The intensifying upheaval in shipping is prompting carriers to lift rates while raising the specter of waterborne gridlock that could again threaten retailers with product shortages during the make-or-break holiday shopping season. The disruption could also exacerbate inflation, a source of economic anxiety animating the U.S. presidential election.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty on Wednesday (26 June) to violating US espionage law, in a deal that will end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to return home to Australia, ending a 14-year legal odyssey.
Officials in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota reported widespread damage and continuing danger. A bridge collapsed on Sunday and a dam was at risk on Monday.
Sensible Sentencing Trustee Louise Parsons says: “It is with sadness that we must oppose this weak and watered-down proposed Three Strikes Law. Not only does the Government plan to wipe all 13,000 former strike warnings, it will only apply to 30% of offender ...
Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History By Nellie Bowles (Thesis, 272 pages, $23) In January 1970, while visiting his future wife at her office in Manhattan, journalist Tom Wolfe spotted a letter on a nearby...
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This year marks half a century since Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation appeared in English. Northwestern University professor Gary Saul Morson calls this work “the masterpiece of our time,” and there’s a backstory here. After visiting the...
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Donald Trump is throwing his considerable weight behind his former physician’s demand that Joe Biden submit to a drug test immediately before and after Thursday’s presidential debate, endorsing the doctor’s baseless claim that the incumbent is operating on “performance-enhancing drugs.”
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The chief of all the seven deadly sins is that of pride. It is pride which caused Lucifer to be cast out of Heaven and declare, in the words of Milton, “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.”...
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Lok Sabha latest live updates: As the 18th Lok Sabha began, Rahul Gandhi underscored that the Opposition-led INDIA bloc would not tolerate the alleged attacks on Constitution by PM Modi and Amit Shah.
Today in History
Today is Tuesday, June 25, the 177th day of 2024. There are 189 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History: On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South.
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In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.
In 1942, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was designated Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Some 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers raided Bremen, Germany. Читать дальше...
The company will offer points to CoinDCX users based on their transaction history as part of the current launch
Dash camera video and investigative documents are raising new questions about the fatal shooting of a Black motorist by a Georgia state trooper nearly four years ago.
The FRD rushed 12 fire engines to the spot after a night watchman alerted authorities of the industrial fire around 4 a.m.
CHIANG MAI: Soldiers seized about 1.6 million methamphetamine pills abandoned by fleeing smugglers and arrested one suspect during a chase in Fang district on Monday night.
Everybody in the NCAA knew that Cloanne Mondoñedo deserved to win the women’s volleyball MVP award. Except, maybe, St. Benilde’s ace playmaker herself. “I had to convince myself that maybe this one’s really for me because I really worked hard ever since I joined NCAA,” Mondoñedo said on late Monday evening after being hailed by
Allied Blenders and Distillers IPO, featuring Officer's Choice whiskey, will open for subscription with a price band of Rs 267-281 per share. Promoters will offload part of their stakes, and analysts caution against investing due to high valuation and financial risks.
Rohit Sharma combined brute force with elegance in his 92 off 41 balls as India amassed 205 for five against Australia
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Julian Lewis didn’t pull over for the Georgia State Patrol cruiser flashing its blue lights behind him on a rural highway. He still didn't stop after pointing a hand out the window and turning onto a darkened dirt road as the trooper sounded his siren.
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Acharya Satyendra Das, the chief priest of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, reported significant leakage from the roof directly above his seating area in front of the idol of Ram Lalla
“The company plans to use the new infusion to significantly expand its editorial desk and add reporters and staff writers across key gateway cities across Bharat”
The 19-year-old teen disappeared a week ago in Tenerife
