WASHINGTON—The U.N. Security Council has unanimously endorsed the agreement Iran and a group of six world powers struck last week to limit the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. The 15-member Council quickly voted Monday morning. The five permanent, veto-holding Council members are signatories to the agreement, so the resolution was expected to […]Load more...
The United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic relations just after 12 a.m. Monday after more than five decades of hostility. A few hours later in the pre-dawn quiet, the red, white and blue Cuban flag was hoisted at the U.S. State Department, alongside the flags of the other countries that have diplomatic relations with […]Load more...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the issue of four Americans still detained in Iran was brought up by the U.S. side during every meeting at the recent Iran nuclear talks in Vienna. «There was not a meeting that took place… where we did not raise the issue of our American citizens being held,» […]Load more...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to determine the motive of the gunman who opened fire on two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee Thursday, killing four U.S. Marines. The FBI’s Ed Reinhold said in a late night news conference that there is «nothing now» that ties the shooter, identified as Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, […]Load more...
MacColl Johnson Fellowships will enable three writers to devote a year to their art PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island writers who dream of spending a year working on their craft have until Aug. 7 to apply for $25,000 fellowships from the Rhode Island Foundation. Established in 2003, the Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson […]Load more...
Jonathan Goyer, of Project Weber (www.projectweber.org/), trained AIDS Project RI staff on how to administer Narcan, used to reverse the effects of overdoses of heroin and other opioids. The training took place at the AIDS Project RI office at 9 Pleasant Street, Providence on Thursday morning (July 16, 2015). Project Weber is a non-profit […]Load more...
A senior Greek official confirmed on Thursday that banks would reopen on Monday and said the government was looking into allowing people to bunch 60 euro withdrawals over several days. «From Monday, the services offered will be widened,» Deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas told ERT television. «All the banks everywhere will be open.» A senior […]Load more...
Four U.S. military personnel were killed in shootings Thursday at two military facilities in the southern state of Tennessee. Officials said the gunman who opened fire at the two facilities was also killed in the incident. Several other people were injured, including a police officer. Authorities said the gunman opened fire at a military recruiting […]Load more...
The U.S. Space Agency, NASA, released long-awaited photos from its New Horizons mission that show icy mountains on the surface of Pluto. Scientists also revealed images that show remarkable new details of Pluto’s moons Hydra and Charon. U.S. scientists released photos Wednesday after an unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by the distant dwarf planet following its […]Load more...
Bookshops in many parts of the world opened Tuesday to lines of shoppers waiting to purchase one particular book: Harper Lee’s «Go Set a Watchman.» Watchman is the much ballyhooed and long awaited second book from Lee, who is famous for having written the classic, «To Kill a Mockingbird» first published in 1960 – and […]Load more...
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