Grammy-winning rapper Coolio dies in Los Angeles at 59
Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died on Wednesday after being found unresponsive at a friend’s Los Angeles home, the New York Times reported. He was 59.
Coolio, born Artis Leon Ivey Jr., ...
Waning Hurricane Ian creeps across Florida after battering Gulf Coast
A weakened but still formidable Hurricane Ian chugged across Florida toward the Atlantic seaboard on Thursday after thrashing the state’s Gulf Coast with fierce winds, torrential downpours and raging ...
Hurricane Ian makes landfall along Florida Gulf Coast with Category 4 fury
Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida’s Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday, unleashing howling winds, torrential rains and a treacherous surge of ocean surf that made it one of ...
Another $372 million on the way to Bernard Madoff’s victims
Bernard Madoff’s victims will soon receive another $372 million to help cover their losses, nearly 14 years after the swindler’s capture for running a massive Ponzi scheme, the U.S. ...
Fed’s Powell reiterates call for appropriate regulation of digital finance
Digital financial assets require appropriate regulations to ensure a level playing field and protect consumers, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday.
“Within the decentralized finance ecosystem there are ...
Millions urged to evacuate as Florida Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Ian
Florida Gulf Coast residents emptied grocery shelves, boarded up windows and fled to evacuation shelters as Hurricane Ian churned closer on Wednesday, lashing the state’s southern tip hours before ...
Cuba entirely without power after Hurricane Ian causes grid to collapse
Cuba‘s electrical grid collapsed late on Tuesday, local officials said, leaving the entire country in the dark shortly after Hurricane Ian plowed through the western end of the island ...
US state legislative races carry high stakes for abortion access
Maine state Representative Reagan LaRochelle didn’t spend much time discussing abortion with voters when she ran for office last year. But she said the conversation has changed after the ...
NASA’s DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test
NASA‘s DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in the world’s first test of a planetary defense system, designed to prevent a ...
U.S. Congress negotiators set nearly $12 bln in new Ukraine aid -sources
Negotiators of a stop-gap spending bill in the U.S. Congress have agreed to include nearly $12 billion in new military and economic aid to Ukraine, sources familiar with the talks ...
US trying to violate Iran’s sovereignty over unrest, Tehran warns of response
U.S. attempts to violate Iran’s sovereignty over the issue of protests triggered by the death of a woman in police custody will not go unanswered, the foreign ministry ...
Ukraine says referendum voting door-to-door under Russian-backed security
Voting in referendums in Ukraine aimed at annexing territory to Russia enters a fourth day on Monday, after the United States warned of “catastrophic consequences” if Moscow used nuclear weapons ...
Inflation, spending cuts undermine Biden’s hunger policy
Grace Melt made her first visit to the Nourishing Hope food pantry on Chicago’s North Side in August. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, she used food stamps issued by the ...
Biden to aim at ‘bully’ DeSantis in Florida, as 2024 looms
Joe Biden will for the first time as U.S. president hold a political rally in a state where he lost in 2020, when he treks to Florida on Tuesday to ...
Dollar towering, stocks cowering as Fed flags more hikes
The dollar surged to a fresh two-decade high and stocks slid on Thursday with investors unsettled by the Federal Reserve’s aggressive outlook for US interest rates and braced for ...
Donald Trump and children are sued by New York attorney general for fraud
Donald Trump, his family business, and three of his adult children were sued by New York’s attorney general, who accused them of overvaluing the former U.S. president’s ...
Nasdaq bets big on digital assets despite crypto turmoil
Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ.O) is placing a big bet on the cryptocurrency market, with the launch of a digital assets business that is aimed at tapping institutional investors.
The new ...
Boeing to slash nearly 150 finance jobs in US
Planemaker Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Tuesday it plans to cut about 150 finance jobs in the United States this year to simplify its corporate structure and focus more resources ...
Biden, UK’s Truss commit to protect Northern Ireland deal
U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Liz Truss met in person for the first time on Wednesday and said they want to ensure the 1998 Good Friday Agreement ...
Russia releases 10 foreigners captured in Ukraine after Saudi mediation, Riyadh says
Russia on Wednesday released 10 foreign prisoners of war captured in Ukraine following mediation by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi foreign ministry said.
The freed prisoners were American, ...
U.S. welcomes Modi telling Putin now is ‘not an era of war’
The United States has welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment to Russian President Vladimir Putin that now was not the time for war, New Delhi’s sharpest public ...
Petrodollar rush may disappoint Western financiers
Fossil-fuel producers are minting money again. Yet Western financiers hoping to share in the spoils of a 1970s-style petrodollar boom will be disappointed.
High energy prices, caused by Russia’s ...
LIV Golf CEO Norman to meet with lawmakers in Washington
LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman will meet with U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week to discuss the Saudi-backed circuit’s ongoing dispute with the U.S.-based PGA ...
Trump may be called to testify at ally’s foreign agent trial, judge says
Former President Donald Trump may be called as a witness at the criminal trial of Thomas Barrack, a private equity investor and former Trump fundraiser charged with acting as an ...