By RONI CARYN RABIN AND LAUREN LEATHERBY THE NEW YORK TIMES JUN 14, 2021 AT 7:18 PM To a wide circle of friends and family, Jesse Ruby was the go-to guy. The father who would drop everything and drive across town if his sons needed a ride. The cousin who […]

The United States President Joe Biden embarrassed himself at the G-7 summit when he tried to correct British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for not introducing “the president of South Africa” — even though Johnson already did so by name. The blooper — one of several Biden made amid the series […]

CARBIS BAY, England — Queen Elizabeth II had been a spry existence at the Group of 7 conference in Cornwall, England, on Friday, wisecracking during a group photo along with world leaders and reducing a cake with a blade. But on Sunday, whenever she welcomed President Biden and the first […]

Jon Sopel writes: The Americans see Saturday’s session at the G7 as being about challenging the rise of Chinese influence around the world. Beijing’s Belt-and-Road initiative, which has seen billions of dollars poured into developing countries, must be countered by the Western democracies. Senior administration officials want to prove that […]

G7 leaders seeking to rival China have adopted a plan to support lower- and middle-income countries in building better infrastructure. President Joe Biden said he wanted the US-backed Build Back Better World (B3W) plan to be a higher-quality alternative to a similar Chinese programme. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) […]

June 13,2021 AFP: Pilgrims from Bangladesh and other countries will not be able to perform the annual Hajj for the second conservative year as the Saudi Arabian authorities have barred all overseas pilgrims due to the Covid pandemic. The Saudi authorities said that they would allow 60,000 vaccinated residents of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the 2021 Pulitzer Prizes: RICHMOND — Michael Paul Williams of Virginia’s Richmond Times-Dispatch won this year’s prize for commentary for a series of “penetrating and historically insightful columns” about the process of dismantling the state capital city’s Confederate monuments. Williams’ winning work was […]

Jenna Romaine writes: Western states on verge of worst drought in modern history. Over the last 20 years, the two worst droughts occurred in 2003 and 2013. A permanent drought is characterized by an unchanging dry climate, sparse vegetation and increased risk of wildfires. Recent years have seen expansive droughts […]

Erika Edwards Writes: The condition, called myocarditis, is usually mild, but a handful of patients remain hospitalized. A higher-than-usual number of cases of a type of heart inflammation has been reported following Covid-19 vaccination, especially among young men following their second dose of an mRNA vaccine, the Centers for Disease […]

Since his ban and President Joe Biden’s inauguration, Trump has posted statements online far less often. But some of his statements have traveled just as far and wide on social networks. Written by Davey Alba, Ella Koeze and Jacob Silver When Facebook and Twitter barred Donald Trump from their platforms […]