White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said earlier this week that the issue of granting Mr. Trump intelligence briefings was “something that is under review.” President Joe Biden said Friday that Donald Trump should not be allowed to receive classified intelligence briefings, a courtesy that historically has been granted to outgoing presidents.Asked in an interview with CBS News what he feared if Mr. Trump continued to receive the briefings, Mr. Biden said he did not want to “speculate out loud” but made clear he did not want Trump to continue getting them.“I just think that there is no need for…
Author: Mike Harrison
The team’s research was recently published in the journal Scientific Reports. It fits on a human fingertip, but this chameleon could make a big splash.Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say a newly discovered species of chameleon is a contender for the title of world’s smallest reptile.Frank Glaw, who was part of the international team of researchers that classified the new species and named it Brookesia nana said the body of the male specimen appeared to be just 13.5-millimeters-long (a little more than a 1/2-inch.) That’s at least 1.5 millimeters smaller than the previous record holder, another member of the Brookesia…
Democrats hold a narrow majority in the Senate, so they could approve the measure without Republican support. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Friday endorsed U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan to deal with the pain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.“The US does have fiscal space to take additional relief and support measures,” she told reporters.And it is “appropriate” to use that firepower “given the exceptional uncertainties, and most importantly, given the fact that there is still a lot of pain for households and businesses.”Far from considering the package excessive, Ms. Georgieva expressed support for many of…
Police officials said that two bodies were shifted to Quetta civil hospital after the incident. At least two people were killed and 28 others injured as two bomb blasts rocked the cities of Quetta and Sibi in the restive Balochistan province of Pakistan, police said on Friday.The first blast took place in Sibi in which 24 people were injured while hours later the second explosion took place in Quetta and was apparently aimed at a Kashmir Day rally, killing two people and leaving four others injured.Police officials said that two bodies were shifted to Quetta civil hospital after the incident.Aurangzeb…
The police sought time to file a report. A metropolitan magistrate on Friday directed Mumbai Police to submit a progress report against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister, Rangoli Chandel, on the basis of a complaint, which alleged that they used hateful language against Muslims on social media to gain cheap publicity.The police sought time to file a report. However, advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, who filed the complaint said that he had already provided the police with all the evidence, which included videos, tweets, and other material admissible in law. He also said that the magistrate had already granted…
After three successful rounds, the Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) for four wheelers came to an abrupt end with the FMSCI Rally Commission curtailing it to three rounds.An FMSCI release on Friday stated that the championship stands concluded after the penultimate Round 3 in Coimbatore held last weekend as the minimum criteria was three rounds taking into account the COVID-19 pandemic.It further added that the points accumulated in each category over the three rounds will help in deciding the winners.Rally Commission chairman Farokh Commissariat revealed that the Council deliberated at length the circumstances and issues that were faced in the…
Mehidy Hasan picks up four; Host ahead by 218 runs with seven wickets remaining in the second innings Mehidy Hasan followed up his first Test century with four for 58 as Bangladesh stayed in control of the first Test against West Indies on Friday.Bangladesh reached 47-3 in its second innings at stumps on day three, stretching its lead to 218 on an increasingly deteriorating pitch. West Indies was all out for 259 in its first innings replying to the hosts’ 430.Captain Mominul Haque (31) and Mushfiqur Rahim (10) are at the crease. West Indies was bowled out for 259 in…
As of Friday, nearly 5.2 million vaccinations have been administered over 10.4 million sessions India has reported 22 deaths so far following vaccination, though none of these are attributable to the vaccine itself, the Health Ministry said in a briefing on Friday. A 77-year-old man from Agra, Uttar Pradesh, died in the past 24 hours, seven days following vaccination. The death was due to “cardiogenic/septicemic shock with pre-existing diabetes”. Three committees of experts — a district, State and national-level committee — ascertain the role of vaccination in mortality. The national committee, as has been stated, is expected to analyse such…
More than 130 officials and lawmakers have been detained. Several hundred teachers and students protested at a Myanmar university on Friday as the military widened a dragnet against officials ousted in a coup that has drawn global condemnation and the threat of new sanctions.The rally took place after the arrest Win Htein, a key aide to de facto leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi, who has not been seen in public since being detained along with President Win Myint. A representative of Ms. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy said on Friday she was being held at her residence in Naypyitaw,…
Aide calls the process unconstitutional. Former President Donald Trump refused on Thursday to testify in his looming impeachment trial after being called by House prosecutors to give evidence, branding the process “unconstitutional.”Mr. Trump’s lawyers ridiculed the request in a letter by lead House prosecutor Jamie Raskin to answer questions over the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a “public relations stunt.”“Your letter only confirms what is known to everyone: you cannot prove your allegations” against Mr. Trump, attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen said in their reply. While the attorneys did not say whether he would testify, a…