The competitive rental market in Bakersfield is leading many to look for homes across social media platforms. As some have found out, be wary of those that look too good to be true. "You know you try to give people the benefit of the doubt, at least once and I was wrong," said Edwardo Morales.
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
It follows the government's decision to scrap key climate targets and its response to a review into gender services.
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.
‘I was so angry,’ the ITV presenter said
The decision came after first minister Mr Yousaf called an emergency meeting of the Scottish cabinet to address growing tensions between the Scottish Greens and the SNP
The SNP and Scottish Greens power-sharing deal has formally ended following a row over a climbdown on climate targets, Sky News understands. It comes after First Minister Humza Yousaf summoned a meeting of his Cabinet - usually held on a Tuesday - this morning following speculation over the future of the Holyrood deal, first struck by his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon. There has been unhappiness in the Green Party after the Scottish government scrapped its commitment to cut emissions by 75% by 2030.
The sails of Paris’s Moulin Rouge windmill crashed to earth overnight in a freak accident that has never occurred since the cabaret club was founded in 1889.
A Palestinian businessman displaced by the war in Gaza is bringing a taste of home for fellow refugees with a Shawarma restaurant he has opened in Cairo. Abu Al-Awn hopes his time outside Gaza will be temporary and he is determined to return to the enclave once the war between Israel and Hamas is over. Rimal was Gaza City's busiest shopping center, with large malls and main bank offices before Israeli forces reduced most of it to rubble.
'Ginny & Georgia''s Antonia Gentry on her haircare regime, what goes into those brows and her go-to French skincare brand.
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Are doctors' retirement savings doomed? The Canadian Medical Association says the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation will put doctors' retirement savings in jeopardy. The federal budget presented last week proposes making two-thirds rather than one-half of capital gains — or profit made on the sale of assets — taxable. The increase in the so-called inclusion
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