[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] India’s foreign ministry accused Chinese troops of taking “provocative actions” on the disputed Himalayan mountain border while commanders from both sides were holding talks on Monday to defuse tensions.
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Parachutist Raphael Domjan reached a speed of 150 kilometers per hour during his jump, which was the first jump from a solar-powered aircraft in recorded history.
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Thirty-nine children have been rescued from a sex-trafficking ring after police successfully completed their two-week bust. The U.S. Marshals, along with local agencies including the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), concluded their search for endangered and missing children in Georgia […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The longest-running Prime Minister for Japan, Shinzo Abe announced on Friday that he would be resigning after a vote for his successor is held. He stated that his resignation is due to ill health, something that he has been dealing with since the summer of this year. Reuters reports […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A joint statement from the National Basketball Players’ Association (NBPA) and the NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that playoff games will resume on August 29th. The Milwaulkee Bucks boycotted their August 26th game against the Orlando Magic in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, citing his refusal to comply with a subpoena for records into his “transparently political misuse” of department resources. The chairman of the committee, Eliot Engel, also cited a speech Pompeo recorded in Jerusalem for this […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A telephone call on coronavirus economic relief between U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows ended on Thursday with no breakthrough, and Pelosi said talks would not resume until the Trump administration agreed to $2.2 trillion in aid. Pelosi and Meadows spoke by […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The World Health Organization on Monday was cautious about endorsing the use of recovered COVID-19 patients’ plasma to treat those who are ill, saying evidence it works remains “low quality” even as the United States issued emergency authorization for such therapies. So-called convalescent plasma, which has long been used […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Israeli teenagers unearthed hundreds of gold coins stashed away in a clay vessel for more than a thousand years. The treasure was discovered on Aug. 18, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Monday, by teenagers volunteering at an excavation in central Israel where a new neighborhood is planned to be […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to the president and former campaign manager, said late Sunday that she would step down from her White House position to focus on her family life, which has been thrust into the public sphere because of sharp disagreements with her husband, George, over Trump’s fitness […]
