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Q1 2024 Old Dominion Freight Line Inc Earnings Call
Q1 2024 Old Dominion Freight Line Inc Earnings Call
- Reuters
Greek military ship intercepts two Houthi drones in the Red Sea
A Greek military vessel serving in the European Union's naval mission in the Red Sea intercepted two drones launched by Yemen's Houthi militants towards a commercial ship, officials at the Greek Defence Ministry said on Thursday. "On Thursday morning Greek frigate Hydra, while it was escorting a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden, fired at two drones," an official told Reuters. Greece has supplied a frigate to the EU's mission, dubbed Aspides, that launched in February to help protect the key maritime trade route from drone and missile attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi militia, who say they are targeting commercial ships in retaliation for Israel's war on Gaza.
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Q1 2024 Range Resources Corp Earnings Call
Q1 2024 Range Resources Corp Earnings Call
- The Independent
‘Lost’ Klimt masterpiece sells for £26m after mysterious recovery
Painting ‘believed lost for approximately 100 years’
- Evening Standard
Sadiq Khan admits mayoral elections will be judgement day on Ulez and other transport policies
Asked at a BBC London TV hustings whether he had succeeded in bringing Londoners with him on clean air and car travel, he says: ‘We will find out on May 2’
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Inside Rwanda's hotel looking to host UK migrants
A hotel in one of Kigali's leafy suburbs has finally found purpose for opening its doors daily. Hope Hostel in the Rwandan capital city hopes to welcome migrants from the UK. (AP video/Allan Atulinga)
- BBC
Ex-Post Office boss "opposed stopping prosecutions"
The former Post Office boss was against stopping postmaster prosecutions in 2013, former top lawyer says.
- Associated Press
UN report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza
Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released Wednesday. The U.N. report said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, due to the sharp deterioration in food security, especially in the Gaza Strip and Sudan.
- BBC
Mining giant BHP proposes buyout of Anglo American
The UK-based mining giant Anglo American says it has received a takeover proposal from Australia's BHP.
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Deborah James’s family urge political parties to commit to long-term cancer plan
Dame Deborah died in June 2022 at the age of 40, five years after she was diagnosed with bowel cancer.
- Reuters
UPDATE 1-BNP Paribas profit tops estimates on lower costs and global banking
BNP Paribas reported a fall in first-quarter profit and revenue on Thursday but beat analyst forecasts, as lower expenses and a strong performance in its corporate banking business offset flat or falling revenues elsewhere. The euro zone's biggest bank said group net income over the first three months of the year declined by 2.2% from a year earlier to 3.10 billion euros ($3.31 billion), beating the 2.4 billion-euro average of 19 analyst estimates compiled by the company.
- Simply Wall St.
2G Energy Full Year 2023 Earnings: Revenues Beat Expectations, EPS In Line
2G Energy ( ETR:2GB ) Full Year 2023 Results Key Financial Results Revenue: €365.3m (up 17% from FY 2022). Net income...
- Associated Press
Polish foreign minister will lay out his government's vision at historic moment with war in Ukraine
Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski is to give a speech to parliament on Thursday in which he will lay out the government's vision at a historically crucial moment with war across the border in Ukraine. Sikorski will lay out the priorities of the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk as it seeks to show leadership in Europe with growing fears that Russian aggression will not stop in Ukraine. Sikorski's speech is aimed at both the world and the domestic audience in the nation of 38 million people located along a geopolitical fault line.
- The Canadian Press
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 33 points lead Thunder past Pelicans 124-92 as OKC takes a 2-0 lead
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Just a few days ago, the Oklahoma City Thunder looked like a young team struggling through their first playoff game together. On Wednesday night, they looked like grizzled playoff veterans. Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and the top-seeded Thunder beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-92 to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series. Gilgeous-Alexander, from Hamilton, said the Thunder remained focused instead of worrying about outsi
- France 24
Burkina Faso’s army executed 223 civilians in ‘mass killings’, says Human Rights Watch
Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday. The mass killings took place on Feb. 25 in the country's northern villages of Nondin and Soro, and some 56 children were among the dead, according to the report. The human rights organization called on the United Nations and the African Union to provide investigators and to support local
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We Think Some Shareholders May Hesitate To Increase Elementis plc's (LON:ELM) CEO Compensation
Key Insights Elementis' Annual General Meeting to take place on 30th of April CEO Paul Waterman's total compensation...
- BBC
Islanders' priority is reliable service, DFDS told
At a public meeting islanders tell Danish ferry firm reliability was their priority for future services.