Wed 17 July 2024: US President Joe Biden is behind Republican nominee Donald Trump in all seven major swing states, according to a poll released Tuesday. The YouGov poll for the Times/SAY24 shows Biden trailing in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin from July 4-12, the week following the presidential debate and […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: The foundations of the international legal order, strategic stability and the UN-centric system of global politics are being put to the test, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday. “It will be impossible to resolve the conflicts that are multiplying and without getting to the root causes and restoring faith in […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: Mount Etna, situated on the island of Sicily in Italy, erupted again, spewing ash clouds and streams of molten lava. The Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) reported that the Voragine crater, which had recently been active, began erupting ash and lava on Monday night. The INGV noted, “Lava […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: A bus crash in Peru’s Andes mountains has resulted in at least 23 fatalities and more than a dozen injuries, according to the country’s interior ministry. Emergency crews are struggling to access the remote site of the incident. Deadly bus crashes are common on Peru’s hazardous mountain roads. In September, a […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: Internet personality Andrew Tate will remain in Romania as he awaits trial on charges of human trafficking, Reuters reported. A Romanian court of appeal on Tuesday overturned a previous ruling that allowed him to leave the country. Tate, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects, was indicted in […]
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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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