By Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -McDonald’s reported its first quarterly sales miss in nearly four years on Monday on weak sales growth at its international business division, partly due to the conflict in the Middle East, sending the company’s shares down about 4%. The burger giant is among several Western brands that have seen protests […]
Russian President Putin has ordered a search for real estate abroad that belonged to the Soviet Union and the Russia Empire. Putin signed two decrees related to the order last Thursday. One decree allocates funds for the search, while the other provides funds for maintenance and operations. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a government […]
Arizona military families stationed overseas are at risk of not getting their ballots in time to vote for their next commander-in-chief. That’s unacceptable. The state Legislature needs to fix this problem, and fix it now. Here’s the issue: Recounts make sense, but they take time In 2022, lawmakers passed — and the governor signed — […]
LACOMBE, La. (WGNO)—King cake fans here might be considered spoiled because they can eat some king cake slices whenever they want. A local group decided to do something special for those who aren’t able to get king cake so easily. WGNO’s Kenny Lopez went to the VFW in Lacombe where “Operation We Care” was packing […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A local military contractor recently rescued a second dog he befriended while deployed overseas. Evan Barney and Erba met in Erbil, Iraq. Mild and meek in manner, Erba made an impression on Barney that he kept in mind after he took her to an animal shelter in Erbil, where his […]
BEIJING (AP) — China’s auto exports surged 63.7% in 2023 while domestic sales, boosted by year-end incentives, rose 4.2%, an industry association said Thursday. The surge in exports, to 4.1 million according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, may propel China past Japan as the world’s number one exporter of cars. Japan exported 3.6 […]
By Jessie Pang and Edward Cho HONG KONG (Reuters) – Several overseas activists, right campaigners and politicians named in a national security trial for Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai refuted allegations levelled by a government prosecutor in court that they colluded with him. Lai, 76, founder of now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and a leading […]
The Labour party is considering processing some asylum claims overseas if it forms the next government. Sir Keir Starmer has been looking over new plans for Labour’s asylum policy, a spokesman told the BBC. Asked last week if his party would consider processing asylum claims outside of the UK, Sir Kier said he would look […]
An Indian Trail man is accused of stealing the identities of military members and renting cars and apartments and opening bank accounts in their names, federal prosecutors said this week. Shabazz Emmanuel McCarthan, who is 38, allegedly obtained at least $250,000 in goods through his scheme and damaged the military members’ credit, including at least […]
Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka provided some much-needed sweetener at the weekend box office, where it placed No. 1 on the global chart in earning $43.2 million from its first 37 overseas markets. That’s a promising start for the Christmas musical, which opens everywhere in North America on Dec. 16 as it continues to roll out across […]