Many seniors today get all or most of their monthly income from Social Security. Earlier this year, Social Security recipients got their most generous cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in decades -- a 5.9% raise. It's too early to predict what next-year's Social Security raise will look like.
Automotive supplier Continental has been fined 100 million euros ($107.16 million) for breaching its supervisory duties in connection with the Dieselgate emissions scandal, German prosecutors said on Thursday. The state prosecutor in Hanover, where Continental is headquartered, said it had issued the fine following an emissions-rigging investigation into the group and other parts of the company. Continental said in a statement that the fine took into consideration its full cooperation and assistance in clarifying the matter, as well as strengthened compliance structures.
GMB Scotland balloted members at local authorities across the country.
The Bute House Agreement brought the Green Party into government for the first time anywhere in the UK
The Bute House Agreement was signed in 2021 but it has come under pressure recently.
The former president's lawyer made a gloomy prediction.
It follows the government's decision to scrap key climate targets and its response to a review into gender services.
Disruption has hit the morning rush-hour on Thursday after a train crashed into an obstruction near Watford. Trains to and from Euston are among those affected. National Rail warns trains are having to run at reduced speeds on the line towards Milton Keynes Central.
There will be no return of the 3G pitch, ripped up three years ago, should the back drop out of the EFL
Regulators must equip themselves with tools such as "bail-in" bonds to deal quickly with a failed clearing house for stocks, bonds or derivatives without having to call on taxpayers for cash, the G20's risk watchdog said on Thursday. After the global financial crisis of 2007-09, regulators mandated clearing for a wider range of derivatives, meaning they must pass through a clearer backed by a default fund to ensure completion of trades. As a result of such changes, some clearers have become vital to financial systems in more than one jurisdiction, meaning their failure could damage financial stability unless they can be stabilised or "resolved", meaning closed down, in an orderly way.
Algeria’s state grains agency OAIC is believed to have purchased durum wheat in an international tender which closed on Wednesday, European traders said on Thursday. The precise volume bought was unclear, but trader estimates were mainly about 200,000 metric tons. Price estimates were around $395 to $398 a ton cost and freight (c&f) included for larger Panamax shipments and around $405 to $410 a ton c&f for smaller Handymax shipments.
The girl was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the chaos erupted at the end of morning break at Amman Valley School on Wednesday.
Bangladesh has closed schools and colleges due to extreme heat for the second year in a row.
Over 100 students at NYU and Columbia have been arrested this past week over pro-Palestinian protest encampments
A spokesperson for the venue says no-one was hurt in the incident
James Cartlidge also revealed the black horse was named Quaker, while the white animal seen drenched in blood was named Vida.
Hamas released a hostage video on Wednesday showing a well-known Israeli-American man who was among scores of people abducted by the militants in the attack that ignited the war in Gaza. The video was the first sign of life of Hersh Goldberg-Polin since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, and its release ignited new protests in Jerusalem calling on the government to do more to secure the captives' release.In the video, Goldberg-Polin accused Israel’s government of abandoning the people who
Venice became the first city in the world on Thursday to introduce a payment system for visitors in an experiment aimed at dissuading tourists from arriving during peak periods. However, it isn't the only place in Italy that has recently introduced new measures aimed at slowing tourist flows. The experiment came into force on April 25, a national holiday in Italy.
The potential deal would create the world’s biggest copper miner, with around 10% of global output.
A lorry overturned on a busy road in London - whilst travelling as slow as five miles an hour. Video footage taken by Mads Voxen shows teams working to get the overturned vehicle back upright and onto its wheels. The bus driver came across the scene, which had traffic backed up in three directions in Leyton, east London, for half an hour, earlier this week. Mr Voxen, 32, claims he was told by the lorry's driver that the vehicle had tilted whilst he was making a turn due to how it was loaded, with light material at one end and heavy concrete at the other. Thankfully, no one was injured in the incident.
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