
UAW strike: Car workers escalate action, clouding US economy
The United Auto Workers union said 7,000 more members would walk out.
2023-09-29 23:15

United Autoworkers strikes grow as 7,000 more workers hit pickets against Detroit's big automakers
The United Auto Workers union says its two-week strike against Detroit automakers will spread to 7,000 more workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Michigan
2023-09-29 22:46

Reaction to Democratic U.S. Senator Feinstein's death
WASHINGTON Long-serving U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, has died at 90, a source familiar with the
2023-09-29 22:25

US government shutdown "unnecessary risk" to resilient economy-Brainard
WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Lael Brainard said on Friday that a government shutdown that could start this
2023-09-29 22:20

Knaresborough man raises money to send fire engine to Ukraine
Bob Frendt from Knaresborough buys an emergency vehicle for a city left without fire engines.
2023-09-29 21:49

3 Baton Rouge police officers are arrested amid investigations into 'torture warehouse' case
A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, deputy police chief and two other officers have been arrested on multiple felony charges amid investigations and lawsuits related to an alleged police "torture warehouse" dubbed the Brave Cave.
2023-09-29 21:46

Former telenovela star looks to ignite Mexico's right in presidential bid
By Brendan O'Boyle MEXICO CITY Eduardo Verastegui, an outspoken Mexican actor and right-wing activist who calls Donald Trump
2023-09-29 21:46

How a national blood shortage could impact people with sickle cell disease
Dima Hendricks said as a Black woman with a chronic illness she never thought she would be able to fulfill her dream of competing in national beauty pageants.
2023-09-29 21:22

Billionaire Louis Vuitton owner Bernard Arnault and Russian oligarch investigated in money-laundering probe
French prosecutors have launched an investigation into a billionaire who is the world’s second-richest person over his links to a Russian oligarch. Bernard Arnault, co-founder and chief executive of luxury-goods group Louis Vuitton (LVMH), is being investigated amid allegations of money-laundering. The Paris public prosecutor’s office says it is investigating financial transactions involving the French billionaire and businessman Nikolai Sarkisov. Mr Arnault’s spokesperson declined to comment. The inquiry is centred on property purchase in Courchevel, a ski resort in the French Alps known for being a playground for the ultra-rich, the prosecutors said. Mr Sarkisov acquired property there via a transaction in which Mr Arnault, through one of his companies, had provided a loan, according to French daily paper Le Monde, citing the Tracfin financial-intelligence unit. It said the 55-year old Russian billionaire had acquired 14 housing units from a single seller in 2018 for €16m (£13.9m) in a complex deal involving companies based in France, Luxembourg and Cyprus. Tracfin, part of the French justice system focused on combating money-laundering, has yet to determine whether any crime had been committed, a source close to the investigation said. Mr Arnault’s LVMH group owns handbag brand Louis Vuitton, Moët champagne, Hennessy cognac, the jeweller Tiffany’s and the watchmaker Tag Heuer, among many others. His fortune is thought to be worth $164bn (£134bn), according to financial experts at Bloomberg. Mr Sarkisov’s RESO-Garantia insurance company in Moscow could not be immediately reached for comment. Le Monde cited a person close to Mr Arnault as saying the transaction had been carried out in full respect of French law. In 2019, the French tycoon, who is the richest person in Europe and second-richest after Elon Musk, pledged 200 million euros (£173m) for the restoration of Notre Dame after it was devastated by fire. Breaking news: more follows Read More First Abrams tanks arrive from US in boost for Kyiv – live Europe sweeps opening session in Ryder Cup to put USA in 4-0 hole Putin recruits former Wagner commander ‘Grey Hair’ Troshev First Abrams tanks arrive from US in boost for Kyiv – live Europe sweeps opening session in Ryder Cup to put USA in 4-0 hole Putin recruits former Wagner commander ‘Grey Hair’ Troshev
2023-09-29 20:58

Long-serving US Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein dead at 90-media
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Dianne Feinstein, a long-serving Democratic U.S. senator from California and gun control advocate who spearheaded
2023-09-29 20:47

Teen dies after being struck by lightning while hunting in Florida
Baylee Holbrook, 16, and her father were struck in a Florida thunderstorm and she died two days later.
2023-09-29 20:19

Death toll in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot blast jumps to 170
The sharp rise comers as more than two-thirds of the region's ethnic Armenians have left for Armenia.
2023-09-29 20:18