Few investors will be sorry to see 2022 go. It would be an understatement to say it has been a challenging year for stocks. And few sectors have fared worse than tech stocks -- the Nasdaq 100 Technology Sector index plummeted 45% from its peak to its low point.
The U.S. will create a new trade task force aimed at reducing carbon emissions from global commerce and manufacturing, White House senior adviser John Podesta said at a conference on Tuesday. The new task force will focus on addressing carbon leakage, carbon dumping, and emissions associated with upstream manufacturing and production, he said, speaking at an event at Columbia University in New York City. The task force development comes as the U.S. is aiming to expand its deployment of clean energy technology and manufacturing domestically amid growing competition from China.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday said Iraq has not received any reports or indications that missiles or drones were launched from Iraq during Iran's attack on Israel. Iraq is a rare ally of both Washington and Tehran. Iraqi airspace was a main route for Iran’s unprecedented drone and ballistic missile attack on Israel, and Iraqi officials say Iran informed them, as well as other countries in the region, ahead of the attack.
A controversial proposal to create a village of temporary shelters for people who are unhoused in Cape Breton Regional Municipality may have found a new home, but one councillor says the new residents may not be welcome.District 12 Coun. Lorne Green says it's not the location, but the shelters themselves that are a problem."It's really not much more than a glorified hard tent is what it is, so that's the issue and there's no water and sewer in each one of these buildings, so you ... can't have a
Jos Buttler's unbeaten century helped Rajasthan Royals chase down 224 and snatch a breathtaking two-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. The Englishman hit 107 not out off 60 balls and carried Rajasthan to 224-8 off the final ball.
The Chancellor appeared to hint at an autumn general election.
This wasn't the kind of attention Rory McIlroy was hoping for on the day after the Masters. A London financial paper, City A.M., cited anonymous sources as saying McIlroy was believed to be close to an $850 million deal to join LIV Golf. McIlroy was able to shut it down when he arrived at the RBC Heritage.
Rishi Sunak has warned Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call that launching a retaliation attack on Iran for Saturday’s strikes would leave Israel less secure.
With both the Chief and Deputy Chief on leave, the Council of the Town of Greater Napanee unceremoniously appointed a new fire chief at a special meeting held on the morning of Monday, Apr. 15, 2024. At the meeting, Kenneth 'Shawn' Armstrong was appointed as acting Fire Chief for the Corporation of the Town of Greater Napanee. Acting Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Brandt Zätterberg was authorized to execute an agreement with Armstrong for a period of six months from April 15, 2024 to October
REUTERSScott Peterson, the California man convicted of killing his wife and unborn child in a case that garnered national attention in 2004, appeared in court Tuesday in another attempt to launch a new trial—this time with the Los Angeles Innocence Project representing him. Peterson’s lawyers have claimed they have new evidence that proves he didn’t murder Laci Peterson on Christmas Eve in 2022, but have stopped short of sharing publicly what exact evidence they have.Peterson appeared virtually
EXCLUSIVE: Margaret Qualley has pulled out of playing Amanda Knox in Hulu’s upcoming limited series for scheduling reasons. Qualley, two-time Emmy nominee for Netflix’s Maid and FX’s Fosse/Verdon, just saw her two upcoming movies, Kinds of Kindness and The Substance, both get selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Recently seen in Poor Things, …
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Tiffany Machel Adams, 54, was reportedly a member of "God's Misfits," which authorities allege is an anti-government religious group
Downing Street has said attempts by police to shut down a conservative conference featuring Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman on Tuesday were “extremely disturbing”.
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump last April pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election. Judge Juan Merchan has now seated and sworn in six jurors to sit in judgment of former President Trump, after each side used several preemptory strikes and other prospective jurors were stricken over politically-charged social media posts.
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Peel Regional Police and the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau say they plan to announce arrests on Wednesday in the theft of roughly $20 million in gold and nearly $2 million US in cash from Toronto's Pearson International Airport.The announcement, to be made at 8:30 a.m. ET in Brampton, will come exactly one year after the incident.CBC News will carry the announcement live.In a news advisory, the law enforcement services said they would reveal "details and arrests made concerning the t
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Participant, the activist film and television studio that has financed Oscar winners like “Spotlight” and socially conscious documentaries like “Food, Inc,” and “Waiting For Superman” is closing its doors after 20 years. Billionaire Jeff Skoll told his staff of 100 in a memo shared with The Associated Press Tuesday that they were winding down company operations. “This is not a step I am taking lightly,” Skoll wrote in the memo. “But after 20 years of groundbreaking content and world-changing imp
A group of actors filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday against Casting Networks, one of a handful of websites that connects actors to commercial auditions, alleging that the platform functions as an illegal pay-for-play system. Casting Networks offers actors a free tier and two premium tiers. The paid options allow actors to upload more video …
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