[ad_1] Magnificent 7: Tech stocks are responsible for a big chunk of U.S. stock market gains. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nvidia shares rebounded Tuesday, halting a three-day skid that had surprised many investors and wiped away more than $400 billion in market value. Early last week, Nvidia overtook Microsoft as Wall Street’s most valuable public company. … Read more
[ad_1] Kenyan President William Ruto said on June 26 that he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. It was the biggest assault on Kenya’s government in decades. The government wanted to raise funds to pay off debt, but Kenyans said … Read more
[ad_1] WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet on June 26, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga. Editorial |Free man: On the release of Julian Assange The criminal case of international intrigue, which … Read more
[ad_1] Bolivia’s government on Thursday announced that a total of 17 people have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the attempted coup that shook the economically troubled country the day before. The South American nation of 12 million watched in shock and bewilderment Wednesday as military forces appeared to turn on the government of … Read more
[ad_1] A train travelling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday, leaving at least five people dead and five injured, officials said. More than 100 people were aboard the Eurocity train when the accident took place shortly after 5 pm (1500 … Read more
[ad_1] Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte became the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s next boss. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters NATO’s 32 nations on Wednesday appointed outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the alliance’s next head, handing him the job at a crucial moment with Russia on the march in Ukraine and U.S. elections looming. … Read more
[ad_1] Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations (UN) political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries answered sharp criticism that Afghan women have been excluded, saying on June 26 that women’s rights will be raised at every session. Undersecretary-General Rosemary … Read more
[ad_1] This combination of pictures show U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off for a historic US presidential debate this week, with the stage set for what could be a pivotal moment in the 2024 race as millions of potential voters tune in. | Photo Credit: … Read more
[ad_1] Congestion at Singapore’s container port is at its worst since the COVID-19 pandemic, a sign of how prolonged vessel re-routing to avoid Red Sea attacks has disrupted global ocean shipping—with bottlenecks also appearing in other Asian and European ports. Retailers, manufacturers and other industries that rely on massive box ships are again battling surging … Read more
[ad_1] A villager walks in a flourishing poppy field at Nampatka village, Northern Shan State, Myanmar | Photo Credit: AP Conflict-ravaged Myanmar is “facing challenges” in stemming opium poppy cultivation, the junta said on Wednesday, months after the United Nations said the country had become the world’s biggest producer of the narcotic substances. Myanmar’s legal … Read more