Giorno: 7 Giugno 2023

Utah Senate Candidate Trent Staggs Taking on Romney

Utah GOP senatorial candidate Trent Staggs on Wednesday, in a newly launched ad, called on voters to reject incumbent Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and said he wants to bring the same approach to Washington that he used successfully as mayor in Riverton, Utah.Utah GOP senatorial candidate Trent Staggs on Wednesday, in a newly launched ad, […]

PGA Tour Merges With Saudi-Backed Rival LIV Golf

The PGA Tour abruptly dropped its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf venture on Tuesday and instead announced a merger that creates a global operation featuring the world’s top players backed by the Saudis’ massive wealth. Yet the announcement has raised concerns…The PGA Tour abruptly dropped its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf […]

Messi to Join MLS’s Inter Miami, Co-Owned by David Beckham

Lionel Messi will snub a lucrative contract in Saudi Arabia and move to Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent after parting ways with French champion Paris St Germain, the BBC reported Wednesday.Lionel Messi will snub a lucrative contract in Saudi Arabia and move to Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as […]

Blinken Meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met today with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and Saudi Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met today with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and Saudi Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in the […]

Biden and Sunak seek to continue mending strained ties during UK leader’s Washington trip

President Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will continue their work toward strengthening relations between the two allies during the U.K. leader’s visit to Washington. “Firstly, this is an effort by Sunak to reach out to Biden and develop a warmer relationship,” Nile Gardiner, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, […]

Russia ally denied election to UN Security Council in wake of Ukraine war

Belarus was denied a spot on the United Nations Security Council Tuesday as five other nations joined the rotational ranks, granting them voting powers for the next two years.  Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and South Korea won the top spots after running unopposed with their terms set to begin on Jan. 1, 2024. Slovenia, which […]

Air India plane flying to San Francisco lands in Russia after engine problem, US citizens ‘likely’ onboard

A U.S.-bound Air India plane carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew members was diverted to a port city in Russia after the aircraft developed an engine problem, officials said on Wednesday. The aircraft was “likely” carrying U.S. citizens, a U.S. State Department official confirmed. The plane, a Boeing 777, safely landed in Magadan, Russia, on […]

Pope Francis undergoing abdominal surgery in Rome to deal with intestinal issue, Vatican says

Pope Francis is undergoing abdominal surgery Wednesday at a hospital in Rome to treat an intestinal blockage, the Vatican says.  A statement from the Holy See Press Office said the operation, which was “decided upon over the past few days by the medical team assisting the Holy Father, became necessary due to an incisional laparocele […]

US issues travel advisory for Caribbean hotspot amid violence, sex assault concerns

The State Department on Tuesday issued a travel advisory for Americans looking to hit the Dominican Republic, a top Caribbean destination, amid an increase in violent crime and sexual assaults.  A yellow flag-level two advisory was issued urging travelers heading to the Caribbean hotspot to “exercise increased caution.” “Violent crime, including armed robbery, homicide and […]

Boeing Delays 90 Dreamliner Jets Over Horizontal Stabilizer Defect

Boeing said on Tuesday it could be forced to slow deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner after the company discovered a new production flaw that will require it to inspect all 90 jets in its inventory, the latest in a series of setbacks for the widebody plane.