Residents view Chile volcano damage
Residents who live on the foothills of the Calbuco volcano return to assess the damage after it erupted without warning on April 22. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Residents who live on the foothills of the Calbuco volcano return to assess the damage after it erupted without warning on April 22. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Social media giant Meta will report its Q1 earnings after the bell Wednesday.
Police in Brooklyn made scores of arrests after a standoff on the streets, days after hundreds of arrests were made at Columbia University and NYU.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country's largest business lobby, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to strike down a federal agency's near-total ban on employers requiring workers to sign agreements not to join rivals or launch competing businesses. The Chamber's lawsuit in federal court in Tyler, Texas, alleges that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission lacks the power to adopt sweeping rules such as the ban on so-called noncompete agreements released on Tuesday, which is set to take effect in August. The FTC is empowered by federal law to enforce existing antitrust laws passed by Congress, but not to enact rules determining what other type of conduct by businesses is anticompetitive, the Chamber said in the lawsuit.
Boeing (BA) on Wednesday reported results that beat Wall Street expectations after a tumultuous first quarter.
Tesla said it would "accelerate" the launch of new models next year, including lower-cost cars, countering reports earlier this month it had scraped those plans.
A wildfire blazed early on Wednesday outside the picturesque western Cuba valley town of Vinales, state-run media said, threatening a region considered to be among the island's most important tourist destinations. Local media said the fire was 90% controlled by early Wednesday but that the blaze, which began Monday afternoon, had yet to be snuffed out completely as strong winds fanned flames in a remote and mountainous region of pine forest. The 51-square-mile (13,210-hectare) Vinales valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site and among Cuba's top and best known tourist destinations.
Glenn Sullivan Sr., 54, pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree rape on April 17.
Germany's far-right AfD fought Wednesday to draw a line under Chinese spying allegations, the latest in a slew of scandals to hit the anti-immigration party in a key election year.- 'Descending into chaos' - The spying claims come on top of other recent allegations that Krah has links to Russia, piling pressure on the party seven weeks before the EU elections and ahead of key regional polls in Germany in September.
Tesla's surge is putting Big Tech earnings center stage as investors look to megacaps to lift stocks.
Global immunisation efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, adding that most of those to benefit were infants.The study said infants accounted for 101 million of the lives saved through immunisation over the five decades.
The US Supreme Court was set to hear a crucial case Wednesday weighing whether Idaho's near-total ban on abortion violates federal law requiring hospitals to stabilize patients needing emergency care.The Biden administration sued Idaho arguing that its law conflicts with a federal law that requires hospitals that receive government Medicare funding to provide emergency room care, including abortion, in situations that are serious but not necessarily life-threatening.
British competition regulators said Wednesday they'll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry. The Competition and Markets Authority said it's looking into Microsoft's partnership with France's Mistral AI and the company's hiring of key staff from another startup, Inflection AI. The watchdog also separately announced that it's investigating Amazon's $4 billion investment in San Francisco-based Anthropic.
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Wednesday he is committed to carrying out a transition that will allow exiled people to return to the country and political prisoners to be freed. Gonzalez was named on Friday by the Unitary Platform opposition coalition as its candidate in the July 28 presidential election after primary winner Maria Corina Machado was banned from office and her alternate was unable to register. The 74-year-old former diplomat will appear on the ballot in three opposition party slots, while President Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power for more than a decade, will appear for 13 different parties.
The Senate passes crucial aid for Ukraine in a $95 billion package.
Overwhelming responsibilities during and after the pandemic is causing two-thirds of parents to feel isolated and lonely which can lead to burnout, experts say.
The United Nations has called for an “independent, effective and transparent investigation” into the discovery of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals that were besieged and raided by Israeli troops this year, a UN statement said on Tuesday.
The United Nations said Wednesday it was launching a new Climate Resilience Fund aimed at boosting protections for "refugees and displaced communities" threatened by climate change.But, he warned, "funding available to address the impacts of climate change is not reaching those forcibly displaced, nor the communities hosting them".
The German government slightly increased its 2024 growth forecast Wednesday, saying there were signs Europe's beleaguered top economy was at a "turning point" after battling through a period of weakness.But releasing its latest projections, the economy ministry said in a statement there were growing indications of a "turning point".
Minnesota state senator Nicole Mitchell was charged with first-degree burglary Tuesday morning, one day after being arrested.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was under pressure to give answers Wednesday after a court said it had opened an investigation into his wife Begona Gomez on suspicion of graft."His family is being investigated by the court... it is important enough that the prime minister explains himself to the Spanish people."