Britain’s Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak has pulled support from candidates Craig Williams and Laura Saunders over the UK General Election betting row. The British prime minister acted after coming under mounting pressure within the party to take a tougher stance on the alleged use of inside information to bet on the timing of the […]
(Bloomberg) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally has widened its lead ahead of the first round of France’s snap legislative election on Sunday while its rivals are losing momentum, according to Bloomberg’s poll of polls. Most Read from Bloomberg The party has risen by 0.7 point to 35.4% in Bloomberg’s composite. A leftist alliance […]
(Reuters) – More U.S. auto dealers flagged a hit from an outage of CDK’s software system due to a cyber attack on Monday as the company worked to restore systems used by over 15,000 retail locations across North America. AutoNation, a leading auto retailer in the U.S. said the outage was disruptive and had adversely […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia-China trade options have narrowed since the U.S. imposed sanctions last week on the only Russian bank branch in China, but President Vladimir Putin‘s Chinese visit last month has helped ensure the two countries have payment alternatives for now, three sources said. Since Putin’s visit, specially authorised banks have been set up […]
MADRID (AP) — Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the Spanish Cabinet will recognize a Palestinian state at its Tuesday morning meeting as a European Union rift with Israel widens. Ireland and Norway were also to make official their recognition of a Palestinian state later in the day. While dozens of countries have recognized a Palestinian […]
This week in prediction markets: Courting crypto voters appears to have boosted Trump’s odds. Doug Burgum still trails behind Tim Scott for Republican VP pick. Longshot ether ETF approval contract prints triple-digit return for bettors, despite disputes over its resolution. Taking a strong pro-crypto stance may have strengthened Donald Trump’s lead over incumbent president Joe […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Former Mexico City mayor and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum increased her lead in the race for the presidency, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, some 40 days before the election on June 2. An April 10-13 poll of 1,600 Mexicans by Mitofsky Tendencias for newspaper El Economista gave Sheinbaum, who […]
Atascadero Mayor Heather Moreno expanded her lead in the District 5 county supervisor race as the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder’s Office counted another 12,800 ballots on Friday. Moreno is now 1,267 votes ahead of her opponent, Atascadero Mayor Pro Temp Susan Funk. As of Friday at 1:42 p.m., Moreno had 7,249 votes, or 54.8%, […]
(Bloomberg) — Senegal’s government cut access to mobile internet services for a second time in as many weeks in a widening crackdown on dissent after the authorities postponed presidential elections scheduled for this month. Most Read from Bloomberg The step was taken because “hateful and subversive” messages have been posted online that have spurred “violent […]
By Marco Aquino and Adam Jourdan CHANCAY, Peru (Reuters) – In September, a group of Brazilian farmers and officials arrived in the Peruvian fishing town of Chancay. The draw: a new Chinese mega port rising on the Pacific coast, promising to turbo charge South America’s trade ties with China. The $3.5 billion deep water port, […]
The Federal Aviation Administration widened its probe into Boeing and will pay special attention to the work of a subcontractor used by the aerospace giant, officials said Wednesday. Federal investigators want to know more about Spirit AeroSystems, a Wichita, Kansas, aerospace company that makes and installs plug doors for Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes. An […]
The Federal Aviation Administration widened its probe into Boeing and will pay special attention to the work of a subcontractor used by the aerospace giant, officials said Wednesday. Federal investigators want to know more about Spirit AeroSystems, a Wichita, Kansas, aerospace company that makes and installs plug doors for Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes. An […]