By Aishwarya Jain (Reuters) -American tourists headed for Japan have surged this year, lured by a slump in the value of the yen, which is also driving a massive jump in foreign investor interest in the country’s lodgings market. The number of Americans arriving in Japan by air crossed more than 900,000 in the first […]
(Bloomberg) — Mexico’s opposition failed to stop Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s Morena party from keeping hold of the presidency and making massive gains in elections earlier this month. Now the battered and tenuous coalition is facing an even steeper challenge: How to prevent him from approving his controversial slate of sweeping constitutional reforms before leaving […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A nighttime Russian attack destroyed train tracks and rolling stock in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, officials said Friday, and authorities organized the evacuation of children from the area that is being pummeled by the Kremlin’s forces in a powerful new offensive. The overnight strike also damaged buildings and freight cars, according […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines said a relief plane flew into Singapore early Wednesday morning with most of the passengers who were on a flight that was battered by severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and had to make an emergency landing in Bangkok after one man died and dozens of people were injured. The […]
A former Venice High School coach who was arrested for sexual assault of a student-athlete was re-sentenced in December to almost six years in prison followed by five years of probation after he violated a Sarasota judge’s previous orders. The Venice Police Department arrested Edward Delehanty in May 2022 on a charge of sexual battery […]
May 19—VALLES CALDERA — Layers of charcoal, gray and smoky white clouds shrouded the Jemez Mountains and tangled with ponderosa pine and Douglas fir as Jorge Silva-Bañuelos steered the Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck along a backcountry road at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The main entrance to the preserve, which sprawls across 89,000 acres […]
A ferocious storm system that spawned multiple reported tornadoes brought heavy and widespread damage to Tallahassee on Friday morning, toppling trees onto homes, rendering roads impassible and knocking out power to more than 80,000 area electric customers. At least one person, a 47-year-old woman who hasn’t been identified, was killed in the storm after a […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne has been battered by fighting, drone footage obtained overnight by The Associated Press shows. The village has been a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Russian troops have been advancing in the area, pounding Kyiv’s depleted, ammunition-deprived forces with artillery, drones […]
(Bloomberg) — Xiaomi Corp.’s roaring entry into the electric vehicle market is dimming the recovery outlook for China’s beaten down auto startups. Most Read from Bloomberg Hype around the launch and better-than-expected initial orders for the SU7 have helped a rally in Xiaomi shares gain momentum. Investors have meanwhile ramped up bets on further declines […]
A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the north east of the US, causing more than 680,000 power outages across the region with the majority in the states of Maine and New Hampshire. A woman was reported killed by a falling tree in a New York City suburb. Two feet […]
(Bloomberg) — A battered Chinese company that’s developing holographic technology captured the attention of the meme stock crowd. The prize: a 2,650% jump. Most Read from Bloomberg MicroCloud Hologram Inc. soared as high as $41.53 Thursday from a $1.50 record low earlier this week, with more than $1.7 billion in shares traded as posts about […]
(Bloomberg) — Skepticism over Chinese assets is spreading beyond stocks, with investors expecting the yuan and government bonds to underperform in a year when the Federal Reserve’s dovish pivot is set to buoy emerging markets. Most Read from Bloomberg Bearish sentiment toward China has intensified as the latest data confirmed the world’s second largest economy […]