Giorno: 1 Ottobre 2024

Former President Jimmy Carter Celebrates 100th Birthday

Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter, who has lived longer than any U.S. president in history, celebrates his 100th birthday on Tuesday. Carter, a Democrat, served a single term as president from January 1977 to January 1981. His decades of humanitarian work after leaving office,…

Ports Strike, Halting Half the Nation’s Ocean Shipping

Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation’s ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labor contract broke down over wages.[#item_full_content]

Tesla, Musk Beat Shareholder Lawsuit Over Self-Driving

Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk won the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing them of defrauding shareholders by overstating the effectiveness and safety of the automaker’s self-driving technology in order to boost its stock price.[#item_full_content]

Amazon Wins Partial Dismissal of US Antitrust Lawsuit

Amazon.com Inc won partial dismissal of a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit accusing it of maintaining illegal monopolies, though the details of the ruling by a federal court in Seattle were not immediately clear.[#item_full_content]

IDF Minister: Israel, U.S. Agree on Need to Dismantle Hezbollah

Israel and the United States agree on the importance of dismantling Hezbollah’s “attack infrastructure” along the Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on X on Tuesday after speaking to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin overnight….[#item_full_content]

WH: Impact of Port Strikes on Consumers to Be Limited

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are closely monitoring the strike at the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports and expect the impact of the strikes on consumers to be limited, the White House said in a statement Tuesday.

Russia Rejects Talks on New Nuclear Treaty With US in Current Form

Russia will not discuss signing a new treaty with the United States to replace an agreement limiting each side’s strategic nuclear weapons that expires in 2026 as it needs to be broadened and expanded to cover other states, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Kremlin spokesman…