American retailer
Macy's announces it will close 125 stores over the next three years, citing competition from online sellers, including
Amazon.
(USA Today)
Russia says it will temporarily block Chinese citizens beginning on February 20 from entering its territory as authorities look to stem the spread of the pandemic.
(Radio Free Europe)
U.S. federal officials charge Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, a Mexican citizen, in
Miami for allegedly acting on behalf of a Russian agent who recruited him to collect information about the U.S. government and met repeatedly with him in Moscow.
(The New York Times)(Politico)
A Dutch appeal court reinstates order for
Russia to pay
$50 billion over
Yukos.
(NBC)
A court in
Denmark sentences a former public employee to six-and-a-half years in prison for embezzling $17 million in
Danish government funds intended for the poor. She will not appeal the sentence, according to her lawyer.
(Reuters)
Archeologists announce an articulated
Neanderthal skeleton was unearthed in
Shanidar Cave,
Iraq, the first discovery of its type in over a decade. They argue the find provided further proof that Neanderthals
buried their dead, as it was next to a site where similar bodies were found surrounded by
pollen clumps.
(BBC News)
American retailer
Macy's announces it will close 125 stores over the next three years, citing competition from online sellers, including
Amazon.
(USA Today)
Russia says it will temporarily block Chinese citizens beginning on February 20 from entering its territory as authorities look to stem the spread of the pandemic.
(Radio Free Europe)
U.S. federal officials charge Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, a Mexican citizen, in
Miami for allegedly acting on behalf of a Russian agent who recruited him to collect information about the U.S. government and met repeatedly with him in Moscow.
(The New York Times)(Politico)
A Dutch appeal court reinstates order for
Russia to pay
$50 billion over
Yukos.
(NBC)
A court in
Denmark sentences a former public employee to six-and-a-half years in prison for embezzling $17 million in
Danish government funds intended for the poor. She will not appeal the sentence, according to her lawyer.
(Reuters)
Archeologists announce an articulated
Neanderthal skeleton was unearthed in
Shanidar Cave,
Iraq, the first discovery of its type in over a decade. They argue the find provided further proof that Neanderthals
buried their dead, as it was next to a site where similar bodies were found surrounded by
pollen clumps.
(BBC News)