'Yes' and 'No" camps take to the streets in Greece
Tens of thousands take to the streets in Greece with some calling for the country to vote "no" in an upcoming referendum on bailout, while others say "yes." Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Tens of thousands take to the streets in Greece with some calling for the country to vote "no" in an upcoming referendum on bailout, while others say "yes." Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
The Chinese state-owned company at the center of a dispute over operations of a megaport it is building on Peru's Pacific coast insisted on Tuesday on terms agreed with the government, as some local officials have sought to backtrack on the deal. Hong Kong-based Cosco Shipping Ports will defend its legal rights to provide services as the exclusive operator of the deepwater Chancay Port Terminal under "terms that were agreed at the beginning of this investment," the firm said in a statement. Peru's government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Rivian (RIVN) reported mixed quarterly results for the first quarter, but will see further cost savings from shifting its upcoming R2 production to its Normal, Illinois, plant and trimmed its capital expenditure forecast.
The Redwood City, California-based company, whose shares were down about 4% in extended trading, also authorized a new three-year stock buyback plan totaling $5 billion. The dour forecast from EA, one of the biggest names in gaming, will add to the industry's already gloomy outlook, which has been coping with gamers cutting back on discretionary spending amid high inflation. The company forecast fiscal year 2025 bookings in the range of $7.30 billion to $7.70 billion, compared with average analysts' estimate of $7.76 billion, according to LSEG data.
Disney reported its fiscal second quarter earnings before the bell on Tuesday. Here's what to know.
Results from Disney took center stage as the media giant posted the first profit for a key part of its streaming business.
The crew of the Dali will remain on board the grounded container ship while demolition crews use explosives to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, officials said Tuesday. The steel span landed on the ship’s bow after the Dali lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns on March 26. Since then, the ship has been stuck amid the wreckage, and Baltimore’s busy port has been closed to most maritime traffic.
The US military has completed construction of its Gaza aid pier, but weather conditions mean it is currently unsafe to move the two-part facility into place, the Pentagon said on Tuesday."Today there are still forecasted high winds and high sea swells, which are causing unsafe conditions for the JLOTS components to be moved.
The White House said Tuesday that key ally Israel must reopen Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt, while expressing hope that a ceasefire deal with Hamas was within reach."We believe Rafah border crossing should be quickly reopened for the movement of humanitarian assistance," Jean-Pierre added.
To become President of the United States, you must meet three U.S. constitutional requirements.
A jury on Friday awarded $38 million to David Meehan, who alleged that the state’s negligence allowed him to be repeatedly raped, beaten and held in solitary confinement as a teenager at the Youth Development Center. Several distraught jurors have since contacted Meehan’s attorneys, including one who said the state is misinterpreting the verdict. The lawyers have requested an emergency hearing to address what they characterized as confusion over the verdict form.
Boy Scouts of America announced Tuesday that the organization will change its name to ‘Scouting America’ next February, to reflect its commitment to enabling all the youth of America to “experience the benefits of Scouting.”
An exchange of shares in Visa provides JPMorgan an unrealized gain of $8 billion, giving the nation's largest bank a shot to once again out-earn rivals during the second quarter.
BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday he was open to discussing sending a Patriot missile system to Ukraine after German appeals to European Union and NATO member states to bolster Ukraine's air defences. Following appeals by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, EU governments were urged last month to supply more badly needed defence systems to Kyiv.
An announcement by Hamas late Monday that it had accepted a cease-fire proposal sent people in the streets of Rafah into temporary jubilation, as Palestinian evacuees in the jam-packed town felt their first glimmer of hope the war could end. For families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, the announcement raised the possibility that their long wait was coming to an end — that they might soon see their loved ones. A few hours after Hamas’ announcement, Israel rejected the proposal — which was different from one the two sides had been discussing for days — and said it was sending a team of negotiators for a new round of talks.
The U.S. Department of State has been working with a range of security vendors beyond Microsoft since China-linked hackers stole tens of thousands of the department's emails by breaching the tech giant's network last year, a senior official said. That hack, which compromised some 60,000 State Department emails, including those of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, was one of the worst in recent years against a federal agency and triggered much criticism of Microsoft.
Thousands are expected to protest Israel's participation in the international songwriting competition.
The State Department was expected to issue a report on Wednesday.
The federal court that struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is giving state lawmakers until the beginning of June to redraw the map themselves.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration will miss a Wednesday deadline to report to Congress on whether Israel is violating international humanitarian law in Gaza, four sources said on Tuesday, findings that could fuel concerns over its use of U.S.-supplied weapons against the Palestinian enclave. A National Security Memorandum, known as NSM-20, that Biden issued in February requires the State Department to report to Congress by May 8 on whether it finds credible Israel's assurances that its use of U.S. weapons does not violate U.S. or international law. Four sources said on Tuesday the administration had informed congressional committees that it would not make the deadline, but hoped to present its findings within days.
OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence company behind the popular image generator DALL-E, on Tuesday announced the launch of a new tool aimed at detecting whether digital images have been created by AI. Authentication has become a major concern in the fast development of AI, with authorities worried about the proliferation of deep fakes that could disrupt society.OpenAI said that during internal testing on an earlier version, the tool accurately detected around 98 percent of DALL-E