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FILE – A mechanized shovel loads a haul truck that can carry up to 250 tons of coal at the Spring Creek coal mine, April 4, 2013, near Decker, Mont. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, a U.S. appeals court struck down a judge’s 2022 order that imposed a moratorium on coal leasing from federal …
SIMONA FOLTYN, IMVEPI REFUGEE CAMP, NORTHERN UGANDA: After completing the registration process, the new arrivals will receive their plot, to start a new life as refugees in Uganda. While they are safe here, there are many challenges ahead, not least processing the trauma of what they experienced back home. This woman, who we’ll call …
WASHINGTON — For U.S. presidents, meeting the families of military personnel killed in war is about as wrenching as the presidency gets. President Donald Trump’s suggestion Monday that his predecessors fell short in that duty brought a visceral reaction from those who witnessed those grieving encounters. “He’s a deranged animal,” Alyssa Mastromonaco, a former …
Probably the only people at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last week who were out on bail were Bobi Wine, the Ugandan politician and musician, and his wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi. Their presence was seemingly the result of some rather cynical political calculations. Once the film about Wine’s Presidential campaign, “Bobi …
Under NATO rules, the secretary-general has to be decided “by consensus,” meaning that Rutte still has to garner the backing of all the remaining countries. The official said that the discussions “are not final” but added: “There is increasing momentum behind his candidacy.” Pressure is growing on NATO members to approve Rutte before the …
US President Joe Biden has called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” during a fundraiser in San Francisco, as well as taking aim at his predecessor, Donald Trump, for comparing himself to a Russian opposition leader who died last week in an Arctic prison. Biden was talking about climate change when he said, …
Nvidia reported revenues of $22 billion in the fourth quarter, up nearly 270% from the prior year and even above Wall Street’s soaring expectations. Nike and PepsiCo executives on how to find your worth | Your Wallet The tech giant’s stock got a big boost from the news, rising nearly 9% to $732 per …
This week on Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, we’re back in 1975. Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) has just published his doozy of an Esquire article, which, if you already forgot, detailed the scandalous lives of his swans. Babe Paley (Naomi Watts) and Slim Keith (Diane Lane) are avoiding Truman like the plague. Truman has …
Republican Congressman Ken Buck said that House members “were warned” that allegations leveled by an ex-FBI informant regarding President Joe Biden’s business dealings may not be credible. Alexander Smirnov, whose statements about the Biden family’s alleged dealings in Ukraine drove the Republican-led push for an impeachment inquiry against the president, was charged last week, …
BEIJING (AP) — Two people are dead after a massive container ship crashed into a bridge south of the city of Guangzhou in southern China early Thursday, causing a section of the bridge to come crashing down along with vehicles. Three people are missing, and two have been rescued. One person from the ship …