By David Lawder (Reuters) – The United States and India have extended a standstill agreement on U.S. retaliation over India’s digital-services tax until Sunday, aligning it with a fast-approaching deadline for a global deal to reallocate taxing rights on the world’s biggest and most profitable companies, the U.S. Treasury said on Friday. In a brief […]
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I-94 project will change Hawley Road to a ‘half interchange,’ extend street in West Allis
Some big changes are proposed for the Hawley Road interchange as part of the Interstate 94 widening project. One would involve transforming the interchange into a half interchange, with access to and from the west only. The other would extend an existing street in West Allis to accommodate the extra traffic expected to be caused […]
Beijing urges UN not to consider Philippine request to extend continental shelf
China has formally urged a United Nations body not to consider a Philippine bid to extend the legal outer limits of its continental shelf in the disputed South China Sea. In a diplomatic note last week, China called on the UN’s Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf not to review the submission, which […]
Stock Market Today: Dow Jones Futures Fall As Nvidia, AI Stocks Extend Losses; Sarepta Surges
Dow Jones futures fell slightly early Friday, along with those of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100. Contributing to the drop was Nvidia (NVDA) and other artificial intelligence chip plays like Broadcom (AVGO), Micron Technology (MU) and Arm Holdings (ARM), all of which continued to slide on the stock market today. ↑ X NOW PLAYING […]
What is ‘Seahenge’? Bronze Age worshipers may have used the structure to try to extend the summer
Happy Summer Solstice! Today is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, where those of us below the Arctic Circle see an average of 15 hours of sunlight. Those closer to the poles will experience a staggering 24 hours with the sun above the horizon. Humans have been marking this important day […]
Ukraine and EU extend permit-free regime for freight, PM says
(Reuters) – Ukraine and the European Commission have extended a freight liberalisation agreement, allowing Ukrainian cargo permit-free entry to the EU for another year, Ukraine’s prime minister said on Thursday. Denys Shmyhal said on X that the agreement envisaged the possibility of an automatic extension until the end of 2025. “This is an important step […]
Union voting on whether to extend strike threat by CN, CPKC rail workers
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference has initiated a second strike vote to workers for CPKC and CN that began Friday and will end on June 29. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) The union representing more than 9,000 CN and CPKC workers has organized a second strike vote amid stalled contract negotiations with the railroads. “It is clear […]
At Bonnaroo, positive vibes extend to democracy not just music and arts
As the 20th Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival gathered steam Thursday and Friday—both in attendance and in actual heat—one nonprofit organization took advantage of the colorful chaos to promote democracy and civic engagement. Under a bright, disco-bedecked tent in the nonprofit portion of Centeroo sat Headcount, a national nonpartisan nonprofit group that promotes voter registration […]
At Bonnaroo, positive vibes extend to democracy not just music and arts
As the 20th Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival gathered steam Thursday and Friday—both in attendance and in actual heat—one nonprofit organization took advantage of the colorful chaos to promote democracy and civic engagement. Under a bright, disco-bedecked tent in the nonprofit portion of Centeroo sat Headcount, a national nonpartisan nonprofit group that promotes voter registration […]
EU ministers extend protection rules for Ukrainian war refugees
War refugees from Ukraine will be able to remain in the European Union until at least March 2026, as per emergency rules extended by EU justice and home affairs ministers on Thursday. Ukrainians who fled to the European Union after the full-scale invasion of their country by Russia in 2022 were granted immediate protection after […]
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Roaring Kitty’s GameStop options bet briefly underwater as shares extend fall
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The clock is ticking for Keith Gill, the stock influencer known on YouTube as “Roaring Kitty,” to lock in gains on his options position in GameStop as the company’s share price wobbles and the expiration date for the contracts draws closer. Gill helped launch the meme-stock phenomenon in […]