Kenya’s government scrapped plans to impose multiple tax hikes after a controversial bill sparked protests and led to hundreds of arrests. Mostly young protesters assembled over concerns that the East African country’s cost-of-living crisis would worsen under the levies proposed in the Finance Bill 2024, including taxes on bread purchases and car ownership. Users shared […]
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India’s marathon election enters final stage of vote counting with Modi widely tipped for third term
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s marathon election enters its final phase on Tuesday with the counting of more than 640 million votes in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. The 6-week-long election was seen as a referendum […]
Boise-area voter turnout varied widely by district. How did your neighborhood stack up?
In our Reality Check stories, Idaho Statesman journalists seek to hold the powerful accountable and find answers to critical questions in our community. Read more. Story idea? Tips@idahostatesman.com. Tuesday’s primary election saw about 22% of registered voters show up to the polls in Ada County. That number was a little lower than the county elections […]
US vetoes widely supported UN resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for Palestine, a goal the Palestinians have long sought. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed and two abstentions, from the […]
US vetoes widely supported UN resolution backing full membership for Palestine
The United States vetoed a widely backed UN resolution that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favour, the United States opposed and two abstentions. The resolution would have recommended that the 193-member General Assembly, where there […]
Georgia’s governing party tries again to pass widely criticized foreign-agent law
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The governing party in the country of Georgia on Monday submitted to parliament a draft law calling for media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their budget from abroad. The measure is nearly identical to a proposal that the governing […]
Macron rekindles France-Brazil relationship in widely memed Lula visit
If the official photos are anything to go by, Emmanuel Macron’s three-day trip to Brazil has been more romantic getaway than international diplomacy. The French president, who ended his tour of the South American country on Thursday with a state visit to the capital, Brasília, prompted online hilarity after the publication of photos showing him […]
Autonomous vehicles could save hundreds of lives if they are more widely deployed
Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! AV PROPONENTS SAY THAT THEY WOULD SAVE LIVES IF MORE WIDELY DEPLOYED Had they been more widely deployed between 2020 and 2022, autonomous vehicles, also known as AVs, self-driving cars or robotaxis, could have prevented more than 1,300 traffic fatalities, according to a report published Tuesday by […]
Meet the Widely Owned Cryptocurrency Cathie Wood Believes Can Skyrocket 5,855% by 2030
For more than a century, the average annual return for stocks has stood head-and-shoulder above the annualized returns for Treasury bonds, housing, gold, and oil. But over the past decade, cryptocurrencies have left equities in the dust. Roughly 10 years ago, the combined value of all digital currencies in existence was about $8.4 billion, according […]
Hungary’s Orbán congratulates Putin on widely criticized Russian election win
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his victory in an election that was criticized by most Western leaders. Orbán, widely seen as Putin’s closest ally in the European Union, sent the letter of congratulations to Putin on Thursday after the release of official election […]
44% of Warren Buffett’s $366 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in 3 Widely Owned Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks
For the better part of six decades, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been putting on a show for Wall Street and the investing community. Despite being fallible just like every other investor, the “Oracle of Omaha,” as he’s affably known, has overseen a monstrous aggregate gain in his company’s Class A […]
The interests of our readers vary widely, and we try to meet them. (Even alligator news)
When Mark Price reported last week about frozen alligators in North Carolina, it seems everyone in the alligator-viewing world wanted to read his story. Mark writes about uniquely North Carolina news for McClatchy news sites and does a smart job of capturing the mystique of our state’s coastal communities. This isn’t the first time Mark […]