Tag: WorldNews

Port Of Baltimore Partially Reopens, Allowing Trapped Cargo Ships To Exit   Officials at the Port of Baltimore opened a fourth, 35-foot deep, temporary channel through the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, allowing cargo ships trapped at the port to exit.  According to Bloomberg's ship tracking data, four of seven ships trapped at the port navigated the new temporary channel and are sailing down the Chesapeake Bay. 

US State Department Arabic Spokesperson Resigns Over Biden's Gaza Policy Via Middle East Eye The Arabic language spokesperson of the US State Department has resigned over Washington's Gaza war policy, in the third senior level resignation from the department since the war began. Hala Rharrit, a Palestinian-American, posted her resignation on the LinkedIn social media site, stating: "I resigned April 2024 after 18 years of distinguished service in opposition to the United States' Gaza policy."

IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive Egypt is attempting a last ditch effort to reach a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a moment IDF shelling of Rafah has intensified, in what are seen as 'softening' operations ahead of an imminent ground offensive, despite international calls to cancel the operation. The Egyptian government on Friday dispatched a high level delegation to Israel led by top intelligence official Abbas Kamel. The Associated Press reported he is presenting a "new vision" for prolonged ceasefire. But key to a breakthro

The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal Desire To Avoid Both Cliffs On Presidential Immunity Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the New York Post on yesterday’s oral arguments on presidential immunity. As expected, with the exception of the three liberal justices, the Court appears to be struggling to find a more nuanced approach that would avoid the extreme positions of both parties. Rather than take a header off either cliff, the justices seem interested in a controlled descent into the depths of Article II.

Israel's Controversial National Security Minister Ben Gvir In Serious Car Accident There have been emerging reports Friday that Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir has been hospitalized after a serious car accident. Regional media outlet The Cradle writes that "Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir has been hospitalized after his car overturned in Ramla while leaving the scene of a stabbing attack." Video of the flipped car of Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, circulating on Israeli telegram channels pic.twitter.com/SjPV1muqgE — Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992)

These States Are Making It Illegal For Illegal Immigrants To Enter Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Conservative states across the country—Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, and Oklahoma—are taking border security matters into their own hands, proposing or passing legislation targeting illegal immigration.

20% Of Retail Milk Samples Positive For Bird Flu: FDA Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), One in five samples of milk from grocery store shelves tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced late April 25.

Exxon Tumbles On One-Time EPS Charges Despite Surge In Cash Flow, Buyback Boost With oil prices enjoying a powerful renaissance in recent months amid mounting supply concerns, declining inventory and the growing possibility that China's economy may finally kickstart, energy giants such as Exxon and Chevron had enjoyed a similar rebound in their stock price, and in fact XOM hit a record high as recently as 2 weeks ago. Which is why many were looking to today's earnings reports by the largest US energy company to see if the numbers would validate the rebound in sentiment and, of course, price. So here is what Exxon reported today for the first quarter: EPS of $2.06, down from 2.83 a year ago, and missing consensus estimates of $2.19

'For Your Own Safety': USC Cancels Commencement To Avoid Pro-Palestinian Protesters Citing safety concerns amid nationwide campus protests against Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza, the University of Southern California on Thursday announced that its 2024 graduating class will not have the traditional main commencement ceremony that brings all graduates together: "With the new safety measures in place this year, the time needed to process the large number of guests coming to campus will increase substantially. As a result, we will not be able to host the main stage ceremony that traditionally brings 65,000 students, fam

Retail Sales Data Suggests A Strong Consumer Or Does It Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The latest retail sales data suggests a robust consumer, leading economists to become even more optimistic about more robust economic growth this year. To wit: “It has been two years since forecasters felt this good about the economic outlook. In the latest quarterly survey by The Wall Street Journal, business and academic economists lowered the chances of a recession within the next year to 29%

Financial companies scramble to rework contracts and tie down personnel after US Federal Trade Commission rule

Country left guessing by prime minister’s unusual tactic ahead of announcement on his political future set for Monday

Government says it met Virgin O2 chief executive and Ofcom after incidents last year

Breakdown of accounts comes as testing on Tideway tunnel set to begin and UK’s biggest water provider faces debt crisis

Checks on food arriving at Dover will be carried out on the outskirts of Ashford

Governor Kazuo Ueda says weakening currency is having ‘no major impact’ on underlying inflation

An aversion to trade in the US is not widely shared elsewhere

Criticism of decision to hand over most of scheme to private developers comes as Tory peer seeks third term in Tees Valley

Sports streaming group accuses DFL of ‘unlawful behaviour’ after losing out to Sky