OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill where sprawling plantations lay tucked in a Nigerian rainforest whose trees have been hacked away to make room for cocoa bound for places like Europe and the U.S. Kehinde Kumayon and his assistant clear low […]
New York’s has an ambitious slate of road construction projects scheduled next year, including multi-billion-dollar efforts in the Bronx and Syracuse to undo the damage done to disadvantaged communities by highways built decades ago. Here’s a rundown of major projects you’ll see start or continue in 2024. Central New York One of New York’s centerpiece […]
(FOX40.COM) — Two people are dead and two others are dealing with major injuries after a two-vehicle crash happened near Modesto on Wednesday night, according to California Highway Patrol. CHP said the crash happened at 5:44 p.m. on State Route 132 just west of Gates Road. An Infiniti heading east on the roadway was approaching […]
Alibaba Group Holding is reshuffling the top ranks of its most important profit earner since its sweeping restructuring started over half a year ago, as it tries to regroup after its value fell behind rival PDD Holdings. Eddie Wu Yongming, chairman of Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall Group (TTG), will become the chief executive of the […]
Cities along the East Coast are preparing for a major storm system expected to hit with torrential rain, high winds and severe thunderstorms. The system battered Florida and South Carolina this weekend, and its impacts are expected to last through Monday. The rain brought coastal flooding to into the Tampa Bay area on Saturday, according […]
(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s home affairs minister signed planned changes to work permit regulations aimed at fixing a bureaucratic morass that’s frustrating the country’s biggest investors and exacerbating a skills crisis, people familiar with the situation said. Most Read from Bloomberg Now that the changes have been signed by Aaron Motsoaledi, they’ll be gazetted in […]
Bethany Piehl said the damage to her wheelchair on a recent Southwest Airlines flight could have easily been avoided. It was her first time flying with a wheelchair since she started using one regularly, and she is frustrated that, even after preparing as best she could, her device is irreparably damaged. Piehl was flying home […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house has approved a major reform of the nation’s notoriously complicated tax system in a major victory for leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who threw his weight behind the proposal. The long-awaited tax reform aims to simplify the system, widely considered overly burdensome for both individuals […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house has approved a major reform of the nation’s notoriously complicated tax system in a major victory for leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who threw his weight behind the proposal. The long-awaited tax reform aims to simplify the system, widely considered overly burdensome for both individuals […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is taking a more active role in Senate negotiations over changes to the immigration system that Republicans are demanding in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. The Democratic president has said he is willing to make “significant compromises […]
They were the picture of the American dream. Andreen McDonald, described as a “rising star,” and Andre McDonald, a major in the U.S. Air Force, were a San Antonio power couple who ran a successful business that funded a lavish lifestyle. Their seemingly perfect world came crashing down in the winter of 2019 when Andreen […]
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have reached an agreement to temporarily extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), three sources tell NBC News, a move that could save the intelligence community from losing a key tool when it expires at the end of the year. The agreement, which will reauthorize FISA through April, is part of bipartisan and […]