CEO Doug McMillon says Walmart will end all sales of handguns in Alaksa and discontinue the sale of short-barreled rifles and handgun ammunition nationwide; Matt Finn reports from Chicago.
Melinda Gates could become world’s second-richest woman
‘Clearly she’s a natural politician with razor-keen instincts for how to relate to the common folk,’ says one tweet
Ms Jenner is running to replace California’s Democratic governor Gavin Newsom in a recall election
Attacks against Asian Americans have surged 169 per cent during first quarter of 2021 compared to same period last year, study says
Senator pleased at US government for backing short term removal of patent on vaccines
Liz Cheney’s days in GOP leadership appear numbered
Congresswoman has repeatedly called for the senator to resign
LONDON (Reuters) -The Group of Seven meeting in London was hit by a COVID-19 scare on Wednesday when India's foreign minister and his entire team said they were self-isolating after two delegation members tested positive. Britain is hosting the three-day foreign ministers' meeting - the first such G7 event in two years - which has been billed as a chance to restart face-to-face diplomacy and a opportunity for the West to show a united front against threats from China and Russia. India, currently undergoing the world's worst surge in COVID-19 cases, is attending the G7 as a guest and had been due to take part in meetings on Tuesday evening and throughout Wednesday.
Facebook has called for a review of Mr Trump’s indefinite suspension
Supporters say the move would increase vaccine production but the pharmaceutical industry disagrees.
Figures and documents reveal excessive foreign outings for former official, in final eight months in office
The rate drops for mothers of every measured race and ethnicity, and in nearly every age group.
The Gilbreth family, including mother Lillian Gilbreth, a pioneering scientist, sits atop a see-saw in Nantucket, Mass., in 1923. The notion that mothers can simultaneously nurture their children and their careers is often seen as a modern phenomenon, an indication of how far women have come in the march toward gender equity. The inspiration for Mother’s Day herself, Ann Jarvis, was a social activist and pioneer in the public-health movement in the U.S. As a mother living in an Appalachian coal-mining community in the 1800s, Jarvis suffered the loss of not just one, but eight children.
‘They want a woman who isn’t a ‘threat’ to them’
Bill and Melinda Gates announced their decision to end their marriage
Decision to waive IP protection for vaccines clears hurdle for countries to manufacture own versions
‘Disingenuous’ former AG and DOJ misled Congress and courts, judge finds
Senator Bernie Sanders accused Republican senator Mitch McConnell of making ‘the rich richer’ in America
America’s top diplomat warns Moscow ahead of Ukraine visit
An army trainee armed with a rifle hijacked a school bus full of children in South Carolina, police report. The bus was taking elementary students to their school in Richland County when the trainee from the Fort Jackson army base took over the bus, initially demanding the driver take him to a nearby town. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says 18 students and a driver were on board the vehicle when the incident happened at around 7am on Thursday.
