American Daily Digest

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Intel will invest $20 billion in a new computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage of microprocessors used in everything from phones and cars to … Read More

Can Japan’s Monkey Queen have it all? Yakei violently overthrew the alpha male of her troop to become first female leader in 70 years but now a messy mating season … Read More

US admit there has been no ‘breakthrough’ with Russia following talks in Geneva but both sides agree to continue discussions next week – while Ukraine president predicts ‘large-scale war’ US … Read More

Moment sobbing girl, 9, is detained and five adults are arrested by police at New York’s Natural History Museum for refusing to show COVID vaccine cards, as onlookers heckle NYPD … Read More

Total Energies and Chevron, two of the world’s largest energy companies, are planning to exit Myanmar By LORI HINNANT Associated Press January 21, 2022, 7:11 PM • 4 min read … Read More

UK health chiefs are now officially keeping tabs on a harder to track version of Omicron as they mark it a ‘variant under investigation’ UK Health Security Agency has classed … Read More

California’s unemployment rate dipped a half-percentage point in December as the most populous state added 50,700 nonfarm jobs By DON THOMPSON Associated Press January 21, 2022, 6:45 PM • 2 … Read More

Stocks wobbled between gains and losses on Wall Street Friday as major indexes head for another weekly loss By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer January 21, 2022, 6:44 PM … Read More

But infectious disease experts say there just may be an end in sight. Maybe. Well, let’s say it’s not outside the realm of possibility for 2022. “I think if we … Read More

Is UK’s Omicron wave already flattening off? Daily Covid cases drop just 4% in a week with infections rising in primary school pupils — but hospital admissions fall by fifth … Read More