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Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak fire grows 30,000 acres overnight and threatens Las VegasThe Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak Fire continue to evolve. As of Saturday, the fire has burned more than 94,000 acres and only about 32 percent contained.

High winds, warm temperature to worsen US wildfiresRoughly 300 structures have been destroyed in the US state of New Mexico as massive wildfires are feared to be strengthened by

Report reveals British Virgin Islands government corruption, suggests constitutional suspensionThe British Virgin Islands (BVI) Commission of Inquiry Friday released a report suggesting that the BVI should temporarily suspend its constitution, dissolve its House of Assembly and be directly rule...

'Corruption is a silent killer in society' - SentinelassamJustice Chandra Dhari Singh noted that corruption adds to the deprivation of the poor and weaker sections of society. Therefore, every effort should be made to eradicate the same.

As a result of conflict and inflation, Europe's economy has slowed to a crawl.Eurostat, Europe’s statistics agency, reported on Friday that the eurozone economy grew by 0.2 percent in the first three months of the year, as rising

Eurozone economy slows as inflation increases to 7.5%The 0.2% increase in GDP masks deteriorating economic circumstances and inflation is still trending up. Core inflation jumped to 3.5%, indicating that…

Inflation spurs record decline in workers' wages and benefitsSkyrocketing inflation is robbing Americans of their raises.

Federal Reserve gears up to attack inflation as US recession fears growThe rate hike is expected to be one of several the Fed makes this year, but with the economy also facing shocks from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Covid lockdowns in China, analysts warn the central bank must strike a delicate balance to stop a downturn.

China's economy slows rapidly as zero-Covid lockdowns bite - Times of IndiaChina News: China's economic activity contracted sharply in April as the lockdown of Shanghai and other areas to contain a widespread Covid-19 outbreak closed fac.

China manufacturing weakens further as lockdowns continueChina’s manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in April as lockdowns continued in Shanghai and other manufacturing hubs in an attempt to stem COVID-19 outbreaks

Russia has killed twice as many in Mariupol than Nazi Germany did: Mayor"This is one of the worst genocides of civilians in modern history," Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko said.

Russia killed twice as many civilians as Nazis did during WWII in Mariupol: UkraineMariupol city council claimed the Russian forces have killed twice as many people as the Nazis in the two years of occupation of the city during World War II.

Russia warns of WWIII ahead of Western summit on arms to UkraineRussia has warned of the "real" threat of World War III breaking out, ahead of a Tuesday meeting between the United States and allies over sending further arms to war-torn Ukraine.

Russia warns 'serious' nuclear war risks should not be underestimatedRussia told the world not to underestimate the considerable risks of nuclear war that it said it wanted to reduce and warned that conventional Western weapons were legitimate targets in Ukraine, where battles raged in the east.

The Fed wants to raise rates quickly but may not know where to stopThe Federal Reserve is looking to lift interest rates to "neutral" but doesn't quite know at what level to start.

Netflix sheds subscribers and CNN+ will shut down amid competition from Disney, Hulu, HBO, Amazon Prime and Apple. Have we finally hit peak streaming?Americans watched enough video streaming content last year to fill nearly 15 million years of time, according to Nielsen.

United and American Airlines are replacing planes with buses on some routes in an attempt to tackle the pilot shortageOne new bus route offered by United will ferry passengers from Denver to smaller cities like Breckenridge and Fort Collins.

Desperate airlines are swapping planes for BUSES due to pilot shortageSome airlines are moving short routes onto buses due to a pilot shortage. Several US carriers are cutting flights after thousands of pilots left the industry during the pandemic.

Sanctions Hit Russian Economy, Although Putin Says OtherwiseWhile Russia can claim some symbolic victories, the full impact of Western sanctions is starting to be felt in very real ways.

Not Just Petroleum, Cooking Oil Prices Also Rising Due To Sunflower, Palm Oil Supply ShortageIndia is the world's largest importer and consumer of cooking oil.

‘Companies are beginning to panic’: Experts say China’s lockdowns will make inflation and the supply chain nightmare even worseExperts say China's lockdowns will lead to a supply chain crunch on the west coast of the U.S. in the coming weeks, adding to four-decade high inflation.

Zero tolerance: Shanghai's dystopian Covid lockdown drives investors awayChina's rapid rise as an international financial hub is poised to go into reverse

Large Hadron Collider Restarts After 3 Years of Upgrades: Particle Collisions at World-Record Energy LevelsBeams of protons are again circulating around the collider’s 27-kilometer ring, marking the end of a multiple-year hiatus for upgrade work. In 2022, CERN is restarting the LHC after more than three years of maintenance and upgrades, known as Long Shutdown 2 (LS2). Once restarted, the energy will

The Large Hadron Collider Is Back and Ready to Hunt for Dark MatterWe spoke to the head of operations at CERN to find out what it takes to fire the collider back up after a brief hiatus for upgrades and maintenance.

Netflix Loses 200K Subscribers in the First 3 Months of 2022 and Expects To Shed 2 Million More This Quarter

Netflix’s Plunge Is a Wake-Up Call for StreamingThe streaming industry remains in a land-grab phase, with companies throwing tens of billions of dollars into original series and movies, marketing, and promotions. But it’s difficult to make money in streaming when your competitors explicitly choose not to.

U.S. to ‘Respond Accordingly’ If China Sets Up Base in SolomonsThe U.S. will “respond accordingly” should Beijing’s security pact with the Solomon Islands lead to a permanent Chinese military presence in the Pacific nation.

solomon islands: US to 'respond' if China puts military base on Solomon Islands: W House - Times of IndiaUS News: WASHINGTON: The United States warned Friday it would "respond accordingly" if China installs a military base on the strategic Solomon Islands after th.

Biden is sending Ukraine secret 'Phoenix Ghost' drones built by the USAF to combat Russian forces massing in Donbas region, say reportsThe Pentagon's John Kirby said the 'kamikaze drones' are designed for Zelenskyy's army battling on the open terrain of Ukraine's Donbas region.

Ghost drones, helicopters and howitzers: Here's a look at the weapons the U.S. is sending UkraineThe U.S. has committed $3.4 billion to Ukraine since the start of the invasion about two months ago.

Refrigerators from Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowe’s are being recalledThe six recalled refrigerator models were sold nationwide at retailers such as Best Buy, Home Depot and Lowe's.

Why Bitcoin could be poised to fall furtherUnder tightening monetary pressures from central banks, Bitcoin is trading like “an overpriced tech stock,” as one analyst noted. That could potentially mean poor performance for the next few months.

Gas prices slowly creeping up after falling over the past monthGas prices have steadily fallen over the past few weeks, but this week, fuel prices are ticking back up.

Higher gas prices for American familiesRetail fuel prices are at an all-time high, and as we move toward summer, we can expect them to continue to rise. This is an overwhelming problem for my constituents in Wyoming and for people across the country. We are paying record prices at the pump, and because fuel is an input cost into nearly…

China looks to learn from Russian failures in UkraineBANGKOK (AP) — With its ground troops forced to pull back in Ukraine and regroup , and its Black Sea flagship sunk , Russia's military failings are mounting.

As Mortgage Rates Begin to Bite, Home Sales Fall to Lowest since June 2020, Supply Rises for Second MonthBut wait… Haven’t seen anything yet. Impact of today’s holy-moly mortgage rates won’t show up in the sales data for a couple of months. Here’s why.

Putin has launched the first economic world war, and the EU and the West are his targetsThe Kremlin is prepared to disrupt the West and its socio-economic order.

US Holds $325 Million Russian Oligarch Super-Yacht in Fiji | TwoSq Media | NewsBreak OriginalThe United States is looking to seize a second yacht of a Russian Oligarch, the Amadea, currently held at a dock in Fiji, Japan. Russian Oligarch Slueiman Kerimov's $325 millon super-yacht, ArmadeaCharterworld.com.

Netflix shares slide after it loses 200,000 subscribersDrop stems partly from company's decision to suspend service in Russia to protest war in Ukraine, but deeper problems exist.

Netflix’s Stumble Could Be a Warning Sign for Streaming IndustryThe company faces a number of challenges, but its problems may be an indication that its competitors are racing toward an unstable future.

US unveils latest sanctions targeting Russia | CNN PoliticsThe United States on Wednesday unveiled its latest round of sanctions going after Russia over its war on Ukraine, this time targeting a key commercial bank and "a global network of more than 40 individuals and entities led by U.S.-designated Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev."

New U.S. sanctions for Russian bank, oligarchs, crypto miner BitRiverThe United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on dozens of people and entities, including a Russian commercial bank and a virtual currency mining company, hoping to target Moscow's evasion of existing sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Russia’s Missile Test Fuels U.S. Fears of an Isolated PutinAmerican and foreign leaders have been weighing whether their success in making Russia a diplomatic pariah could push President Vladimir V. Putin to strike in new ways.

Putin warns west to ‘think twice’ as Russia tests ‘Satan 2’ missileRussia has successfully tested a new intercontinental nuclear ballistic missile as Vladimir Putin warned the Kremlin’s enemies to “think twice” about threatening his country.

Apple store workers at Grand Central Terminal start collecting signatures to form a unionOrganizers voted to affiliate themselves with Workers United.

Fears of recession are everywhere — except at the clueless White HouseWith prices soaring, labor shortages, the Ukraine war raging, supply chains snarled and interest rates now set to rise, fears of a looming recession are everywhere. Except, of course, at the White …

Zelensky says world should prepare for Russia to use nuclear weaponsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday warned that the world should take seriously and prepare for the possibility that Russia could use nuclear weapons in its attack on Ukraine…

Nearly 1,000 Civilians Found Dead Near Kyiv—Most ‘Simply Executed’Authorities said 95 percent of the victims died by gunshot wounds.

"World War III Has Begun After Sinking Of Moskva": Russian State TVOn another state-run television channel, a Russian anchor argued that Ukraine was doing the West's bidding.

Ukrainian experts worry sunken Russian warship was carrying nukesRussia suffered a massive blow when the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was targeted Thursday and went down off Sevastopol as it led Moscow’s naval effort in the seven-week conflict.

America's homeless ranks graying as more retire on streetsAmerica's homeless population is graying

The Wall Street Journal: Private jets of Russian entrepreneurs stuck in Dubai

Bank Deposits Could Drop for First Time Since World War II Analysts have been slashing expectations for bank deposits in recent weeks as expectations for interest rates have soared.

An uptick in U.S. virus cases is concerning but not surprising, Fauci says.Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said on Sunday that the virus was still a threat, but that people needed to decide for themselves what risks to take.

Biggest US banks braced for sharp fall in earningsAmerica’s largest banks are expected to post a sharp drop in earnings as they grapple with a slowdown in dealmaking and trading activity and navigate the econom

Bad news for banks: Rates are rising fastThe Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes should boost lending profits for major financial firms. Now, the big banks will have the chance to prove to investors that they can thrive

Puerto Rican crews scramble to restore power after island-wide outageElectric service restoration efforts were still underway Thursday evening in Puerto Rico, a utility company said, a day after the start of an island-wide outage that left many people in the dark overnight and prompted school cancellations and other interruptions across the US territory.

Power outage in Puerto Rico leaves a million customers without electricity, many without waterMore than a million customers in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after a fire at a main power plant caused an island-wide blackout that forced the U.S. territory to cancel classes and shutter government offices in the biggest outage yet this year.

Climbing mortgage rates result in mortgage application slowdown, 12% decline in refinancing: surveyThe housing market has seen a slowdown in activity despite a strong bump in jobs and wage growth in March.

Surging interest rates push mortgage demand down more than 40% from a year agoFast-rising mortgage rates are cutting demand for home loans drastically.

JetBlue's Offer for Spirit Is Better Than Frontier's Bid. Why That May Not Matter.JetBlue’s surprise $3.6 billion offer to buy Spirit throws the ultra-low-cost carrier’s merger agreement with Frontier into serious doubt. But a JetBlue-Spirit merger could have a tougher regulatory route.

JetBlue makes $3.6 billion bid for Spirit AirlinesThe bid introduces a new factor into an ongoing merger effort involving Spirit and Frontier.

US, UK and Australia to develop hypersonic missilesRussia’s military has claimed to have twice unleashed hypersonic missiles in its invasion of Ukraine, apparently destroying an arms depot in the process, during its monthlong onslaught.

Second booster shields elderly from COVID but protection wanes quickly - studyA fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine lowered rates of COVID-19 among the elderly but the protection against infection appeared short-lived, a large study in Israel has found.

Zelensky calls for war crimes trials over civilian massacre in Kyiv suburbsIn a video address to the U.N. Security Council, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded Nuremberg-like trials for Russian forces after hundreds of civilians were found dead in Kyiv suburbs like Bucha.

Bucha horrors make U.S. and EU reconsider options to hit PutinRussian gas could be on the table for sanctions.

Frustrated Apple employees reject CEO Tim Cook’s hybrid plan by threatening to quitThe Apple CEO is demanding that workers come back one day a week. Some aren’t having it: “I already know I won’t be able to deal with the commute and sitting around for 8 hours.”

Why millennials drive cancel cultureYoungsters learned the ways of cancellation with a cheery exertion of personal power through cancel culture. This created an environment of confusion, needy egos and inventive cruelties.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warns of bleak economy for decadesIn his letter to shareholders, Dimon said the world was facing a 'confluence of three important and conflicting forces' that made the global economic outlook uncertain.

JPMorgan's Dimon warns of myriad issues for economy, bankJamie Dimon laid out a laundry list of big risks looming for the global and U.S. economy in his annual letter to JPMorgan Chase shareholders on Monday

US tested hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet to avoid escalating tensions with Russia | CNN PoliticsThe US successfully tested a hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet for two weeks to avoid escalating tensions with Russia as President Joe Biden was about to travel to Europe, according to a defense official familiar with the matter.

N.Korea says it will strike with nuclear weapons if South attacks -KCNANorth Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacked, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Tuesday, in a warning that analysts said is probably aimed at the South's incoming conservative president.

U.S. authorities accuse Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg of bank fraud, money laundering as his yacht is seizedU.S. authorities accused Viktor Vekselberg of conspiring to commit bank fraud and money laundering in order to obscure ownership of his massive yacht.

U.S. seizes mega yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to PutinThe immobilized yacht is reportedly Tango, a 78-meter (254-feet) vessel that carries Cook Islands flag, and is anchored in the port of Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Man Arrested for Faking Pilot Experience on His ResumeMan blew it when he pressed a button "no qualified pilot would."

Man pilots planes for 2 years after lying to airlines about experienceCraig Butfoy entered false details and fabricated his experience in his flight logbook so that he could appear more qualified.

UK Hits Record COVID-19 Levels; Nearly 5 Million InfectedThe figures came on the same day the government ended free rapid COVID-19 tests for most people in England, under Boris Johnson’s “living with COVID” plan.

Putin's war in Ukraine is devastating Russia's economy, wiping out 15 years of growth and sending inflation skyrocketingRussia's economy is on track to shrink 15% this year by some estimates, dredging up memories of the dark days of the 1990s.

Southwest Flights Delayed, Canceled Nationwide Due to Technology ProblemsSystem-wide technology issues led Southwest Airlines to delay more than 1,300 flights and cancel 300 others across the country Saturday, including at both of Chicago’s major airports, according to the airline. Long lines were seen at O’Hare International Airport Saturday afternoon, hours after Southwest reported to have experienced “intermittent technology issues following routine overnight maintenance.” According to the flight tracking…

Southwest says technical issues caused delays, cancellationsSouthwest said the issue is now resolved, and it plans to update customers whose flights are still delayed.

Supply Chain Crisis Is Retailers’ New NormalThe retail industry faces a long slog as last year’s crisis morphs into this year’s new normal. Chartering ships and paying huge transportation premiums to get goods into stores last Fall was a way to stop the bleeding, but the patient isn’t getting any better.

Why Supply Chains Are Entering Third Year of Chaos: QuickTakeFor two years, the pandemic threw the vital but usually invisible world of logistics into a tailspin, creating shortages of goods including masks, memory chips, plastic polymers, paper towels and bicycles. Though the cargo industry’s ships, trains, trucks and planes continued to run full steam, they struggled to absorb the

Why Some Apple Workers Are Threatening To Quit Over A Policy That Takes Effect On April 11Last month, Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook wrote an email to his employees asking them to return to their offices beginning April 11. In the initial phase...

Apple workers threaten to quit over going back to the officeApple employees are returning to office on April 11 and will be required to go in three days a week - Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, while Wednesdays and Fridays will be flexible.

Inflation climbed to nearly 12 percent in MarchPrices in the Netherlands have risen extremely fast since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), inflation rose to 11.9 percent last month. In February, it was still just over 7 percent.

More nations will join U.S. in releasing emergency oil reserves.The International Energy Agency said member countries had agreed to a release to ease global oil markets rocked by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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