Nasdaq futures rally as Nvidia's blowout forecast boosts AI stocks
Futures tracking the Nasdaq 100 index jumped on Thursday after a stellar forecast from Nvidia boosted investor confidence
2023-08-24 18:59
10 dogs died when a Washington DC doggy daycare flooded. Dog owners are outraged that a dispatcher called it a 'water leak'
Maple, Malee, and Zeni didn't have much of a chance when six feet of floodwaters rushed into their Washington DC doggy daycare last week, their owners say, with some of the dogs locked in cages as the waters rose.
2023-08-24 18:59
A top court in Pakistan will rule on a conviction appeal from ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan
Officials say a top court in Pakistan’s capital is expected to issue a crucial ruling on an appeal from the country’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan against his recent conviction and three-year sentence in a graft case
2023-08-24 18:56
Trial to begin in Texas in lawsuit over Biden policy letting migrants from 4 countries into the US
A key portion of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that grants parole to thousands of people from Central America and the Caribbean is set to be debated in a Texas federal courtroom
2023-08-24 18:19
Maui wildfires renew tensions around water rights in a centuries-old conflict over sacred streams
During the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, a developer of land around a threatened Maui community urgently asked state officials for permission to divert stream water to help fight the growing inferno
2023-08-24 18:17
Hopeful signs of an economic 'soft landing' emerge in Jackson Hole as Fed meets with world watching
Business these days in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is still good — just not as robust as it was after the U.S. economy roared out of the pandemic recession
2023-08-24 17:26
Donald Trump to surrender in Atlanta in fourth criminal case brought against ex-president this year
Former President Donald Trump will surrender on Thursday to be booked on more than a dozen charges stemming from his efforts to reverse Georgia's 2020 election results, the fourth time this year the former president has faced criminal charges.
2023-08-24 17:21
In Japan's neighbors, fear and frustration are shared over radioactive water release
Public fears and frustrations are being shared in Japan's neighboring countries about the release of treated radioactive wastewater from a crippled nuclear power plant
2023-08-24 17:17
Latvia taps centre-right candidate to form government
VILNIUS Latvian president Edgars Rinkevics on Thursday tasked Evika Silina of the centre-right New Unity party with forming
2023-08-24 17:16
House Judiciary Committee expected to launch inquiry into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is expected to open a congressional investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as soon as Thursday, a source tells CNN -- the same day former President Donald Trump is slated to surrender at the county jail after being charged for participating in schemes to meddle with Georgia's 2020 election results.
2023-08-24 17:16
UK political watchdog says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak 'inadvertently' broke ethics rules
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been chided by Parliament’s standards guardian for failing to declare his wife’s financial interest in a childcare firm that stood to benefit from government policy
2023-08-24 16:57
Niger junta's 3-year transition plan is a 'provocation,' says West African regional bloc
The West African bloc ECOWAS has rejected the proposal by Niger’s mutinous soldiers for a three-year transition to democratic rule, with a commissioner describing the slow timeline as a provocation
2023-08-24 16:47