Elon Musk’s brain technology startup Neuralink said Wednesday that an issue cropped up with the company’s first human brain implant weeks after it was inserted into a patient. The company revealed in a blog post that in the weeks following the patient’s surgery in January, a number of the implant’s connective threads retracted from the […]
Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) continues to battle seemingly unrelenting headwinds. The real estate investment trust (REIT) has had to navigate tenant-related issues and surging interest rates. These issues have weighed heavily on its stock price, driving its dividend yield into the double digits. It seems like every time the healthcare REIT takes one step […]
Arizona’s Kari Lake has found herself at the center of several court cases in recent years, and none has gone her way. In the wake of her defeat in a 2022 gubernatorial race, for example, the Republican filed a lawsuit, ostensibly to present evidence of election irregularities. That didn’t turn out well for the GOP […]
JetBlue’s (JBLU) stock sank as much as 19% on Tuesday after the airline cut its annual revenue forecast. It’s another setback in the company’s attempts to get back to a black bottom line. “We’ve got to get the business back to profitability,” JetBlue CFO Ursula Hurley said during the airline’s conference call. Profitability would mean […]
What you need to know OnePlus phones will not be sold at 4,500 retail chains across six states in the southern and western parts of India. The retailers association noted encountering ‘significant obstacles’ with OnePlus, including delays in processing warranties, and slender profit margins. The sales ban will go live on May 1. OnePlus has […]
The House is one step closer on Friday to reauthorizing a key U.S. spy program considered crucial to national security. After hard-line Republicans dealt a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday by tanking a routine procedural vote on the bill, the House passed the rule on Friday morning — teeing up debate, consideration of […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday’s local elections, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had set his sights on retaking control of those urban areas. With more than 90% of ballot boxes counted, incumbent Istanbul Mayor […]
Record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that scientists had placed in the Florida Keys in recent years in an effort to prop up a threatened species that’s highly vulnerable to climate change, researchers discovered. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week returned to five reefs where they planted […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A leading Democratic Virginia legislator said Monday that proposed legislation to help pave the way for the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to relocate to northern Virginia is dead, as far as she’s concerned. Sen. L. Louise Lucas, who holds great sway in the General Assembly as chair of […]
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A major economic reform package championed by Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei will be sent back to a legislative committee for consideration, the president’s party said on Tuesday, marking a major setback for the bill after lawmakers rejected many of its provisions. The rejections played out during the article-by-article approval process, […]
(Bloomberg) — A political alliance challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi was dealt a blow ahead of elections when a chief minister of an opposition-held state switched sides to join forces with the ruling party. Most Read from Bloomberg Nitish Kumar was heading the government in the eastern state of Bihar with a coalition of smaller […]
By Ali Sawafta, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose RAMALLAH/DOHA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinians said the World Court let them down by failing to order a halt to the Israeli military offensive in Gaza, but they also described the proceedings as a victory which had inspired hope of accountability. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel […]