Roman Dolidze stepped up for a short-notice battle in a higher weight class and came away with a win. Usually a middleweight competitor, Dolidze (13-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) offered his services to fill in against Anthony Smith at light heavyweight on the main card of UFC 303 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. After 15 […]
(Bloomberg) — Thailand’s lower house of parliament voted in support of a $102 billion budget for next fiscal year that seeks to ramp up state spending to drive growth in Southeast Asia’s second largest economy. Most Read from Bloomberg The 3.75 trillion baht ($102 billion) budget for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 was backed […]
(Bloomberg) — Tatyana Bakalchuk made billions selling everything from brooms to bridal gowns on her online marketplace. Now Russia’s richest woman is making a surprise pivot: to helping insulate the economy from sanctions by building an alternative to the global payment system major Russian banks were excluded from. Most Read from Bloomberg Bakalchuk’s Wildberries — […]
(Bloomberg) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he wants Petrobras to be profitable in an apparent effort to ease investor concerns about the direction of the state-controlled oil producer. Most Read from Bloomberg “Nobody wants any shareholder to lose money,” Lula said Wednesday at a ceremony to swear in Chief Executive Officer […]
(Bloomberg) — Thailand’s same-sex marriage bill cleared its final hurdle with the Senate endorsing it in a special session Tuesday, putting the nation on course to be the first in Southeast Asia to guarantee marriage equality. Most Read from Bloomberg The 250-member upper house voted with 130 in support of the bill that was already […]
(Reuters) – Archer Aviation said on Wednesday the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted the company a certificate to begin commercial operations, making it the second electric air taxi maker to achieve the key milestone. Shares of the Santa Clara, California-based company rose 3% in morning trade on receipt of the nod, known as […]
By 12:47 p.m. Wednesday morning Cindy Nava was the clear winner when the Associated Press announced she won the primary with 54.6% of voters’ support. (Photo by Danielle Prokop / Source NM) As Tuesday night wound down, it remained unclear which Democratic primary candidate would face off against Republican Audrey Trujillo in November for the […]
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Political observers have already placed bets on Tim Kaine, predicting the Democrat will glide into a third term as the junior U.S. Senator of Virginia, a state that hasn’t elected a Republican to the upper chamber since 2002. But Republicans vying for a chance to unseat the former vice presidential candidate […]
Republican Congressman Bob Good has faced a primary challenger in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District before, but June’s primary will be different than the contests he’s won in the past. That’s thanks to a state law that was patroned by Democratic Del. Dan Helmer and signed by former Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam in March 2021. That […]
Maryland Democrats appeared to make history Tuesday by nominating a Black woman to be their standard-bearer in the U.S. Senate race against Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan in November. With 97% of precincts reporting, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks had 54% of the vote to 42% for Rep. David Trone (D-6th), ending a bitter […]
Republican Sen. Mike Braun won the Republican nomination for governor of Indiana, NBC News projects, making him the favorite to succeed term-limited Gov. Eric Holcomb as Rep. Jim Banks secured the GOP nomination to succeed Braun in the Senate. And in the House, NBC News projects Rep. Victoria Spartz saw off a Republican primary challenger […]
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has given conditional approval to ExxonMobil’s nearly $60bn acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources. As per the terms of the approval, Pioneer’s co-founder and former CEO Scott Sheffield will be barred from joining Exxon’s board due to allegations of attempted collusion with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The […]