[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Saudi pro-government commentators are gloating over U.S. President Joe Biden’s planned visit next month, saying the U.S. leader’s about-turn on his vow to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” reflected the kingdom’s importance in global affairs. After the White House confirmed on Tuesday that Biden would meet de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin […]
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Walmart Inc said on Thursday it would increase the average pay of pharmacy workers to more than $20 per hour and offer more frequent and automatic pay raises as part of a new “progressive wage model” to address a tight domestic labor market. The raises by the nation’s largest private employer will be […]
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[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The Vatican, in an apparent attempt to boost the confidence of the faithful in how their charitable contributions to the pope are used, on Thursday issued the first detailed disclosure of his main fund. The Peter’s Pence fund, whose aim is to help the pope run the Church, is made up of income […]
The Colorado Avalanche have turned the reigning, two-time Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning into underdogs.
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Despite being cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, the agents will reportedly be disciplined for “administrative violations.”
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Big Macs remain on sale at some of McDonald Corp’s franchise locations in Russia despite most of its restaurants reopening on Sunday under new branding and ownership. McDonald’s sold most of its 850 restaurants in Russia to one of its local licensees in May. Some of those reopened Sunday under the new name […]
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The European Commission launched two new legal proceedings against Britain on Wednesday after London published plans to override some post-Brexit rules governing Northern Irish trade, and resumed another challenge it had previously paused. The proceedings could result in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) imposing fines, although these would likely be more than […]
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Ghislaine Maxwell should spend fewer, and perhaps far fewer, than 20 years in prison for helping deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, her lawyers said on Wednesday, arguing that Epstein was the “mastermind” behind the abuse. Maxwell, 60, “cannot and should not bear all the punishment for which Epstein should have […]
The L’Dor Va-Dor Synagogue in Boynton Beach, Florida, cites a violation of religious freedom in its lawsuit, the filing for which states that abortion is required in Jewish law if necessary “to protect the health, mental or physical well-being of the woman, or for many other reasons not permitted under the act.”
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] U.S. home building fell to a 13-month low in May and permits tumbled, suggesting the housing market was cooling as surging mortgage rates reduce affordability for many first-time home buyers. Housing starts plunged 14.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.549 million units last month, the lowest level since April 2021, the […]