BusinessHuffPostMarjorie Taylor Greene Becomes Meme Of The Night For All The Wrong Reasons
White Witch? Cruella? Pennywise? The Republican congresswoman's critics have some thoughts.
NewsAFP NewsNew Zealand PM woos voters with minimum wage hike
Recently installed New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins unveiled a higher minimum wage Wednesday, as he seeks to court voters ahead of a tight October general election.With New Zealand in the grip of a cost of living crisis, Hipkins said the minimum wage would rise by 95 cents to $14.22 an hour from April 1.
PoliticsHuffPost5 Times Republicans Couldn’t Stop Heckling During Biden’s State Of The Union Speech
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was on nonstop shushing duty.
BusinessReutersInstant View:- India cenbank raises rates by 25 bps as widely expected
The central bank said that its policy stance remains focused on the withdrawal of accommodation. On the inflation front, the major softening in India post April 2022 was the main reason for us to expect a standstill in this policy.
PoliticsHuffPostBiden's State Of The Union Speech Shows This Isn't Your Father's Democratic Party
On trade and corporate power, unions and the safety net, Biden signaled a shift in the party’s center of gravity.
PoliticsHuffPostKevin McCarthy Repeatedly Shushes Marjorie Taylor Greene During State Of The Union Speech
The House speaker was unable to control the most extreme members of his caucus on Tuesday night.
PoliticsHuffPostSarah Huckabee Sanders Goes Heavy On Far-Right Grievances In State Of The Union Response
The Arkansas governor also made a case for generational change in both parties in the official GOP response to Biden's address to Congress.
TechnologyAFP NewsJapan rolls out 'humble and lovable' delivery robots
"Excuse me, coming through," a four-wheeled robot chirps as it dodges pedestrians on a street outside Tokyo, part of an experiment businesses hope will tackle labour shortages and rural isolation.Proponents hope the machines could eventually help elderly people in depopulated rural areas get access to goods, while also addressing a shortage of delivery workers in a country with chronic labour shortages.
NewsAFP NewsPilots walk away from 737 crash in Australia
Two pilots have made a "miraculous" escape after their Boeing 737 water-bombing plane crashed and burned while fighting a blaze in remote Western Australia.An investigation has been launched by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which said it was the first "collision with terrain" involving a Boeing 737 in Australia.
PoliticsHuffPostBiden Condemns 'Heinous' Paul Pelosi Attack In Call To Fight Hate And Extremism
The attack on the then-House speaker's husband “never should have happened," President Joe Biden said on Tuesday.
NewsAFP NewsPolice seize enough cocaine to supply N. Zealand for 30 years
Police said Wednesday they had seized enough cocaine to supply New Zealand for 30 years, after snaring a massive bundle of drugs floating in the Pacific Ocean.Officials believe the drugs were dropped at a "floating transit point" in the Pacific Ocean, where they would have been picked up and taken to Australia.
PoliticsHuffPostKevin McCarthy Didn't Stand When Biden Referred To Jan. 6 In State Of The Union Speech
Early in his address, Biden summed up the troubles he faced when he entered office two years ago, making a nod to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.
NewsAFP NewsBiden warns US will act on China after balloon downing
President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday he would not hesitate to defend US interests against China after he ordered the downing of a suspected surveillance balloon but, delivering his State of the Union address, kept the door open to cooperation."I'm committed to work with China where it can advance American interests and benefit the world," Biden said.
PoliticsHuffPostMarjorie Taylor Greene Shouts 'Liar' At Joe Biden During State Of The Union
Republicans erupted when the president said they wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare.
BusinessAFP NewsAsian markets mostly up but rate worries keep optimism in check
Most Asian markets rose Wednesday but traders remained on edge after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell reiterated that inflation was coming down but interest rates might need to go higher than expected to get it under control."Rate cut bets for next winter firmly remain intact and that should be an issue for a Fed trying to get inflation somewhere near target."
NewsAFP News'Waiting for our dead': Anger builds at Turkey's quake response
With every passing moment, Ebru Firat knows the chances dim of finding her cousin alive under the rubble of a flattened building in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep.In Gaziantep, where violent aftershocks rumble on, residents lack almost everything.
PoliticsHuffPostRead Biden's Full State Of The Union Speech
The president addressed inflation, infrastructure and health care in his address to Congress.
PoliticsHuffPost'A Sick Puppy': Mitt Romney And George Santos Get Into Tense Exchange At State Of The Union
The truth-challenged GOP congressman appeared to get into a brief confrontation ahead of President Joe Biden's address to Congress.
PoliticsAFP NewsBiden urges US unity and vows to restore blue-collar pride
President Joe Biden touted America's "unbroken" democracy and resurgent economy in an optimistic State of the Union speech Tuesday -- as he sought to persuade skeptical voters that at 80 he still has what it takes to takes to run for reelection.Biden had good news to tout on Tuesday.
NewsAFP NewsVIP lounge becomes quake refuge in stricken Turkish city
Desperate survivors sought refuge in the airport near Turkey's quake disaster zone on Tuesday, as hundreds of rescuers from more than 70 countries landed in the country.With survivors scared to return to their homes after the devastating 7.8 magnitude tremor, the airport has become a refuge for many.
PoliticsHuffPostBiden Boasts Of Low Unemployment, Bipartisan Accomplishments In State Of The Union Speech
The president will likely announce a reelection bid as the economic benefits of three key pieces of legislation passed in his first two years start to kick in.
NewsHuffPostBiden Demands Police Accountability In SOTU Speech Before Tyre Nichols’ Family
"What happened to Tyre in Memphis happens too often," Biden said. "We have to do better."
NewsAFP NewsNo new variants in weeks after China ended zero-Covid: study
No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday.But the new study by Chinese researchers, which analysed 413 samples from Beijing sequenced between November 14 and December 20, said "there is no evidence that novel variants emerged" during that time.
NewsAFP NewsCodebreakers find, decipher lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
An international team of codebreakers said Wednesday they have found and deciphered the long lost secret letters of 16th-century monarch Mary, Queen of Scots, one of the most argued-over figures in British history.The long-rumoured missing letters, which were found mislabelled in the digital archive of a French library, were hailed by excited historians as the most significant discovery about the Scottish queen in a century.
NewsAFP NewsUS says helping quake-hit Syria but not Assad
The United States said Tuesday it was working with partners to provide earthquake relief in Syria but would stand firm against working with the Damascus government.He declined to name the non-governmental groups working with the United States, citing operational security.
