July 2019

U.S. Soccer Team Beats England In 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Semifinals 2-1

Sports /

The U.S. women’s national soccer team beat England 2-1 in the World Cup semifinal in Lyon, France, on Tuesday, continuing the Americans’ winning streak as they head to the championship game. Christen Press scored the first goal for the U.S. around the nine-minute mark with a header into the top left corner. The U.S. team has scored […]

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Asian markets mixed, pausing ahead of Fed chief testimony

Finance /

Asian shares were mixed Wednesday in cautious trading ahead of closely watched congressional testimony by the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged down nearly 0.2% to finish at 21,533.48. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.4% to 6,689.80. South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.3% to 2,058.78. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.3% to 28,201.31, while

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Twitter bans ‘dehumanizing’ posts toward religious groups

Technology /

Twitter now prohibits hate speech that targets religious groups by using dehumanizing language, a ban it says may extend to other categories like race and gender. The social network already bars hateful language directed at individual religious adherents. It also bans hate speech on the basis of someone’s race, gender and other categories. Tuesday’s change

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Tory leadership: Johnson and Hunt get personal

Politics /

The first and only head-to-head TV debate between conservative leadership rivals Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt was peppered with feisty exchanges and personal jibes. Mr Johnson repeatedly accused Mr Hunt of being “defeatist” over Brexit, while Mr Hunt said his rival was “unrealistic” and “peddling optimism”. The two contradicted, harangued and spoke over each other

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Trump revamps kidney care to spur transplants, home dialysis

Lifestyle /

President Donald Trump is directing the government to revamp the nation’s care for kidney disease, so that more people whose kidneys fail have a chance at early transplants and home dialysis — along with better prevention so patients don’t get that sick to begin with. Senior administration officials told The Associated Press that Trump is

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