By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala’s new leftist president, Bernardo Arevalo, took office on Monday after a tortuous delay that underlined the uphill struggle he faces to meet high expectations and enact a sweeping anti-graft agenda in opposition-controlled Congress. Arevalo, the Central American country’s most liberal leader in years, powered to victory in August, […]
Poland’s defense contractors are experiencing a significant boom, expanding production, upgrading technology, and receiving substantial investments due to the war in Ukraine, Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported on Jan. 15. Polish firms are increasing their manufacturing capacity to meet urgent demands. The report provides several examples, including the Lucznik arms factory in Radom, which aims to […]
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s new president, Bernardo Arévalo, was left with huge challenges Monday after he was finally sworn into office, including his party’s lack of recognition in a Congress where he would not have a majority anyway. After months of efforts to derail his inauguration, old guard legislators delayed Arévalo’s swearing-in by 10 […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A dangerous Arctic blast will continue sweeping across the U.S. on Monday and linger through at least midweek, prolonging a bitter cold that set record-low temperatures in parts of the country and threatens to further disrupt daily life, including an NFL playoff game and the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest in Iowa. […]
An Arctic blast will continue sweeping across the US and linger until at least midweek, prolonging a bitter cold that set record-low temperatures in parts of the country and threatens to further disrupt daily life. The US National Weather Service said wind chills are expected to push temperatures to -30 degrees Celcius from the Northern […]
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee with daughters Lee Boo-jin (R) and Lee Seo-hyun, followed by his wife, Hong Ra-hee, in Las Vegas, 2012.Steve Marcus / Reuters The former Samsung Electronics chairman, who was South Korea’s richest person, died in 2020. Lee Kun-hee’s family is now selling billions worth of shares to pay inheritance taxes. South […]
Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian discusses what Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) latest hazard could mean for investors. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Jan. 11, 2024. The video was published on Jan. 13, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Boeing right now? Before you buy stock in Boeing, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor […]
In the further adventures of right-wing zealots being giant hypocrites, Tennessee Moms for Liberty member Keri Blair was arrested for stealing from a local Target—you know, the store that conservatives love to rail against every time they dare to sell anything with a rainbow flag on it. Blair, 43, was arrested on January 5 for […]
A comet-like planet beyond our solar system is losing a lot more atmosphere in its vast tail than previously thought, intriguing astronomers and sparking new questions about how planets evolve with their parent stars. The exoplanet WASP-69b, a hot, puffy gas giant 160 light-years from Earth that circles its host star in a speedy 3.9 […]
Archaeologists working deep in the Amazon rainforest have discovered an extensive network of cities dating back 2,500 years. The highly structured pre-Hispanic settlements, with wide streets and long, straight roads, plazas and clusters of monumental platforms were found in the Upano Valley of Amazonian Ecuador, in the eastern foothills of the Andes, according to a […]
A lottery player was one number away from winning a $165 million jackpot — but still became a millionaire in Virginia. No one hit the jackpot in the Jan. 9 Mega Millions drawing, but the next highest prize that night went to a winner in Virginia, the Mega Millions organization announced. The ticket matched five […]
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has raised more than one-third of its $60 million goal for 2024 races and will use some of the cash to target Democratic pickup opportunities in special elections over the coming weeks in Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, according to a memo outlining the group’s strategy this year. The […]