A pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin calling for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip drew several hundred people on Saturday. Demonstrators marched from the Kreuzberg district of the German capital to the Brandenburg Gate in the city centre under the slogan “Solidarity with Palestine.” Organizers registered a protest for 5,000 people, but police […]
(Bloomberg) — The sense of doom that gripped crypto markets at the end of 2022 following a $1.5 trillion wipeout has 12 months later given way to a very different sentiment: avarice. Most Read from Bloomberg Bitcoin stormed back with a more than 160% advance this year that added some $530 billion to its market […]
Dec. 22—EDITOR’S NOTE — This is one in a series looking at what Lake County communities and agencies experienced in 2023 and what is facing them in 2024. Project Hope for the Homeless provided plenty of assistance in 2023 to people in Northeast Ohio who don’t have a regular or traditional place to call home. […]
Despite never smoking himself, a local Salina man has realized the need and demand that could be met by opening a hookah shop in town. Premier Hookahs of Salina, 119 E. Iron Ave. is the second downtown business by Kavelle Gordon, who also owns and operates Auntie Rita’s Jamaican Cuisine. Hookah is the name of […]
(Adds background in paragraph 3) Dec 21 (Reuters) – Nike missed market expectations for quarterly sales on Thursday, hurt by weak wholesale business in North America and a feeble recovery in China as customers in both the key markets continue to spend cautiously. The company’s shares fell more than 3% after the bell. Nike’s wholesale […]
Hundreds gathered outside a migrant shelter on the Lower West Side Wednesday night, three days after a 5-year-old migrant staying there died in a medical emergency that has confused and frustrated migrants, volunteers and health care advocates. For advocates, the death of Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero is a symbol of the effects of repeated chaos […]
(Reuters) – Canada’s BlackBerry reported a surprise quarterly profit on Wednesday, backed by a resilient demand for cybersecurity services amid rising online threats. While IT spending has dwindled over the past year, cybersecurity-related expenditure has remained stable as businesses and governments scramble to beef up their systems against hackers. Over the past few months, casino […]
Moldovan farmers are calling on their government to implement restriction mechanisms on grain and oil imports from Ukraine, Moldovan outlet NewsMaker reported on Dec. 19. “In the past two months, we have even seen a slow increase in the prices of wheat and corn,” the Farmers’ Power Association’s said Read also: Ukrzaliznytsia debuts ‘first of […]
The Russian authorities have decided to passportise several hundred Ukrainians working at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) by the end of the year. Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) on Telegram Details: According to DIU, Russia is increasing pressure on Ukrainians working at the ZNPP to obtain Russian passports and sign contracts with Rosatom [Russian […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of protesters angered by what they view as wasteful spending by municipal officials gathered outside Kyiv City Hall on Thursday and demanded that the money should go to Ukraine’s war against Russia instead of local projects. The Money for the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) civic group, which organized the […]
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, which is now in its third month. Israel launched its military campaign against Hamas in retaliation for the militant group’s brutal Oct. 7 attack on Israel, in which approximately […]
The prime ministers of Spain, Belgium, Ireland and Malta have called on European Council President Charles Michel to have a “serious debate” this week about the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, according to a letter seen by POLITICO. “We must call urgently for all the parties to declare a lasting humanitarian cease-fire that can lead to […]