Tesla founder Elon Musk visits China as competitors show off new electric vehicles

Bob Menendez reveals wife Nadine is battling breast cancer, will undergo mastectomy...

17/05/2024

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has met with a top government leader in the Chinese capital, just as the nation's carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the Beijing auto show Nadine Menendez, the wife of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, is battling breast cancer, the senator revealed in a statement Thursday. [Read more]

3 North Koreans infiltrated US companies in 'staggering' alleged telework fraud: DOJ...

17/05/2024

The DOJ has unsealed an indictment charging three North Korean workers and a United States citizen with allegedly engaging in "staggering fraud" through a complex scheme. [Read more]

DOJ releases proposed rule to reclassify marijuana...

17/05/2024

The Biden administration announced Thursday that it's officially moving with a proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3. [Read more]

Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing BLM protester in 2020...

17/05/2024

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pardoned a white ex-Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial injustice [Read more]

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Abc news - Entertainment

The Giants will be making their 'Hard Knocks' debut on a new series focusing on the offseason...

17/05/2024

The New York Giants are appearing on a new version of “Hard Knocks.” [Read more]

Glamour and grit are both on show in a London exhibition of photos from Elton John's collection...

17/05/2024

A new exhibition of photographs owned by Elton John opens this week at London's Victoria and Albert Museum [Read more]

Green Bay's Doug Gottlieb believes he can balance his new coaching job with his national radio show...

17/05/2024

Doug Gottlieb believes he can effectively balance coaching Green Bay basketball and hosting a national sports radio show [Read more]

The Mirage casino, which ushered era of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts, is closing...

17/05/2024

The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors on July 17 [Read more]

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Abc news - Health

South Korean court rejects effort to block plan that would boost medical school admissions...

17/05/2024

A South Korean court has ruled in favor of the government's contentious plan to drastically boost medical school admissions [Read more]

A new South Africa health law aims at deep inequality, but critics say they'll challenge it...

17/05/2024

South Africa's president has signed into law a bill that aims to overhaul the healthcare system to address deep inequality, but it faces legal challenges from critics [Read more]

New Kansas abortion clinic will open to help meet demand from restrictive neighboring states...

17/05/2024

A new abortion clinic is going to open in southeast Kansas this fall, bolstering the state's role as a regional hub for reproductive health services since the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade [Read more]

North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime...

17/05/2024

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by demonstrations against the war in Gaza that have included ... [Read more]

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Abc news - Tech

YouTube blocks Hong Kong protest anthem after court injunction bans song in the city...

17/05/2024

YouTube has blocked access to videos of a protest song in Hong Kong to comply with a removal order, days after a court approved an injunction to ban the song in the city [Read more]

A second scourge is battering Brazil's flooded south: disinformation...

17/05/2024

The vast flooding that has devastated Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside [Read more]

Billionaire Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to buy TikTok...

17/05/2024

Billionaire businessman and real estate mogul Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to purchase TikTok's U.S. business [Read more]

1st warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed Earth 180 million years ago: Study...

17/05/2024

A new study suggests that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed Earth about 180 million years ago [Read more]

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Abc news - Travel

Pope visits Venice to speak to artists and inmates and finds a city taxing day-trippers like him...

13/05/2024

Pope Francis is traveling to Venice to visit the Holy See's pavilion for this year's Venice Biennale [Read more]

The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan...

13/05/2024

A Taliban-run tourism and hotel management institute has opened its doors to students [Read more]

Pope visits Venice to speak to artists and inmates and finds a city taxing day-trippers like him...

12/05/2024

Pope Francis is traveling to Venice to visit the Holy See's pavilion for this year's Venice Biennale [Read more]

The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan...

12/05/2024

A Taliban-run tourism and hotel management institute has opened its doors to students [Read more]

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Abc news - World

The Latest | Palestinians mark 76 years of their dispossession as more catastrophe unfolds in Gaza...

17/05/2024

Palestinians are marking 76 years of dispossession, commemorating their mass expulsion from what is today Israel as a potentially even larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza [Read more]

Italian anti-fascist activist jailed in Hungary to be moved to house arrest in Budapest...

17/05/2024

A Hungarian court of appeal has upheld a request from an Italian anti-fascist activist to be moved from jail to house arrest in Budapest as she awaits trial [Read more]

2 journalists in detention in Tunisia as authorities launch wave of arrests against critics...

17/05/2024

Two Tunisian journalists are kept in pre-trial detention as authorities continued a wave of arrests targeting perceived critics of President Kais Saied's government [Read more]

An Islamist group used child soldiers in Mozambique attacks, says Human Rights Watch...

17/05/2024

Human Rights Watch says an Islamist group operating in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province used boys as young as 13 in attacks on a town last week [Read more]

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Abc news - Finance

Port of New Orleans' chief resigning amid praise for moves to advance new cargo terminal project...

17/05/2024

The Port of New Orleans' president and chief executive officer has resigned to pursue an opportunity in the private sector [Read more]

Petco, Nextracker rise; Dlocal, AMC Entertainment fall, Wednesday, 5/15/2024...

17/05/2024

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Petco, Nextracker rise; Dlocal, AMC Entertainment fall [Read more]

The WNBA's challenge: How to translate the Caitlin Clark hype into sustained growth for the league...

17/05/2024

The stars have aligned for the WNBA with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese joining the ranks of A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi and others [Read more]

Retail sales unchanged in April from March as inflation and higher interest rates curb spending...

17/05/2024

Retail sales unchanged in April from March as inflation and higher interest rates curb spending [Read more]

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