Secrecy surrounding Shohei Ohtani’s free agency is bad for MLB
NASHVILLE — The night before this week’s winter meetings launched inside a dystopian resort and convention center, the event’s top storyline was plastered all over Major…
Dodgers target Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto in free agency
The only knock on Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the most highly regarded pitcher on the free-agent market besides Shohei Ohtani, is that he’s short and light at…
Somalia floods kill 50 people, nearly 700,000 displaced: Disaster agency | Floods News
More than 1.7 million people are in need as torrential rains destroy homes and livelihoods in Horn of Africa. The death toll from flash flooding…
Skid Row Housing Trust is in financial trouble
Skid row’s flagship owner and operator of subsidized housing is on the verge of financial collapse and seeking a lifeline to keep its doors open…
UN Palestinian agency says ‘deliberate attempt to strangle’ Gaza operations | Israel-Palestine conflict News
UNRWA chief warns agency may have to suspend all of its humanitarian activities due to lack of fuel. The head of the United Nations Palestinian…
FBI chief sees ‘potential conflict’ in new headquarters selection process
WASHINGTON — The contentious debate over a new FBI headquarters intensified further Thursday as the agency’s director said he was concerned about a “potential conflict of…
MLB free agency: Shohei Ohtani is top player available. Here are the rest
The current baseball free-agent market is stocked with quality starting pitchers. Yet it’s a starter who can’t pitch until 2025 that could sign the largest…
Gaza has lost 61 percent of jobs due to Israel-Hamas war, UN agency says | Israel-Palestine conflict News
International Labour Organization says economic impact of the conflict will reverberate for ‘many years to come’. Gaza has lost at least 61 percent of its…
UN agency heads make rare joint plea for Gaza ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News
UNICEF, UN Women and other agencies express ‘shock and horror’ at the mounting death toll from the conflict. The leaders of 18 United Nations agencies…
China’s spy agency vows crackdown on foreign weather stations
China’s spy agency is cracking down on weather stations with foreign links it says pose a threat to national security, the latest sign the secretive…
Hiltzik: Here’s how a budget cut turns into a budget deficit
Scarcely a week into the tenure of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), and his view of American voters and the press as dimwits to be…
The Agency Of Intelligence – Modern Diplomacy
When it comes down to it intelligence is all in your mind. It’s the blueprint of your childhood, the books that you have read, the…
CAA’s Maha Dakhil steps aside from board role after Israel-Hamas post
Maha Dakhil, one of the top agents in Hollywood, is leaving her leadership roles at Creative Artists Agency after she posted on social media about…
U.N. agency says 29 of its workers have been killed in Gaza
1 of 3 | A Palestinian man reacts as the body of his daughter is unearthed from under the rubble after an Israeli strike on…
Supreme Court sets showdown over agency power for January
While Jackson was serving on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals last year, she heard arguments in the Loper case, but days later she was…
Water a ‘matter of life and death’ for Gaza Strip, says UN agency | Israel-Palestine conflict News
More than two million Palestinians have been left with limited access to clean water, something the United Nations is raising alarms about. The United Nations…
US National Security Agency unveils artificial intelligence security centre | Cybersecurity News
NSA Director Paul Nakasone says US maintains advantage in AI development but capabilities can not be ‘taken for granted’, emphasising threat from China. The United…
Hunter Biden sues US tax agency over disclosures of personal information | Tax News
US president’s son accuses two IRS agents of wrongly sharing his tax information in effort to ’embarrass’ him. US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has…
UN nuclear agency slams Iran for barring inspectors from monitoring program | Nuclear Energy News
The UN nuclear watchdog has criticised Iran for effectively barring several of its most experienced inspectors from monitoring the country’s program. International Atomic Energy Agency…
Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of meth, U.N. drug agency says
Annual meth seizure totals from inside the country rose from less than 100 kilograms (220 pounds) in 2019 to nearly 2,700 kilograms (6,000 pounds) in…