Musk Gets $7B Backing for Twitter Bid From Tech Heavyweights
contact@hellonews.website Billionaire Elon Musk has strengthened the equity stake of his offer to buy Twitter with commitments of more than $7 billion from a range of investors, including Silicon Valley heavy…
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Homeland Security’s ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ Assailed by Lawmakers
Washington — A new coordinating body proposed by the Department of Homeland Security to focus its efforts at countering disinformation has run into a buzzsaw of opposition from members of…
US Lawmakers Brace for Fight Over Abortion Rights
US Lawmakers Brace for Fight Over Abortion Rights
Censorship of Hollywood Blockbuster Films Intensifies in China
san francisco — China is stepping up censorship of U.S. films as producers make movies with an eye toward pleasing Beijing yet without isolating the global audience, industry insiders say.…
Oath Keepers Member Pleads Guilty to Sedition in US Capitol Attack
Washington — A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia on Wednesday admitted to engaging in seditious conspiracy during last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, the latest in a…
US Quietly Expands Asylum Limits While Preparing to End Them
San Diego — The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers to deny migrants a chance to seek asylum, expanding use of the rule…
US Central Bank Boosts Key Interest Rate by Half Percentage Point
Washington — The U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, raised its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point on Wednesday and scaled back its support for the American economy,…
Blinken Tests Positive for COVID, State Department Says
Washington — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19 and will shift to a virtual work schedule, the State Department said. “The Secretary is fully vaccinated…
Transfer of US-Procured Afghan Helicopters to Ukraine Underway
Islamabad — The United States is giving Ukraine 16 Mi-17 helicopters that Washington had procured for Afghanistan, a U.S. government agency charged with monitoring Afghan events said Wednesday. The Department…
Automakers, Appliance Manufacturers Struggle to Find Computer Chips Amid Shortage
Cars stuck on the assembly line. Delays in the delivery of dishwashers, refrigerators and game consoles. Consumers and businesses are feeling the pinch of the semiconductor shortage. The war in…
Biden Urges Supplemental Ukraine Funding on Visit to Missile Facility
President Joe Biden on Tuesday visited an Alabama facility that manufactures weapons he said were key to fending off Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He also pushed his request for $33…
Biden Blasts US Supreme Court’s Draft Opinion on Abortion
High court may overturn Roe v. Wade, landmark ruling that legalized abortion in US, and leave decision to state legislators
Fiji Says US Can Seize Russian Superyacht but Not Right Away
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A judge in Fiji has ruled that U.S. authorities can seize a Russian-owned superyacht — but has put a hold on his order until at least…
Explainer: The Leak of Supreme Court's Draft Roe v. Wade Reversal
Late Monday, the American news website Politico dropped a bombshell: A draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion it had obtained revealed that the court was set to overturn Roe…
44% of China's Imprisoned Journalists Are Uyghurs
A group of U.S. House lawmakers introduced a resolution on Tuesday, World Press Freedom Day, which named countries including China, Russia and Belarus as nations that committed “repressive and brutal…