Month July 2024

Sicilians deal so well with drought that tourists don’t notice. A record dry year could alter that

Lakes are dry and fields are scorched by heat in Sicily, but water is still gushing copiously for tourists.

Wall Street mostly higher on earnings ahead of Federal Reserve meeting

Wall Street barely budged early Tuesday as more companies post quarterly earnings and the U.S. Federal Reserve prepares to convene its latest monetary policy meeting and talk about interest rates.

Despite escalating tension between Israel and Hezbollah, it’s business as usual at Beirut airport

Fears of an escalation in the simmering conflict between Hezbollah and Israel have prompted some airlines to cancel flights to Lebanon, but business appeared to be proceeding as usual Tuesday at the Beirut airport, where many travelers greeted the warnings… Continue Reading →

Tesla recalls nearly 2 million vehicles over hood issue

Tesla on Tuesday recalled 1.8 million vehicles over a software issue that could fail to detect an unlatched hood.

Venezuela’s Maduro faces political meltdown: Rivals claim election ‘fraud’ proof, police crackdown on protests

Protests have broken out across the country as both sides of the Venezuela presidential election claim victory, with opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez claiming he has proof that he won.  “The voice of the Venezuelan people has been clear through their… Continue Reading →

Europe’s growth lags U.S. again, as Germany remains the eurozone’s economic problem child

Europe’s economy enjoyed modest growth in the April-June quarter even as the U.S. outperformed expectations, highlighting a persistent transatlantic growth gap with Germany, the leading European economy, remaining in the dumps and as hesitant consumers save more, rather than spend… Continue Reading →

China’s top leaders vow to support consumers and improve confidence in its slowing economy

China’s powerful Politburo has endorsed the ruling Communist Party’s long-term strategy for growing the economy by encouraging more consumer spending and weeding out unproductive companies to promote “survival of the fittest.”

Air New Zealand scraps its 2030 carbon emissions target, saying solutions are costly and scarce

Air New Zealand scrapped its 2030 carbon emissions reduction targets on Tuesday, citing lags in producing new planes, a lack of alternative fuel and “challenging” regulatory and policy settings.

Taylor Swift ‘completely in shock’ after attack on UK dance class, third child dead

Police say a third child is dead after a 17-year-old boy went on a stabbing spree at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class for young children in the United Kingdom on Monday.  The girl, aged 9, died of her injuries early… Continue Reading →

Russia has overrun 2 more eastern Donetsk villages, Ukrainian troops report

Russian forces have overrun two front-line villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army sergeant said Monday, after relentless assaults that are part of a Kremlin summer push to overwhelm battlefield defenses there. Separately, attacks in Russia’s Kursk region… Continue Reading →

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