Month January 2024

Belarusian journalist receives sentence on charges related to work covering protests

A Belarusian journalist was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday on an extremism charge related to his work covering protests, the latest move in a sweeping government crackdown on dissent. The Minsk City Court convicted photojournalist Alyaksandr Zyankou on… Continue Reading →

U.K. fines HSBC bank for not going far enough to protect deposits in case it collapsed

HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, has been fined 57.4 million pounds ($72.8 million) for failing to adequately protect customer deposits in the event that the bank collapsed, U.K. regulators said Tuesday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom backs dam removal projects aimed at sustaining salmon populations

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects by the end of his term to remove or bypass dams that have blocked salmon from returning to the state’s chilly mountain streams and acting as… Continue Reading →

UPS stock down before market open as company says it’s eliminating about 12,000 jobs

UPS slid before the opening bell Tuesday as the package delivery company announced that it’s eliminating approximately 12,000 jobs and looking at strategic options for its Coyote truck load brokerage business.

China sees potential 2024 Biden-Trump rematch as having to choose from two ‘bowls of poison’: expert

China is closely watching the 2024 presidential race and could see a potential rematch between Republican frontrunner former President Trump and President Biden as having to choose from “two bowls of poison,” an official said. Neither candidate is particularly appealing… Continue Reading →

Greek couple arrested after arsenal of explosives, 29 guns found inside home

Authorities have arrested two people after finding a large weapons cache in their home in northern Greece, police said Tuesday. HUMAN RIGHTS COURT CONDEMNS GREECE FOR IDING HIV-POSITIVE SEX WORKERS IN 2012 CRACKDOWN The two – a 54-year-old man and… Continue Reading →

US Olympians to receive upgraded gold medals after Russian skater Kamila Valieva’s disqualification

Several U.S. Olympians will receive gold medals for their performance at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, officials announced Monday. The U.S. Olympic figure skating team that competed more than 600 days ago will now be upgraded to gold medals… Continue Reading →

X restores Taylor Swift searches after deepfake explicit images triggered temporary block

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has restored searches for Taylor Swift after temporarily blocking users from seeing some results as pornographic deepfake images of the singer circulated online.

GM made $10B last year despite autoworkers strike, but it’s prepared for lower auto prices this year

General Motors’ net income rose 12% last year despite losing more than $1 billion when many of its plants were shut down by a six-week autoworkers’ strike.

Northern Ireland’s unionist party ends boycott, paving path to restore collapsed government

Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party has agreed to end a boycott that left the region’s people without a power-sharing administration for two years and rattled the foundations of the 25-year-old peace. The breakthrough could see the shuttered Belfast government… Continue Reading →

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