Stock futures rise as S&P 500 aims for winning week
Stock futures were higher Friday as the S&P 500 attempted to snap a seven-week losing streak. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 34 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are on trackContinue Reading
Meet COVID-19 pledges, support regional vaccine manufacturing — Global Issues
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed out that “many countries continue to face steep increases in cases and deaths” – despite that more than five billion vaccines have been administered globally. “But almost 75 per cent of those doses have been administered in just 10 countries”,Continue Reading
Former soccer player Jean-Pierre Adams dies after 39 years in a coma following botched knee surgery
Jean-Pierre Adams, the former France and Paris Saint-Germain defender who spent 39 years in a coma, has died. He was 73. In a poignant tribute on Monday, PSG called him the club’s “glorious elder.” Jean-Pierre Adams, French footballer, pictured on July 26, 1977 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / AFP “HisContinue Reading
US Open: Belinda Bencic beats Iga Swiatek to reach quarter-finals
Bencic reached the US Open semi-finals in 2019, where she lost to eventual champion Bianca Andreescu Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Date: 30 August-12 September Coverage: Daily radio commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra/BBC Sport website and app, with selected live text commentaries and match reports on theContinue Reading
The Uvalde 21 – The New York Times
Maite Rodriguez, her mother’s only daughter, dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. Tess Marie Mata played the same position on her softball team — second base — as her favorite Houston Astros player. Layla Salazar sang “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” by Guns N’ Roses, with her father on their morningContinue Reading
Spanish LGBTQ groups wary of monkeypox stigma as Pride nears
Placeholder while article actions load MADRID — With one of Europe’s largest gay pride celebrations right around the corner, Spain’s LGBTQ community is worried that the outbreaks of monkeypox on the continent could lead to an increase in homophobic sentiment based on misunderstandings of the disease. Spanish health authorities saidContinue Reading
Venice introducing fees, surveillance and pre-bookings to combat overtourism
From a control room inside the police headquarters in Venice, Big Brother is watching you. To combat tourist overcrowding, officials are tracking every person who sets foot in the historic Italian lagoon city. Using 468 CCTV cameras, optical sensors and a mobile phone-tracing system, they can tell residents from visitors, ItaliansContinue Reading
China Spins U.N. Human Rights Chief’s Visit as Propaganda
The news was given prime placement in Chinese state media: The United Nations’ human rights chief, on her long-awaited visit to the country, had spoken with China’s leader, Xi Jinping. An article plastered across the website of Xinhua, the state news agency, relayed Mr. Xi’s declaration that the Chinese peopleContinue Reading
Sergipe, Brazil: Genivaldo de Jesus Santos dies in police custody after being restrained in car filled with unknown gas
CNN — Protests were held in the Brazilian city of Umbauba on Thursday following the death of a man in police custody. In video purportedly showing the incident on Wednesday, two federal highway police officers are seen attempting to restrain 38 year-old Genivaldo de Jesus Santos on the ground. TheContinue Reading
How an Organized Republican Effort Punishes Companies for Climate Action
Mr. Moore, the West Virginia state treasurer, coordinated a letter in November from 16 state treasurers and comptrollers to banks across the country, threatening “collective action in response to the ongoing and growing economic boycott of traditional energy production industries by U.S. financial institutions.” “It is our sincere hope thatContinue Reading