By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, said he believed a cross-party bid to deprive Marine Le Pen‘s far-right National Rally of a majority in next Sunday’s parliamentary run-off could succeed. Attal was speaking after more than 200 candidates across the political spectrum agreed […]
Max Verstappen launched a thinly-veiled dig at Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, claiming the latest row with his father, Jos, could have been avoided. Jos Verstappen had been set to drive the Red Bull machine which carried Sebastian Vettel to the world championship in 2012 ahead of the team’s home race in Austria on […]
The infected blood scandal in the UK “could largely have been avoided” and there was a “pervasive” cover-up to hide the truth, an inquiry into the biggest treatment disaster in the NHS has concluded. Deliberate attempts were made to conceal the disaster, including evidence of Whitehall officials destroying documents, the Infected Blood Inquiry found. Patients […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has made a habit of antagonizing Washington’s most powerful leaders in his own party, but so far it hasn’t eroded his support back home in his staunchly conservative Kentucky district. Four years ago, Massie drew the wrath of then-President Donald Trump when the congressman singlehandedly caused a […]
Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft more than five years ago, the Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday. It is now up to the Justice Department (DOJ) to decide whether to file charges against Boeing. Prosecutors will […]
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) shareholders are licking their wounds once again after the chip titan’s latest earnings report. It’s a familiar position for Intel investors. The company has repeatedly disappointed the market, making big promises about revamping its business only to come up short when it’s time to open the books. This time around, Intel beat […]
When Summer Lee ran for Congress in 2022, she had to battle a wave of pro-Israel spending. That didn’t happen this year, despite her initially appearing to be a top target. Lee easily defeated her primary challenger on Tuesday, likely assuring her reelection. Going into this year, Rep. Summer Lee seemed likely to be a […]
A cruise ship that lost power during a storm off the coast of Norway and nearly ran aground in 2019 avoided becoming “one of the worst disasters at sea in modern times,” according to a new report looking into the blackout. The Viking Sky was carrying 1,374 passengers when it lost power and became stranded […]
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Revised data for Japan’s fourth-quarter gross domestic product will likely show that the economy avoided a technical recession thanks to companies’ stronger-than-expected spending on plants and equipment, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. October-December GDP is expected to be revised up to show an annualised expansion of 1.1%, according […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson sounded optimistic about avoiding a government shutdown after a closely-watched meeting at the White House between Washington’s top decision makers. “We will get the government funded, and we’ll keep working on that,” he told reporters. Democrats echoed that optimism. But they also made it clear that another controversial short-term deal known […]
Twenty minutes and 47 seconds. That’s how long Osceola County deputies had over the course of the slowly-evolving incident that began with a reported shoplifting at a Kissimmee Target and ended with their killing of 20-year-old Jayden Baez. That amount of time offered many chances to pursue a different outcome. Security guards might have stopped […]
Palm Beach County’s Saul Lipsman was a licensed podiatrist for 52 years, and admitted in August that he’s also a rapist. As of Feb. 6, he’s no longer a licensed podiatrist. Lipsman, 78, relinquished the podiatric physician license he’d held since Feb. 11, 1971. His voluntary surrender was part of his guilty plea to sexual […]