By 3 Min ReadRIYADH (Reuters) – Qatar-based TV channel beIN Sports was broadcast in Saudi Arabia on Monday after the two countries reconciled this month, ending a rift of more than three years, a Reuters witness in Riyadh reported.It was unclear if the ban was officially lifted but several cafes and restaurants in the capital…
NEW YORK –The BIG EAST Conference has announced its plans for the spring 2021 Olympic sports championships and regular season schedules. All BIG EAST Championships are presented by JEEP. Soccer play starts Feb. 27 for the men and March 4 for the women. Both men’s and women’s soccer will play divisional schedules with six teams in the…
15hhours agoTueTuesday 19 JanJanuary 2021 at 6:56amBy Lucy SweeneyThat brings today’s US politics blog to a closeWe’re going to wrap things up here today folks. The blog machine is going to have a nice little rest before Pete wakes it up at 6:00am AEDT for a mammoth session of non-stop blogging until after the inauguration…
Manuel Balce Ceneta/APHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)The FBI is investigating a claim that one of the people who breached House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots stole a laptop or…
U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has formally resigned her Senate seat in preparation for her inauguration on Wednesday alongside President-elect Joe Biden. Harris had served as a senator representing the Western state of California since 2017. “Thank you California — it has been an honor serving as your senator for the past four years. Our country…
By 3 Min ReadWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Treasury Department, will tell the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday that the government must “act big” with its next coronavirus relief package. FILE PHOTO: Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be treasury secretary, speaks as Biden announces…
US Vice President Walter Mondale said he wants to hear directly from Iranian official channels before announcing anything on the agreement.Iran reported that it has reached an agreement with the US on the terms for releasing the 52 American hostages but US Vice President Walter Mondale said that two issues remained to be resolved before…
Back after these messages?Fans tuning into the matinee divisional playoff matchup between the Browns and Chiefs on CBS were greeted with a blank screen in some areas of the country, forcing them to miss some first-quarter action.Some were tuned in to CBS for its pregame programming and noticed that the show and game itself was…
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com.Scott Martelle, a Maine native, is a member of the Los Angeles Times editorial board.Sitting out front of our house last week watching the sun set, I struck up a…
In settling a lawsuit with the parents of Seth Rich, the DNC staffer murdered in 2016, Fox News stipulated the settlement remain private until after the 2020 election, The New York Times reported. The multi-million dollar settlement was announced at the end of November, more than a month after it was reached on October 12,…
