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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said Wednesday that it will reimburse funeral costs for the families CCP virus victims as part of a new funeral assistance program. Beginning next month, the agency said it would begin accepting applications from families who held funerals that occurred between Jan. 20 and Dec. 31, 2020. “The COVID-19 […]

Australia’s domestic spy agency will no longer use terms such as ‘left-wing,’ ‘right-wing,’ and ‘Islamic extremism’ when describing potential terrorist or security threats to the nation. During the agency’s Annual Threat Assessment, Burgess said the left-right and Islamic labels were “no longer fit for purpose”, and the agency would, instead, use the categories “religiously motivated

Weeks ahead of the 93rd Oscars ceremony, scheduled for April 25 this year, Chinese authorities are said to have ordered state media outlets to downplay the event, with China’s state broadcaster CCTV saying it will cancel its planned live streaming. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), sources said that the decision was made by the

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday responded to President Joe Biden’s remarks regarding the allegations against him. Asked in an interview with ABC News whether Cuomo should step down if the investigation finds the allegations are true, Biden said: “Yes. I think he’ll probably end up being prosecuted, too.” In response to Biden’s comments,

Japan’s popular messaging app LINE recently admitted that its users’ personal data stored on its server in Japan could be accessed by China-based engineers that the company had outsourced to. In an official response, LINE admitted that user data had been accessed more than 32 times and that it is now setting up a committee

LONDON—Thorntons, the 110-year-old British chocolatier and retailer, said on Monday it would permanently close all 61 UK stores, putting 603 jobs at risk, blaming the impact of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Multiple lockdowns in Britain have heaped pressure on store-based retailers already struggling with tight margins and intense competition from purely online players. Thorntons, which was

Tiger Woods is back in the game—digitally, at least. Woods has signed a long-term partnership with the company behind the “PGA Tour 2K” video game series, returning the 15-time major champion to an industry he once dominated with EA Sports. The deal was announced Tuesday, nearly a month after Woods suffered career-threatening leg injuries when

Conservative talk-show host Dan Bongino will take up the radio slot previously filled by the late talk-show giant Rush Limbaugh, Cumulus Media’s Westwood One announced in a press release on Wednesday. The show will launch on May 24 and run from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., as did Limbaugh’s massively popular program. Listeners will be able

The Kentucky Senate on Tuesday approved a major election reform bill on a bipartisan vote, paving the way for the measure’s final passage once the Senate amendments are approved by the commonwealth’s House of Representatives. The state senators voted 33-3 on March 16 to approve an omnibus bill that would, once enacted, establish three days

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that she is “undecided” about removing the Senate’s filibuster rule. Feinstein, 87, the oldest senator, told reporters on Capitol Hill that she has concerns that eliminating the legislative filibuster—which requires a threshold of 60 votes to pass major legislation—could backfire on Democrats when Republicans are back in the majority.