TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October without saying whether he will seek a second term after five tumultuous years at the head of the North African nation once seen as a model of democracy for the Arab world. President Kais Saied set Oct. 6 for […]
In the weeks and months before President Joe Biden’s politically devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta, several current and former officials and others who encountered him behind closed doors noticed that he increasingly appeared confused or listless, or would lose the thread of conversations. Like many people his age, Biden, 81, has long […]
(Reuters) -Mexican security officials found the bodies of 19 men piled into the back of a truck in southern Chiapas state, the local prosecutor’s office said in a statement late Monday, with the victims allegedly linked to a gunfight between criminal gangs. Five of the men showed signs of gun shot wounds, and all were […]
Walgreens’ (WBA) quarterly results are the latest sign that US consumers are increasingly under pressure. Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance tanked 24% on Thursday after the retail pharmacy chain lowered its full-year guidance due to challenging pharmacy industry trends and a “worse-than-expected” consumer environment, with management citing “a sustained pullback” in discretionary spending. “In US […]
Power-hungry data centers could put a strain on Midwestern electric grids. High-voltage power lines photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Southeastern Wisconsin and the Chicago area are emerging as major players in the national data center explosion, most notably with Microsoft’s $3.3 billion planned data complex near Racine, Wisconsin. Clean energy advocates in the region say […]
Jobs offering the chance to work from home boomed in Germany during the pandemic, but have continued to grow even afterwards, according to an analysis by the Bertelsmann Foundation released on Wednesday. The proportion of online job advertisements with the option to work from home has increased fivefold since 2019, according to the report. Before […]
A house on Fortune’s Rocks beach in Biddeford, Maine tilts after a series of severe coastal storms in winter 2024. The house was later torn down. (Maine Morning Star) U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine introduced legislation this week designed to aid coastal homeowners amid increasingly frequent storms. Pingree, a Democrat representing Maine’s 1st Congressional […]
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – A rally that has propelled U.S. equities to record highs increasingly rests on red-hot chipmaker Nvidia and a handful of other giant stocks, reviving concerns that the market’s performance has become tied to a cluster of companies. About 60% of the S&P 500’s total return of more than […]
Donald Trump has been calling the politicians who make the pilgrimage to stand behind him in the New York City court where he is on trial his “surrogates” — as they push the lines of personal attacks that he has been barred from making because of a gag order. The coordination and organization between Trump […]
SEOUL (AP) — A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: “This too shall pass!” The performance brought cheers from a crowd of thousands at an annual lantern-lighting festival over the weekend to celebrate the Buddha’s birthday. Religious belief in South Korea […]
Russia is relying more on small, fast vehicles — like ATVs and motorbikes — to conduct operations. Moscow has been using these systems to move troops and stage attacks, Western intelligence says. But these light vehicles are more vulnerable than armored vehicles to Ukrainian attacks. Russian forces are increasingly relying on light and fast vehicles […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump is known for leveling constant and often personal attacks on top rivals such as Joe Biden. Lately, he’s increasingly taking that same approach against independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Among the recent jabs, Trump this past week posted a roughly four-minute video online in which he called […]