US could default this summer unless $31.4tn debt ceiling is raised, CBO warns
Historic federal debt default could occur before July, cautions non-partisan agencyThe Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday said the US treasury department will exhaust its ability to pay all its bills sometime between July and September, unless th…
Myanmar’s National Unity Government Opens Office in Washington
The opening of the office marks a deepening of official U.S. engagement with the NUG, but diplomatic recognition remains unlikely.
Feds open civil rights probe after deputies shoot Black man
The Justice Department says it has opened a civil rights investigation after a Black man in Mississippi was shot by sheriff’s deputies during a drug raid.
Raquel Welch: A life in pictures
The US actress and model appeared in more than 30 movies and 50 television shows.
Cambodia placed on watchlist of ‘repressive’ states: CIVICUS
Cambodia’s longtime ruler Hun Sen has ‘overseen a systematic assault on fundamental freedoms’, report states.
Has Google Lost Its Mission?
A former Google employee said the company has lost its way, writing in a recent blog post that Google is inefficient, plagued by mismanagement and paralyzed by risk. Praveen Seshadri joined the Alphabet-owned company at the start of 2020 when Google Cl…