Thursday, November 26, 2020 On Monday, United States General Services Administration administrator Emily W. Murphy sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden and his team, giving them permission to access what she described as post-election resources for a presidential transition process following the 2020 US Presidential Election on November 3, which multiple national news outlets […]

Friday, August 27, 2010 Apple Inc. will hold a music-centered event in San Francisco, California on September 1. It has been widely speculated that the company will introduce an updated line of iPod portable music players and a new Apple TV. The company e-mailed invitations for the event to various media organizations on Wednesday. The […]

Friday, April 4, 2008 In his speech at NATO’s 2008 Bucharest summit on Thursday, the President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin asked for international support in solving the Transnistrian conflict and in overcoming polemics with regard to Moldova’s national identity and present borders. The president said Moldova does its utmost to attract the international community’s attention […]

Thursday, August 3, 2006 The United States Food and Drug Administration has announced that it is moving forward in approving over-the-counter (OTC) sale of the emergency contraceptive pill, “Plan B” to women above 18 years of age. The delayed approval of this drug has been raised in the Senate confirmation hearings for President Bush’s nominee […]

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 London, England — A winless Australia women’s national goalball team met the United States in group play yesterday night at London’s Copper Box and failed to pick up their first win, going down 0–3. Prior to the start of the game, both team’s fans made themselves heard with Australian supporters chanting […]

Friday, January 27, 2017 On Wednesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet announced Germany is to drop the ‘lese majeste’ law which protects foreign leaders from insult. This law is to come under effect in January 2018. German justice minister Heiko Maas called this law redundant and said, “the idea of lese majesty arose in an […]

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 The Democratic governor of Illinois in the United States, Rod Blagojevich, 51, along with his chief of staff John Harris, 46, were arrested Tuesday morning by the FBI on federal corruption charges. The Chicago Tribune reports that federal agents raided Blagojevich’s home this morning and took him into federal custody. The […]