What’s wrong, Boeing Starliner? No return date yet for astronauts
The two astronauts who flew on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft were supposed to start the journey back to Earth on Wednesday (June 26) night, but instead, they will stay on…
Vatican stands trial in London as British financier seeks to clear his name in property deal
The Vatican went on trial in a London court on Wednesday (June 26) as a British financier sought to clear his name after being convicted by a Vatican tribunal in…
‘Foxconn not hiring married women workers at iPhone plant in India’
Foxconn has “systematically excluded” married women workers from its main India iPhone assembly plant near Chennai, reports Reuters. Married women aren’t hired because they have babies and are more likely…
Woman, 105, receives Stanford degree more than 80 years after graduate school
A 105-year-old woman received her master’s degree from Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) more than 80 years after she was a graduate student there. Virginia “Ginger” Hislop enrolled at…
New York kosher cafe chain on a roll before Gaza hits the skids
A bakery with a chain of cafes in New York and New Jersey offering kosher food prescribed by Jewish dietary rules attracted a diverse clientele. But now the kosher cafe…
AI Steve: The AI candidate on the ballot in the UK election
British voters will get the chance to elect what’s being billed as the world’s first AI lawmaker in the July 4 general election. Businessman Steve Endacott, 59, is standing for…
Top US health official wants warning labels on social media
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, the country’s top health official, wants warning labels on social media similar to those on tobacco products. He wants labels warning against social media’s harmful…
Biden criticizes US Supreme Court
President Joe Biden criticized the US Supreme Court and expressed concern that Trump could appoint more justices to the bench if re-elected president. That would be “one of the scariest…
Biden-Trump debate on June 27: CNN sets rules for ‘civilized discussion’
President Joe Biden will face his Republican rival, Donald Trump, in their first televised debate on June 27. CNN, which will host the debate, said there would be two commercial…
What did Rishi Sunak sacrifice as a child? Sky TV, he says
When Queen Marie Antoinette of France was told the peasants were starving and had no bread, she allegedly said: “Let them eat cake.” Now critics are claiming the British Prime…