White House Told Kushner’s Security Clearance Will Be Delayed The Justice Department informed the White House this month that there were substantial issues related to Jared Kushner that still needed to be investigated and would significantly delay a recommendation on whether he should receive a permanent security clearance, according to […]
GoDaddy revenue tops estimates as customer base expands GoDaddy Inc’s quarterly revenue topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday, as the web-hosting company earned more from each user and expanded customer base with its acquisition of Host Europe Group. Shares of GoDaddy, which also forecast current-quarter revenue above estimates, rose 4.5 […]
Apple opens its first store in Austria Saturday Apple Kärntner Straße, Apple’s first store in Austria, will open Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the heart of Vienna. Nestled on the famous pedestrian shopping street between St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Vienna State Opera, the store’s 150 employees will invite visitors […]
Apple AirPods 2 May Be Incoming Soon With Two Big Improvements When Apple announced its wireless in-ear headphones, the AirPods, reaction was mixed. Questions were asked: Don’t they look a bit funny? What will they sound like? Will they really do all the things they promise? To which the answers […]
Australian deputy prime minister resigns following sex scandal Australia’s deputy prime minister resigned Friday after being undermined by a sex scandal that triggered a ban on sex between government ministers and their personal staff and a national debate over exposing politicians’ bedroom behavior. Barnaby Joyce, the leader of the rural-based […]
Russia Blocks U.N. Ceasefire in Syria as Hundreds Die in Ongoing Bombardment World leaders called Thursday for an urgent cease-fire in Syria as government forces pounded the opposition-controlled eastern suburbs of the capital in a crushing campaign that has left hundreds of people dead in recent days. The U.N. Security […]
South Korea says approved visit by sanctioned North Korean to pursue peace on peninsula South Korea said it approved the Winter Olympic visit by a sanctioned North Korean official, blamed for the deadly 2010 sinking of a South Korean navy ship, in the pursuit of peace and asked for public […]
Bombs bring terrifying new routine to Syria’s Ghouta For residents of Syria’s eastern Ghouta, five days of intense bombardment have imposed a new routine of terror in a district already tormented by years of siege. Syria’s civil war has long dictated the rhythms of daily life in eastern Ghouta, the […]
Five refugees killed, 20 injured, in Rwanda camp food protest-police At least five refugees were killed and 20 injured at a camp in Rwanda after a protest over a cut in food rations turned violent, Rwandan police said on Friday. Seven policemen were also injured. Around 3,000 refugees had camped […]
U.N. Security Council to vote on Friday on demand for Syria truce The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday on a draft resolution demanding a 30-day truce in Syria to allow aid deliveries and medical evacuations, but it was not immediately clear if the text had won the […]
