A vigil was held Nov. 20 at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Colorado Springs, after a gunman opened fire at an LGBTQ nightclub the night before.
The world is likely to have a major surplus of oil by 2030 as production is ramped up while the clean energy transition tempers demand, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday."As the pandemic rebound loses steam, clean energy transitions advance, and the structure of China's economy shifts, growth in global oil demand is slowing down and set to reach its peak by 2030," said IEA executive director Fatih Birol.
A House Oversight Committee panel that is investigating the safety and oversight of the V-22 Osprey aircraft following a string of fatal crashes has not received critical data or accident reports that its members requested months ago, two committee staffers told The Associated Press. The aircraft, subject of a hearing Wednesday, has faced safety, maintenance and reliability issues for decades, with 62 service members and civilians killed in 12 Osprey accidents since 1992. The most recent was a crash off the coast of Japan in November that killed eight U.S. service members and led the military to ground the entire fleet.
The G7 leaders arrive at the summit confronting myriad woes at home even as they seek solutions for many of the world's most pressing problems. Biden, 81, spent Tuesday evening at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, after a 12-member jury convicted his son Hunter Biden of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun in 2018, making him the first child of a sitting U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. The trial followed the May 30 criminal conviction of Republican former President Donald Trump, the first former U.S. president to be found guilty of a felony.
Three groups representing older Americans on Wednesday endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for a second term as president as the Biden campaign works to build on existing support among seniors and help offset weaker backing among Black and Latino voters. The National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare (NCPSSM), which defied a 38-year tradition of avoiding endorsements to back Biden in 2020, Social Security Works PAC and the bipartisan National United Committee to Protect Pensions all said they would back Biden in 2024.
Myanmar, once a thriving emerging economy, is struggling to regain momentum as the country’s civil war increasingly disrupts trade and livelihoods. World Bank economists estimate the country's economy grew at a 1% annual pace in the year that ended in March, more slowly than earlier expected, according to a report i ssued Wednesday. The World Bank's survey in April “suggests little to no improvement in economic activity over the past six months,” it said.
This week's reopening of Baltimore's main shipping channel - less than three months after the Key Bridge collapse - was due to expertise gained from a COVID-era task force, a highway overpass collapse and the 2021 infrastructure law, government officials said. The deadly March 26 collision of the cargo ship Dali into the Francis Scott Key Bridge had paralyzed a major transportation artery for the U.S. Northeast. Within hours, President Joe Biden directed aides to get the channel reopened, the bridge rebuilt and vowed the federal government would cover the full costs.
Federal Reserve officials are expected Wednesday to dial back their estimates of interest rate cuts in 2024 after digesting a fresh inflation reading.
If you work for an employer that offers a 401(k), 403(b) or similar workplace plan, a new option this year can help student loan borrowers save for retirement and pay off student loans at the same time.
Harris does perform better than Joe Biden among African Americans, according to the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. She also saw some of her highest numbers on key issues like abortion.
Politicians risk the wrath of voters if they can’t make headway on an issue that has huge financial ramifications for most households.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop is running for governor in unconventional ways.
At least 35 people died in a building fire early Wednesday in Kuwait, the state-run news agency reported. KUNA said another 15 people were injured in the fire, which broke out in the southern Mangaf district. The fire had been brought under control and that authorities were combing the area for evidence as to the cause of the blaze, KUNA reported, quoting Maj. Gen. Eid al-Oweihan, head of forensic evidence at the Interior Ministry.
Chomsky’s wife says she flew the 95-year-old famed linguist and social critic to Sao Paulo to receive specialized treatment.
A special judge’s court in Bangladesh indicted Wednesday Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others on charges in an over $2 million embezzlement case. Yunus, 83, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering microcredit to help impoverished people, especially women, pleaded not guilty and is out on bail for now. In a packed Dahka courtroom, Special Judge in Dhaka Syed Arafat Hossain dismissed petitions seeking the charges — which centers around Yunus' non-profit Grameen Telecom — to be dropped.
The Hong Kong government said Wednesday it had cancelled the passports of six democracy activists who fled to the United Kingdom, calling them "lawless wanted criminals".The six named Wednesday -- all on the bounty list -- are considered "lawless wanted criminals... hiding in the United Kingdom", a government spokesperson said in a statement.
As violence surges in the occupied West Bank, Palestinians and human rights groups decry an increasingly blurry distinction between the Israeli army and settlers, emboldened by the current pro-settlement government.Israeli human rights group Yesh Din, which also records settler violence, said 2023 was already a peak year.
Lebanon's Hezbollah fired a massive barrage of rockets into northern Israel on Wednesday to avenge the killing of a top commander, further escalating regional tensions as the fate of an internationally-backed plan for a cease-fire in Gaza hung in the balance. The retaliatory attack came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in the region to push a cease-fire proposal with global support that has not been fully embraced by Israel or Hamas. Hezbollah, an Iran-backed ally of Hamas, has traded fire with Israel nearly every day since the 8-month-long Israel-Hamas war began and says it will only stop if there is a truce in Gaza.
South Korean AI chip developers Rebellions Inc and Sapeon Korea Inc are pursuing a merger, Sapeon parent SK Telecom Co said on Wednesday, in the latest attempt in South Korea to challenge global AI chip leader Nvidia as a boom in artificial intelligence continues. The consolidation is aimed at winning the global AI semiconductor market within the next two to three years, a window of time South Korea must not miss as AI competition intensifies across the world, SK Telecom said in a statement. The merged company will seek to gain a strong position in neural processing units (NPUs) used in AI, with Rebellions responsible for management of the merged entity.
The Israeli military said successive rocket barrages were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel Wednesday, after an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah commander in south Lebanon the previous day.The latest barrages from Lebanon came after an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday.
Worries about upcoming US inflation data and the Federal Reserve's outlook for interest rates permeated Asian trading floors Wednesday.The bank is widely expected to stand pat on rates but its "dot plot" guidance, which shows officials' outlook for rates this year, is the main event.
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