Power at the gas pump: Oregon lets drivers fuel their own cars, lifting decades-old self-serve ban
Oregon has ended a decades-old ban on self-serve gasoline
2023-08-05 02:49
Icahn Enterprises halves quarterly dividend months after short-selling report, shares plunge
Months into the fallout from a damning short-selling report, shares for corporate raider and activist investor Carl Icahn’s conglomerate Icahn Enterprises plunged Friday after the firm halved its quarterly dividend
2023-08-05 02:20
The UN cut their food aid this summer. These Palestinians now struggle to find their next meal
Thousands of families in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are struggling with deep food insecurity two months after being cut from the United Nations’ main food assistance program
2023-08-05 00:55
Electric truck maker Nikola names former General Motors executive Stephen Girsky as CEO
Electric and hydrogen-powered heavy truck maker Nikola Corp. has named board Chairman Stephen Girsky as its new CEO
2023-08-04 23:53
An American billionaire says he'll stop funding the think tank behind Israel's judicial overhaul
An American billionaire and major donor to a Jerusalem think tank backing the Israeli government’s divisive judicial overhaul says that he will stop giving to the conservative group
2023-08-04 23:24
Stock market today: Wall Street rises following reports on US job market, Big Tech earnings
Stocks are rising following mixed reports about the U.S. job market and profits at two of Wall Street’s most influential stocks
2023-08-04 21:54
Japan's Kishida hopes to further strengthen strategic cooperation with US and South Korea at summit
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he has high hopes to discuss further strengthening of three-way strategic cooperation with the United States and South Korea at a summit hosted by President Joe Biden at Camp David later this month
2023-08-04 20:58
Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports
Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia ended a deal allowing Ukraine ship grain and India restricted some rice exports
2023-08-04 19:28
Ruble hits lowest value against USD since early in Ukraine war
The ruble has dropped against the U.S. dollar in trading in Moscow to it lowest level since the first month of the war in Ukraine
2023-08-04 18:59
Cyprus allows human COVID-19 medications to be used on cats to fight deadly virus mutation
Veterinarians in Cyprus are lauding a government decision to allow its stock of human COVID-19 medication to be used against a feline virus that has killed thousands of cats on the Mediterranean island
2023-08-04 16:46
Austrian leader proposes enshrining the use of cash in his country's constitution
Austria’s leader is proposing to enshrine in the country’s constitution a right to use cash, which remains more popular in the Alpine nation than in many other places
2023-08-04 15:53
China reopens trade in Australian barley in a new sign of improved relations
China is lifting a stifling 3-year-old tariff on Australian barley in a sign of an improving bilateral trade relationship since Australia’s government changed
2023-08-04 14:59