Supreme Court allows Alabama election map over black vote dilution claims
The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated Alabama's new GOP-drawn congressional map over the objection of civil rights groups and decisions of two lower courts finding that
Guaidó closer to control of Venezuela gold reserves after UK Supreme Court recognizes him, not Maduro, as President
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is one step closer to securing control of more than $1 billion dollars in gold reserves stored at the Bank of England, after Br
Facebook ends facial recognition over privacy fears
Scandal-hit Facebook is shutting down its long-criticized facial recognition system and deleting scan data on a billion people, it said Tuesday in a shock response to p
National security state's basic instinct for war
A U.S. plane is seen taking off a day after explosions hit crowds outside the Kabul airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 27, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: John Gong is a professor at the Univer
The Gist: The 2022 Winter Olympics
01:44 The Tokyo 2020 Games may be winding down, but things are already gearing up in China, which is now in the final stages of preparations for the Winter Olympics happening in six mon
Do bronze medals ever make sense for unicorns?
Last week, Deliveroo made news when it announced it was preparing to leave the Spanish market. The recently listed Deliveroo couched its explanation in market terms, noting its market position in Span
Fleet your last Fleet — the Twitter feature vanishes today
You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.After a fittingly fleeting time in the wild, Twitter is banishing its ephemeral stories feature known as Fleets, which debuted in
