Giorno: 5 Settembre 2023

Wall Street Ends Lower Following 2 Weeks of Gains

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street as traders return from a long holiday weekend. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Tuesday. The index is coming off its second weekly gain.[#item_full_content]

Oil execs stand trial in Sweden for alleged involvement in Sudanese war crimes

Two executives of a Swedish oil exploration and production company went on trial Tuesday in Stockholm for securing the company’s operations in Sudan through their alleged complicity in war crimes in 20 years ago. Swedish prosecutors claim that former Lundin Oil chairman Ian Lundin and the company’s former CEO, Alex Schneiter supported the Sudanese government […]

UK lifts de facto ban on onshore wind development

Britain’s Conservative government relaxed planning rules Tuesday and lifted restrictions that effectively banned the building of new onshore wind farms in England. Rules introduced in 2015 by then-Prime Minister David Cameron, who also led a Conservative administration, allowed a single objection to a wind turbine application to block its development. The regulations led to a […]

Jihadis kill over 50 military associates in Burkina Faso

More than 50 security forces were killed and dozens wounded during intense fighting with jihadis in northern Burkina Faso, the army said Tuesday. Seventeen soldiers and three dozen volunteer fighters, who assist the military, were killed in Koumbri commune in Yatenga province on Monday, the army said in a statement. Several dozen of the Islamic […]

Swamped with tourists, Venice eyes new day-tripper fee

Tourist-flooded Venice approved guidelines on Tuesday for testing a new fee for day-trippers on peak visitor weekends next year. The city council gave the go-ahead for the guidelines, tweaking earlier plans for a fee that were announced a year ago. Final approval of the plan will come up for consideration on Sept. 12. The fee, […]

Lukashenko bans Belarusians from renewing passports abroad

Belarus’ authoritarian president on Tuesday banned citizens from renewing their passports while staying abroad, which could force those who fled the country amid growing repression to return to maintain their travel documents. An estimated 200-300,000 Belarusians have left the country in the last three years since massive protests against an election that returned President Alexander […]

Proud Boys former leader Enrique Tarrio in court for January 6 sentencing – live

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Supreme Court asked to decide if police dog committed an illegal search by putting paws on car

Petitioners are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case in which they claim a police K-9 officer violated the Constitution by jumping up and placing its paws on a vehicle during a traffic stop. The case relates to Nero, a Belgian Malinois working as a police dog in Idaho. Nero uncovered meth residue […]

Report: Texas Floating Border Wall Proving Ineffective

The controversial fleet of bright orange buoys that Texas deployed in the middle of the Rio Grande to deter illegal crossings, now commonly referred to as the floating border wall, is proving ineffective thus far, according to a review by The Wall Street Journal.

Ramaswamy blasts Zelenskyy’s ‘ballot box shakedown’ amid request for US to help fund Ukraine’s election

FIRST ON FOX — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy blasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over his request for additional funding from the U.S. in order to conduct its own election during its war with Russia, calling it a “ballot box shakedown.” “Zelenskyy’s veiled threat to forgo democratic elections in Ukraine unless the American people foot […]