Category: 1440-news

The 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced yesterday, with much of the recognition awarded to local newsrooms.  Among the winners are The Washington Post (Public Service) for its account of the Jan. 6...

The international song contest “Eurovision” kicks off today from Turin, Italy (Peacock, 3 pm ET). The competition is the world’s most-watched annual music event and features songwriters from 40 countries. More...

Russia held its annual Victory Day celebration yesterday, with events including a massive military parade helmed by President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s Red Square. More than 65,000 people were estimated to have taken...

Voters in the Philippines cast ballots today, deciding between a range of different candidates seeking to replace outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte. Ten contenders are in the election, but two starkly...

Long shot racehorse Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby Saturday, coming from behind along the inside rail to beat second-place Epicenter by three-quarters of a length. In a stunning end to the race, jockey Sonny...

Dozens of Ukrainians are believed to have been killed and an unknown number injured after a Russian bomb struck a school in the eastern town of Bilohorivka, where at least 90 people were believed to have been...

Colombia has extradited Dairo Antonio “Otoniel” Úsuga David, the country’s most wanted drug dealer, to the US. Úsuga led the powerful Gulf Clan cartel—believed to have about 1,800 members who control...

A modified pig heart used in a groundbreaking—but ultimately unsuccessful—surgery in January was found to have been infected with an animal virus, researchers revealed yesterday. Dave Bennett, 57, was near...

Almost 15 million deaths have been directly or indirectly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new estimate from the World Health Organization yesterday. The report measures a metric known as excess...

Voters in Northern Ireland head to the polls today, casting ballots in potentially historic nationwide elections. The country’s Irish nationalist Sinn Féin party appears set to become the largest member of the...

The Federal Reserve increased interest rates again for the second time since 2018 in an effort to curb inflation that has hit a 40-year high. Rates will rise by 0.5 percentage points, the central bank announced...

Photo by manhhai The last Ukrainian defenders guarding the Azovstal steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol continue to face heavy fighting from Russian troops, which attempted to storm the...