Top U.S. officials held their first in person meeting with the Taliban since a U.S. military strike killed the leader of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan in July. The Biden administration sent CIA deputy director David Cohen to the Qatari capital of Doha on Saturday to meet with a Taliban delegation led by Abdul Haq Wasiq, the Taliban’s head of intelligence, …
Read More »North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile, Japanese PM says
CNN — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Munchon area of Kangwon Province to the waters off the peninsula’s eastern coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters on Sunday. The missiles were launched between 1:47 a.m. and 1:53 a.m. local time Sunday, according to Japan’s State Minister of Defense Toshiro Ino. Both missiles fell outside …
Read More »Jill Biden targets GOP with story of helping friend after abortion when it was illegal: ‘Devastating’
First lady Jill Biden told a story on Friday recounting a situation when she assisted her friend in the aftermath of an abortion in Pennsylvania when the procedure was illegal in the late 1960s and accused Republicans of wanting to go “back to that time.” Biden, speaking at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Women’s Lunch and Issues Conference, told the …
Read More »Meghan Markle accused of damaging royal family and monarchy
Piers Morgan, who knew Meghan before she met Prince Harry, made serious allegation against the Duchess, saying she’s ‘systematically trying to damage the Royal Family and the monarchy.’ Morgan told the Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine: ‘She’s deliberately made herself, along with Harry, a big story for the last few years. My job, on the morning show when I was there, …
Read More »The box office can’t crack this ‘Smile’
It’s still coming up smiling. For the second week in a row, “Smile” continued to dazzle at the box office. On Friday, it took in over $5.3 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The horror flick is projected to take in $16.8 million this weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter. So far, it’s pulled in more than $52.6 million …
Read More »A former Facebook engineer wants to help you make your own cell network
A new company wants to let you become your own cell carrier, using your internet connection even when you’re away from home — and roaming onto the networks of other people doing the same. The company, helmed by former Facebook engineer Kashif Ali, is called Ukama, and it’s launching a crowdfunding campaign on engineering and maker-focused site Crowd Supply to …
Read More »Christian Pulisic Scores First Goal of Season for Chelsea (Video)
After a tepid start to the 2022–23 Premier League campaign, United States men’s national team and Chelsea star Christian Pulisic finally snapped his goal-scoring drought in Saturday’s match against Wolverhampton. Pulisic, who was back in Graham Potter’s starting lineup for just the second time this season for the weekend’s tilt at Stamford Bridge, created a number of opportunities in the first half …
Read More »Getafe 0-1 Real Madrid: Eder Militao header sends Los Blancos top of La liga
Eder Militao scored the only goal in the third minute Real Madrid went top of La Liga with a narrow win over local rivals Getafe at Coliseum Alfonso Perez. Eder Militao opened the scoring for the champions, rising highest to head home Luka Modric’s corner in the third minute. The visitors had a second goal ruled out for offside after …
Read More »Biden admin says it has reunited 500 migrant families separated at US border during Trump-era
The Biden administration says that it has reunified 500 migrant families who were separated during the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that aimed to stop illegal immigration into the U.S. “This is a significant milestone that reflects the tireless dedication of the many public servants in the Department of Homeland Security and across the federal government, including those in the …
Read More »Delaware Supreme Court rules vote-by-mail, same-day registration laws are unconstitutional
Delaware’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled that recently passed laws allowing universal vote by mail and same-day registration are unconstitutional, marking a win for state Republicans who had rallied against the legislation. The court found that the two moves conflict with the registration and absentee voter categories outlined in the First State’s constitution. It upheld a prior ruling by the …
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