The White House on Thursday faced a barrage of questions about whether President Biden is doing enough to address record gas prices after he skipped a summit with oil executives and instead met with wind-industry leaders. “When I think environment, I think jobs,” Biden told a group that included five wind-industry CEOs in the White … Read more
Survivors of Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in more than two decades have been left without food, water, or shelter as they wait in devastated remote villages for aid. Wednesday’s magnitude 5.9 earthquake in the rugged eastern provinces – which killed at least 1,000 people and destroyed or damaged about 10,000 houses – has downed mobile phone … Read more
Ranchi, India – When tens of thousands of parents in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand were celebrating the success of their children in the high school examination, there was a deafening silence in the house of Parwez Alam and Nikhat Perween. Their only son Mudassir Alam had passed the state board exams with flying … Read more
Last Saturday, Lithuania banned the transit of goods subjected to European Union sanctions through its territory to the Russian exclave Kaliningrad, which is on the Baltic Sea and about 1,300km (800 miles) from Moscow. Lithuania said the move was in line with European sanctions. Infuriated, Moscow called it a “blockade” and promised to respond. The … Read more
Nike says it will make a full exit from Russia three months after suspending operations in the country following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The US sportswear maker said on March 3 that it would temporarily suspend operations at all its Nike -owned and -operated stores in Russia in response to Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, … Read more
Barack and Michelle Obama’s multiyear deal with Amazon’s podcast platform Audible is worth at least $ 20million, experts have claimed. The couple will have to contribute two shows and appear in up to eight episodes each, the industry insiders said. The move will give the former first lady the scope to make less personal appearances … Read more
Barack and Michelle Obama’s multiyear deal with Amazon’s podcast platform Audible is worth at least $ 20million, experts have claimed. The couple will have to contribute two shows and appear in up to eight episodes each, the industry insiders said. The move will give the former first lady the scope to make less personal appearances … Read more
The median US home price broke above $ 400,000 in May for the first time, even as the number of sales plunged for the fourth straight month and rising mortgage rates discouraged first-time buyers. Meanwhile, rising mortgage rates are having ripple effects throughout the industry, and JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Wednesday it had … Read more
The median US home price broke above $ 400,000 in May for the first time, even as the number of sales plunged for the fourth straight month and rising mortgage rates discouraged first-time buyers. Meanwhile, rising mortgage rates are having ripple effects throughout the industry, and JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Wednesday it had … Read more
Paris, France – In France, legislative elections are an opportunity for voters to give the president a strong majority in the country’s parliamentary body, the National Assembly, and thus a powerful political mandate. But two months after President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, the French did not turn out in … Read more
