Tue 16 July 2024: President Joe Biden is at risk of losing a critical labor endorsement as the 1.3 million-member Teamsters union contemplates not supporting any candidate in the U.S. presidential race, Reuters reported quoting two people familiar with the matter. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has yet to finalize its decision, which is expected […]
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Mon 15 July 2024: Goldman Sachs saw its earnings jump nearly 150% in the second quarter of this year, according to its financial results statement released Monday. The US-based investment bank posted net earnings of $3.04 billion in the April-June period this year, up 149% from $1.22 billion in the same period last year. Net […]
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Mon 15 July 2024: While some countries in the world are considering a switch to a four-day working week, Greece is swinging in the opposite direction. Its government is implementing a new six-day work schedule which falls under an employment law titled Law 5053/2023. The law is voluntary for companies to adopt, and the idea is […]
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Sun 14 July 2024: Keir Starmer’s Labour government has unveiled a plan to significantly expand solar panel installations on homes across the UK, aiming to address the climate crisis and reduce energy bills. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband announced the “rooftop revolution” initiative, which includes approving three major solar farms in eastern England that had previously […]
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Sun 14 July 2024: Moscow has enough capabilities to counter such hostile moves by Washington as its just-announced deployment of new missiles to Europe, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. European nations, however, are only becoming victims of the standoff between the US and Russia. The spokesman made the remarks to Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin, who […]
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Authorities approach the suspected gunman from where he fell after the U.S. Secret Service returned fire after an apparent assassination attempt on former President Trump. Sun 14 July 2024: The FBI has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks from western Pennsylvania as the individual who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a campaign event […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: Public support for Germany’s governing coalition continues to wane as Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s alliance struggles to secure a majority, according to a ZDF poll released on Friday. If a general election were held next Sunday, Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) would garner just 14% of the vote, with the Greens at […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: New Mexico Judge Dismisses Involuntary Manslaughter Charges Against Alec Baldwin A New Mexico judge dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin on Friday, agreeing with his lawyers that prosecutors and police withheld evidence regarding the live round that killed “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. A New Mexico judge dismissed involuntary […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: Meta has announced it is lifting the restrictions on former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts as he campaigns to regain the White House. The social media company had suspended Trump’s accounts indefinitely after his comments supporting the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and spreading misinformation about the election […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: The world’s population is projected to grow by over 2 billion people in the coming decades, reaching a peak of around 10.3 billion in the 2080s, according to a United Nations report released on Thursday. The “World Population Prospects 2024” report, issued on World Population Day, anticipates a subsequent decline to […]
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