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Nicholas Burns, the United States ambassador to China, will deliver the Harvard Kennedy School’s 2024 graduation address on May 22, the school announced last Wednesday. Burns — who served as a professor of diplomacy and international relations at the Kennedy School for 13 years — said in a press release he was “honored” to return. […]
From the American Homefront Project: Less than two days after President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union Address that the U.S. would ferry food aid to Gaza, Army vessels from the 7th Transportation Brigade began leaving the dock at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. When the last boats cast off, there were still […]
During his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden will announce an “emergency” military mission to construct a port in the Mediterranean Sea on Gaza’s coast to get humanitarian aid in, senior officials said Thursday. The port will be able to receive “large ships carrying food, water, medicine, and temporary shelters,” a senior White […]
CNN — A brutal and prolonged arctic blast bringing heavy snow, wind and ice across much of the US is threatening record-breaking low temperatures and dangerous morning commutes as another storm takes aim at the South . . .
Live news: French and Jordanian forces deliver aid to Gaza by air Financial Times Source link
President Biden warned on Tuesday that Russia was celebrating American division over providing aid to Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky hit a wall of resistance from congressional Republicans during a daylong lobbying blitz in Washington. Speaking from the White House with Mr. Zelensky by his side, Mr. Biden said failing to support Ukraine would be […]
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Suzanne McGee (Reuters) – Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking U.S. retailers moved higher in shortened trading hours on Black Friday, outpacing broader market indexes. While the S&P 500 index ended little changed, the Amplify Online Retail ETF climbed 0.4% and the broader SPDR S&P Retail ETF gained about 0.7%. Both continued […]
As the United States government delegation arrives in Dubai, UAE, for the UNFCCC COP28 climate summit, frontline communities, youth, and civil society are planning to confront the Biden-Harris administration’s oil and gas expansion and urging a rapid fossil fuel phaseout. Activities on Saturday, December 2, 2023 Photo Opportunity with U.S. Youth and Frontline AdvocatesTime: 8:30am […]
Black Friday shoppers walk to stores as retailers compete to attract shoppers and try to maintain margins on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, at Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, New York, U.S. November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent Alban
While many Americans will get to enjoy a four-day weekend because of the Thanksgiving holiday, your friendly neighborhood mail carrier won’t quite get as many days off. Thanksgiving is one of 11 holidays where mail service is halted in the United States, with postal facilities closed and mail delivery stopped for the day on Thursday. […]