rest stop trying to shake the voices in his head.
Energy stocks are the biggest winners this month as oil prices push higher. It's a sign the market rally is broadening beyond just Big Tech.
With flagging iPhone sales, Apple has been pivoting to its burgeoning and successful services business. But that pivot has brought further attention to possible problems with the company's "Walled Garden" ecosystem.
General Motors chair and CEO Mary Barra tells Yahoo Finance this is the year of executing on big goals.
China has sent more than a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers to the Maldives, officials said Thursday, a gift from the world's highest mountains to a low-lying archipelago threatened by rising seas.The Maldives foreign ministry said the water was a gift from Yan Jinhai, the chairman of the Xizang Autonomous Region, or Tibet, lying more than 3,385 kilometres (2,100 miles) away on the far side of the world's highest mountain range.
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 5.4% in 2023 partly due to lower gas use in the electricity sector, provisional government data showed on Thursday. Britain has a target to reach net zero emissions by 2050, which will require changes to the way people eat and travel, as well as how electricity is produced. A rebound in French nuclear power output in 2023 meant Britain was able to import more electricity, cutting the need for homegrown fossil fuel power production, while electricity demand also fell, DESNZ said.
A year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, 63% of abortions in the United States were medication abortions.
Time is running out to get specialized glasses in time to witness the April 8 total solar eclipse. Here's when your online orders should be placed.
Baltimore residents and faith leaders offer their support to family members of the victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse Wednesday.
The policies, which build off an executive order President Joe Biden signed in October, come amid growing concerns about risks posed by AI.
The rare showing of three presidents presents a united Democratic front for Joe Biden and will haul in at least $25 million for the Biden campaign.
Between $100 and $200 million of cargo passes through the port every day. With that coming to standstill, longshore workers could be unemployed.
U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren't harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday. “When government agencies use AI tools, we will now require them to verify that those tools do not endanger the rights and safety of the American people,” Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters ahead of the announcement. Each agency by December must have a set of concrete safeguards that guide everything from facial recognition screenings at airports to AI tools that help control the electric grid or determine mortgages and home insurance.
"Building on the dialogue between (Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy) and (Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi), we will pay specific attention to the peace formula," Kuleba wrote on social media platform X. Ukraine hopes to hold a summit of world leaders without Russian participation in the coming months to advance its blueprint for peace, a "formula" that calls among other things for the withdrawal of Russian troops from its territory. Modi held separate phone calls last week with Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of Kuleba's visit.
Advocates for abortion access hope to continue their winning streak in these states, including key election battlegrounds, with citizens initiatives.
The Biden administration is curtailing short-term health insurance plans, which it calls “junk insurance” that can leave patients contending with big medical bills.
A teacher for more than 30 years, Jill Biden is transforming an annual tradition first held in 1878 into an “EGG-ucational” experience. Various stations on the South Lawn and Ellipse will help children learn about farming, healthier eating, exercise and more, the White House announced Thursday. Monday’s “egg-stravaganza” will be the third Easter egg roll hosted by President Joe Biden and the first lady.
With President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump obtaining enough delegates to secure their respective party's nominations, the rematch is set.