Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of expanding his country’s strategic partnership with Vietnam, state media reported, at talks with Vietnamese President To Lam on the first day of his state visit to the south-east Asian country. The Russian leader also invited Lam to participate in commemorations in Moscow next year marking the 80th […]
The momentum of Hong Kong’s initial public offerings (IPO) has picked up since April, auguring well for the exchange as it claws its way back in the rankings of the world’s top spots for fundraising. “We are vetting about 110 listing applications, many of them coming in the second quarter,” Bonnie Chan Yi-ting said in […]
Jun. 13—Ector County ISD has the highest graduation rate it has seen in the last 22 years and Superintendent Scott Muri said there are several reasons for that. The rate of 85.7 percent is for the class of 2023 and it is 2 percentage points higher than the previous year. Information from the Texas Education […]
Jun. 12—Ector County ISD has the highest graduation it has seen in the last 22 years and Superintendent Scott Muri said there are several reasons for that. The rate of 85.7 percent is for the class of 2023 and it is 2 percentage points higher than the previous year. Information from the Texas Education Agency […]
Conservative attorney George Conway weighed in on former President Trump’s recent false claims that the FBI was prepared to kill him when they searched Mar-a-Lago in 2022 for classified documents, criticizing Trump for his “moral depravity.” Conway, speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about Trump’s controversial fundraising email, said the accusation against a government agency was […]
May 17—1/3 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM Kahu Kordell Kekoa, left; Dr. Elna Masuda, Straub Benioff vascular surgeon; Dr. Todd Miller, Straub Benioff chief of staff; Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce; Ray Vara, Hawaii Pacific Health president and CEO; Lynne Benioff; and Dr. John Mickey, Straub Benioff internal medicine […]
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) — Acadia Parish Animal Control staff went above and beyond in responding to an emergency a few weeks ago, according to the Humane Society of Louisiana. According to the society, a caller informed the animal control department that someone had dumped a Great Pyrenees dog out of a vehicle, and another individual shot […]
KYIV (Reuters) – A new U.S. weapons package is going to have an impact on the battlefield in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday, visiting Kyiv at a time when Ukrainian forces have faced setbacks at the front after a long delay in U.S. aid. Washington finally passed a bill in late […]
By Jonathan Stempel and Koh Gui Qing OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) -Warren Buffett assured shareholders on Saturday that the executives expected to succeed him at Berkshire Hathaway were ready for the job and heaped praise on Apple even though Berkshire recently trimmed its position in the iPhone maker. Speaking at Berkshire’s annual meeting, the legendary investor […]
A few years ago, I was at the airport with my then 10-year-old niece. Her excitement about traveling was palpable, and she eagerly took in everything around her. Something she observed struck her as strange. “Everyone is hypnotized by their phones!” she exclaimed. It was true. People throughout the airport seemed glued to their screens, […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Russia’s “united society” in his prerecorded New Year’s address to the nation, the country’s state news agencies reported Sunday. Putin addressed Russians in a video that ran under four minutes long, significantly shorter than the New Year’s speech he gave last year, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. Millions […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Russia’s “united society” in his prerecorded New Year’s address to the nation, the country’s state news agencies reported Sunday. Putin addressed Russians in a video that ran under four minutes long, significantly shorter than the New Year’s speech he gave last year, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. Millions […]