Atlanta, Nov 29, 2023 -Former US president Jimmy Carter, 99, made a rare public appearance Tuesday to join his successors Joe Biden and Bill Clinton and all five living first ladies at the memorial service for his beloved wife Rosalynn.A frail-looking Carter briefly left hospice care to attend the service at a church in Atlanta, … Read more
A woman holds a smartphone showing the Uber app in London on Sept. 22, 2017. DANIEL Leal-Olivas | AFP | Getty Images London’s famous black cabs will soon be available to ride through Uber, the ride-sharing company announced Tuesday. London’s taxi drivers will be able to sign up for trip referrals through Uber starting Wednesday, … Read more
A memorial service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter is set to take place at the Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday. Ex-President Jimmy Carter, 99, will join his successors, Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, to pay their tribute to the former first lady. First Lady Jill Biden and her four … Read more
BEIJING: More than three million people took China’s annual civil service exam on the weekend, state media reported on Monday, a record number that underscores young people’s concerns about getting a secure job in a rocky economy.With stubbornly high youth employment in the world’s second-largest economy, the prospect of a less glamorous career in the … Read more
BEIRUT: Israeli air strikes on Sunday made Damascus airport inoperable just hours after flights had resumed following a similar attack last month, a war monitor said.“Israeli warplanes on Sunday afternoon carried out a new raid targeting Damascus international airport… putting it out of service again,” said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.It said the … Read more
NEW YORK: Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen Ted Kennedy and nephew of President John F Kennedy, remembers being a young state legislator in Rhode Island some 30 years ago and hearing encouraging words from the opposition leader at the time. “I just want you to know that no matter what you do, nothing’s going to … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 17, 2023 5:56 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. says it’s untroubled by a draft decree from Mexico’s president that would require freight railways to allow passenger service on their tracks. The Calgary-based railway says the decree, expected to take … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in the nation’s capital, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The agents, assigned to protect Naomi Biden, were out with her in the Georgetown neighborhood late Sunday night … Read more
The National Park Service is warning that additional munitions may be hidden in a Washington, D.C., park after World War I-era projectiles were found buried there in the spring. An area of Fort Totten Park in northeastern Washington remains fenced off to the public following the discovery in April, the agency announced Thursday in a … Read more
DUBAI: The only cancer treatment hospital in the Gaza Strip has gone out of service after it ran out of fuel, health officials said on Wednesday. The director of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship hospital told a press conference aired by Al-Jazeera TV that the hospital, which mainly treats cancer patients, had used up its fuel and … Read more