Новости за 23.06.2021

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - "Black Panther" U.S. actor Michael B.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the proposal to make Washington, D.C. a state. On Tuesday, the city's Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser offered her view as to why the D.C. Statehood Bill, which has already passed in the House, should move forward.

The U.S. voted against a United Nations resolution that would end the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba. While the U.S. voted against it on Wednesday, the U.N. general assembly went on to adopt the resolution.

Kamala Harris has finally announced plans for her to visit the southern border months after Joe Biden tapped her to lead the White House response to the growing crisis. Her office confirmed the Vice President would make a visit to El Paso on Friday.

Major media outlet MSNBC has been in the hot seat after reportedly claiming police are to blame for rising crime. The left's arguments for the defund the police movement have begun to unravel as crime skyrockets across the nation.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Actor Harrison Ford injured his shoulder while rehearsing for a fight scene for a new "Indiana Jones" movie, Walt Disney Co said on Wednesday.

Sen. Mike Lee held nothing back in his description of the For The People Act. In an interview on Tuesday, Lee said the Senate's move to strike down the bill was a "victory for the angels."

Missouri's latest gun law has continued to stir controversy as many argued it was unconstitutional and negatively affected police. A lawsuit by the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County was filed on Monday to overturn the law as it could potentially fine law enforcement agencies for enforcing federal gun laws.

A community in Colorado have mourned the loss of a fallen police officer and a good Samaritan following a deadly shooting. During a press briefing on Tuesday, the Arvada Police Department said veteran Officer Gordon Beesley was fatally shot on Monday while on patrol at a shopping district in suburban Denver.

Republican leadership in the Senate have called out their colleagues across the aisle for their electoral overreach. Leading up to Tuesday's vote on S.1, the leadership weighed in on what they believed Democrats true intent was on the introduced election reform bill that never stood a chance to pass.

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - More than 200 music artists, including Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, backed a campaign on Wednesday calling on the

(Reuters) -Electronic Arts said on Wednesday it had bought Playdemic Ltd, the mobile games studio responsible for "Golf Clash", for $1.4 billion in cash, in a bid to bolster its mobile gaming

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to pool resources and expertise from the EU's 27 countries for a joint cyber unit to fight online criminals amid a

(Reuters) - More airlines on Wednesday joined legal action against the Britain over its travel curbs, adding to pressure on the government to relax restrictions that are putting businesses and jobs on

By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) -The German cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft budget for next year with new debt of nearly 100 billion euros ($119 billion) to finance more COVID-19 measures,

By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - British business lender Tide said it would not provide payment deferrals for small firms that took out state-supported loans during the COVID-19

By Arno Schuetze and Gwénaëlle Barzic FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Auto transport firm Gefco has been put up for sale by owners Russian Railways (RZhD) and carmaker Stellantis in a deal expected to be worth

(Reuters) -Warren Buffett on Wednesday resigned as trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world's largest private charitable organizations, as he delivered another $4.1 billion

HELSINKI (Reuters) -The Finnish parliament approved on Wednesday a government proposal for legislation to reform the social and healthcare system, a tally of assembly members' votes showed.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's coronavirus infection levels are encouraging but cases of the Delta variant are rising and the country should exercise sound judgment so as not to risk what it has

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Communities in Madagascar are on the verge of starvation, with women and children walking for hours to reach food after the worst drought in four decades devastated the south of

PARIS (Reuters) - France is attached to the freedom and plurality of the press, government spokesman Gabriel Attal told reporters on Wednesday, when asked about Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple

By Sharon Abratique and Pak Yiu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong's pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily announced it will print its last edition on Thursday after a stormy year in which it was raided by

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian military ship fired warning shots at a British Royal Navy destroyer after it entered Russian waters in the Black Sea, and a Russian jet dropped bombs in its path as a

By Norihiko Shirouzu, Stella Qiu and Jamie Freed BEIJING (Reuters) - Trade power tensions, regulatory hurdles and attempts by the West to counter Chinese competition are delaying a return of the 737