Russian athletes took part in the Rio Olympics four years ago World Athletics says it will expel the Russian Federation (Rusaf) as a member if it does not pay an outstanding fine and costs before 15 August. A payment of $6.31m (£4.84m)…Read More »
Flickr/spDuchamp Kodak CEO Jim Continenza could net more than $135 million from the camera company’s 1,200% stock surge in two days this week. Continenza owns 650,000 Kodak shares, 3.8 million stock options, and potentially another 242,000 shares tied to his reelection as…Read More »
The federal agents who have clashed with protesters in Portland will begin a “phased withdrawal” from Oregon’s largest city’s downtown area starting Thursday, Oregon‘s Democratic Gov. Kate Brown announced. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf said in a statement that he and Brown have been in…Read More »
Image copyrightCLEMENT MAHOUDEAU Image captionThe tokamak building at Iter will house the structure where fusion will be controlled The world’s biggest nuclear fusion project has entered its five-year assembly phase. After this is finished, the facility will be able to start generating…Read More »
Pictures allegedly showing white outer plates detached from a PlayStation 5 console surfaced online today. If genuine, this leak backs up rumors that the PS5 will be more customizable than any of its predecessors. Sony has hinted at special editions and plans…Read More »
Hundreds of armed, predominantly Black activists demanded justice for Breonna Taylor during peaceful demonstrations on Saturday in her Kentucky hometown that drew counter-protesters from a white militia group. Police closed streets and set up barricades to keep the two groups apart as tensions…Read More »
The first hurricane to threaten the United States since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is bearing down on Hawaii. Meanwhile, two storms are churning in the Atlantic and one could cause significant flooding in the Gulf Coast. In the Pacific, Hurricane…Read More »
There are three systems from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean that could threaten the U.S. and Caribbean with tropical rain and wind. The most imminent storm is tropical depression eight, which is forecast to become Tropical Storm Hanna. It is forecast…Read More »
Canada’s federal court has ruled that an asylum agreement the country has with the US is invalid because America violates the human rights of refugees. The Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA), in place since 2004, requires refugee claimants to request protection in…Read More »
Image copyrightAFP Image captionThe funeral home was targeted by the occupants of a passing car At least 14 people have been shot outside a funeral home in Chicago – one of the worst mass shootings in a city already grappling with rising…Read More »