Tag: competitiveness

Shortly after President Joe Biden announced new sanctions on Russian banks and elites on Thursday – but not on Russian President Vladimir Putin –...

Scientists reported in a new study published Thursday that human-caused climate change has disrupted a large system of ocean currents in the Atlantic, including...

Helene Fox was recovering from surgery to remove endometriosis when she caught Covid-19. It had been six weeks since her laparoscopy and although she...

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could have significant effects on both the executive branch's authority to...

Chips can be found in nearly every electronic device you own, from your phone to your computer to your car. Chips can even be...

Raven Saunders, the American shot-putter who delivered the first political demonstration on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics by raising her arms and crossing...

Finland and Sweden formally applied for NATO membership on Wednesday, a move that, if approved, would fundamentally transform Northern Europe's security landscape and provide...

A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent known to drug dealers as the "white devil" was sentenced Thursday to more than 13 years in...

Last year, Fed officials were wary of overreacting to one-time price increases by raising interest rates and cooling the labor market if supply-chain bottlenecks...

According to Barclays rates strategist Joseph Abate, record demand for the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repo program could reach a new high of $1.4...

Authorities said Wednesday that the 21-year-old man accused of opening fire at a suburban Chicago Fourth of July parade, killing seven people and injuring...

Former President Donald Trump has officially announced his candidacy for president in 2024, his third attempt. Trump made the announcement Tuesday night from his Mar-a-Lago...

A grocery store employee claimed that he was fired six days into his job because he refused to work one day a week. Noah Grice,...

A manhunt for multiple suspects is underway after a shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, early Sunday morning that left six people dead and 12...

A new coalition of small business groups on Tuesday launched a campaign for tougher US antitrust enforcement, specifically calling for the breakup of online...

Russia has upped its saber rattling in Eastern Europe and the Arctic, a move that has put the Biden administration on alert. In the past...

Several Chinese suppliers to major tech companies and processor manufacturers such as Apple, Intel, Nvidia, and Tesla are having their power cut off for...

On Wednesday, Donald J. Trump faced unusual public attacks from across the Republican Party in the aftermath of a string of midterm losses by...

A former high-ranking US ambassador is demanding that federal prosecutors explain why he is facing criminal charges for illegal foreign lobbying on Qatar's behalf...

A group of Swiss researchers claims that their high-performance computer has added 12.8 trillion new digits to the number Pi, resulting in a total...

White House has begun a major overhaul of its COVID strategy, indicating that the country is moving out of crisis mode and into a...

Cardano's ADA token soared by 150 percent in August to become the world's third largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. However, its triumph appears to...

The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization that has been tracking attacks on the Jewish community since 1979, recorded the highest number of...

Anna Delvey first gained national attention after a 2018 Vanity Fair article detailed how the fake heiress managed to fool wealthy New Yorkers into...

On Thursday, the ethereum network will receive a much-anticipated upgrade that will change the way transaction fees work and begin to destroy coins. It...

According to an email, the State Department refused to grant official approval for private evacuation flights from Afghanistan to land in third countries, despite...

Tom Brady completed 21 of 29 passes for 201 yards with three touchdowns in the Buccaneers’ 31-9 victory over the Chiefs. In his performance in Sunday’s game, Brady was honored as...

Seattle, the state's largest city and the site of the first Covid-19 case in the United States more than two years ago, will begin...

It is unusual for a state to refuse federal funds. It is even rarer to see states refuse it in the name of improving...

The Labor Department reported on Thursday that an inflation barometer that is the Federal Reserve's preferred indicator of pricing pressure rose at an annual...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is not taking any chances with less than 500 days until he is up for reelection. In an interview over the...

Thousands of New York City public employees could lose their jobs on Friday if they don't show they've met the city's mandate requiring them...

Former NFL coach Urban Meyer attended former President Donald Trump's annual Super Bowl party on Sunday night, where guests dined on a game-day menu...

Georgia's second-largest school district approved a policy on Thursday that allows non-certified police officers to carry guns in schools, but excludes teachers from those...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that the West must increase weapon deliveries to Ukraine and demonstrate its commitment to assisting the country's...

In 2021, three bright and driven women with ground-breaking ideas left significant – if very different – imprints on the beleaguered tech industry. Frances Haugen,...

Since its initial public offering last July, Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) stock has taken investors for a wild ride. After closing at a high of $183...

A new contentious bill in the Oklahoma state legislature would limit how slavery is taught in schools and prohibit teaching that "one race is...

Five students and their mothers from Coosa High School in Rome, Georgia, filed a federal lawsuit against the Floyd County School District, alleging racial...

The European Union's executive branch proposed a ban on Russian coal imports on Tuesday, the first EU sanctions aimed at the country's lucrative energy...

Salman Rushdie is recovering in a hospital after being repeatedly stabbed on stage in front of a New York audience on Friday in an...

The National Intelligence Council recently released the Global Trends Report 2040 and it describes in bleak terms what's ahead: The impacts of climate change combined...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Saturday that the lower chamber is "hard at work" to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill as well...

President Joe Biden delivered remarks from the White House on Thursday, detailing a dramatic US raid overnight in Syria that he claimed killed the...

According to a New York law that permits sexual assault victims to file lawsuits years after the alleged assault, writer and columnist E. Jean...

Marine Cpl. Whitney McHaffie refused to wear a mask and refuses to be vaccinated against COVID-19. She was discharged from the military a month after...

For Missouri couple Becky and Robert Carson, who, along with dozens of others, have been stuck at an airport in Iceland with little food...

On Wednesday Facebook made a stirring decision to block certain groups of Australians from sharing news. Fire and emergency services, non-profit organizations and state...

For most original Medicare enrollment includes automatic enrollment at the time of turning 65. Medicare Advantage enrollment varies depending on the plan chosen. The...

Portland's official slogan is "The City That Works," but many residents believe the city is anything but that after a turbulent few years. Homelessness and...

Nearly two dozen Republicans who have publicly questioned or disputed the 2020 election results are running for secretary of state across the country, in...

President Kais Saied has cemented his role as master of Tunisia by ramming through his new constitution, ushering in a new political era after...

A flight attendant for American Airlines was hospitalized after a passenger allegedly attacked her on Wednesday, in what the company's chief executive called "one...

A decision in the United States Supreme Court's most important gun rights case in over a decade is expected any day now. The case, New...

The worldwide web as we know it may be coming to an end…  Over the last year, countries across the world have established strict regulations...

The United States Soccer Federation reached landmark agreements to pay its men's and women's teams equally, making the American national governing body the first...

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A federal judge suggested Monday that the Biden administration was engaging in legal "gamesmanship" in order to resurrect a pandemic-related eviction ban, despite the...

As California's attorney general, Xavier Becerra led a national effort to preserve the Affordable Care Act and fought the Trump administration on issues ranging...

Just four days after historic climate talks in Scotland, where Joe Biden pledged that the US will "lead by example" in addressing dangerous global...

Questions about Russia's faltering military operation in Ukraine remain unanswered, as Kiev declared full control of the key eastern city of Lyman after Moscow's...

Russians who have fled Putin's military draft have done so by car, train, plane, and, less frequently, boat. Except for two Russians who sailed...

A report on Maricopa County's 2020 election, ordered by Arizona state Senate Republicans and delivered to them on Friday, confirmed the state's certified election...

Some politicians and activists have recently claimed that teaching about race and inclusion in schools is divisive or a means of indoctrinating students. However, the...

Washington's seizure of 33 websites run by Iran-linked media, Tehran warned on Wednesday, was "not constructive" for ongoing talks to re-enter the US into...

According to Emin Gün Sirer, the founder of Avalanche, Bitcoin will eventually be outpaced by other coins as their faster, cheaper networks digitize more...

Since the 1940s, French author Annie Ernaux has bravely mined her experiences as a working-class woman to explore life in France. She was awarded...

On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the "Momnibus Act" into law to address racial disparities in maternal and infant health, a significant victory...

Larry Elder, a black conservative radio host and politician, is advocating for reparations for slavers who had their "legal property" taken away after the...

The coronavirus mutant that is now prevalent in the United States is an omicron family member, but scientists say it spreads faster than omicron...

Health-care workers overwhelmingly supported Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, but they are dissatisfied with how he has handled the pandemic since then. In...

With the evacuation of some civilians from a steel mill besieged by Russian forces in the port of Mariupol, attention is turning to the...

With only one case of paralytic polio found in Rockland County, New York, and the virus found in wastewater samples from two counties in...

Illinois is set to become the first state to require Asian American history to be taught in public schools, after a bill passed its...

In lab tests, a third dose of Moderna Inc.'s Covid-19 vaccine increased immune responses against the Omicron coronavirus variant compared to two doses, indicating...

Faced with mounting pressure to relax pandemic restrictions, the White House insisted Wednesday that it is planning a less disruptive phase of the national...

Now that fired police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all three counts against him, he can still file an appeal. But the...

The officer who was fatally stabbed outside the Pentagon was identified by the Pentagon police force on Wednesday. Officer George Gonzalez was a New York...

At least 88 people have been confirmed dead across five U.S. states after a swarm of tornadoes ripped through communities in the South and...

The legal battle over every last vote in Pennsylvania's too-close-to-call Senate GOP primary has officially begun. David McCormick's campaign filed a lawsuit Monday afternoon, citing...