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Indonesia has launched a search operation after a 737-500 passenger jet operated by the Indonesian airline Sriwijaya Air lost contact shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. Flightradar24, which tracks live air traffic around the world, shows that the nearly 30-year-old plane reached an altitude of 10,900 feet before appearing to make a sharp turn and then plunging to 250 feet where …

L.G.B.T. activists and their supporters gather in support of transgender people on the steps of New York City Hall, October 24, 2018 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Just over a year ago, nearly 200 CEOs of the country's most influential companies came together as part of the Business Roundtable to set a new standard for companies. …

Jan. 8, 2021 18:01 ET A January 6 letter from Vice President Mike Pence to members of Congress: Today, for the 59th time in our country's history, Congress will convene in a joint session to count the votes of the President of the United States. Under our Constitution, it will be my duty as Vice President and as President of …

"I want him to retire. I want him out. He's caused enough damage," Murkowski said in an interview with the Anchorage Daily News. "I think he should go. He said he's not going to show up. He's not going to show up at the inauguration. He's not been focused on what's going on with COVID. He's either played golf or …

China fired back at the Trump administration on Saturday with new rules that would punish global companies for complying with Washington's tighter restrictions on doing business with Chinese companies. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said that the rules, which came into force immediately, were intended to counteract foreign laws that "unlawfully prohibit or restrict" people or companies in China from …

Tesla's shares rose more than 20 percent in one week, increasing Elon Musk's personal net worth to $ 195 billion, $ 10 billion more than former world richest man Jeff Bezos, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on January 8. When Tesla Silicon Valley Owners tweeted the news, Musk's response was just six words, "How weird," followed by "Well, back …

30. November, the Hong Kong government announced a rare news that was welcomed in all sectors of a politically divided city fighting its fourth wave of COVID-19 infections: Vaccines are on the way. Hong Kong had purchased 7.5 million doses of a vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German vaccine maker BioNTech, Hong Kong CEO Carrie Lam and …

KEY POINTS The goal will reduce the prices of selected video games by half next week The availability of games depends on the store and the number available Sales cover "Madden NFL 21," "FIFA 21," "UFC 4 "," Immortals: Fenyx Rising "and" The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim " The holidays are over, and most players have probably had bargain deals …

Activists who took part in Black Lives Matter marches in Washington last year watched in amazement this week as hundreds of pro-Trump rebels stormed the US Capitol with seemingly little resistance from the police. Scenes of Wednesday's chaos, in which the Capitol building was broken and the Confederate flag flown in its halls, stood in stark contrast to what happened …

[The stream is slated to start at 11:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference on Friday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 88.2 million people worldwide as governments run to roll out vaccines. …