I am a volunteer driver for various NGOs in disaster- and war-torn environments. In March 2023, my Transit van was stolen along with a number of possessions while I was working in a refugee camp. This was extremely stressful to come home to and things got worse because my insurer rejected my claim because I…
Share Street Signs Asia Shams Afzal, managing director at Carnegie Investment Council believes that the bull run in gold prices is largely over. With a strong labor market and inflationary Trump policies preventing Fed cuts, he advises only a partial position in gold while assessing tariff impacts. 03:07 2 hours ago Source: www.cnbc.com
For some, the adverts that precede the start of a film are the bane of a trip to the cinema; for others, they are a useful buffer as you stand in the popcorn queue. But for one man in India, the lengthy marathon of cinema advertising was so infuriating that he took the matter to…
Lord David Evans of Watford, 82, offered access to ministers during discussions about a commercial deal, an undercover investigation can reveal. Lord Evans was recorded explaining to Guardian undercover reporters – who were posing as property developers looking to lobby the government – on how to approach Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister and housing…
Trump-forward budget proposal imperiling Medicaid narrowly passes in Republican-led House The House narrowly passed the budget resolution by a 217-215 vote after an intense push by Mike Johnson, the speaker, and Donald Trump. The budget plan includes an estimated $800bn in potential cuts from Medicaid, a federal program providing healthcare coverage to more than 72…
PM announces another $2bn for Melbourne airport rail The prime minister has promised it would partner with the Victorian government to fund and build the rail link to Melbourne airport. Anthony Albanese outlined the package as follows: Our Labor government is committing $7bn to build Melbourne airport rail, the next important step in suburban rail…
New South Wales police are yet to speak to a second nurse involved in a viral video, despite his colleague being charged for allegedly threatened to kill Israeli patients. Sarah Abu Lebdeh, who worked at Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital in Sydney’s southwest, was charged with three offences including threatening violence, using a carriage service to threaten to…
People walk past an AMC theatre in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., February 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters AMC Entertainment topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, boosted by wildly popular releases including “Moana 2” and “Wicked” that helped draw a strong crowd of moviegoers. Shares of the company rose about…
Donald Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to visit the White House on Friday to sign a rare earth minerals deal to pay for US military aid to defend against Russia’s full-scale invasion. The announcement followed days of tense negotiations between the US and Ukraine in which Zelenskyy alleged the US was pressuring…
Authorities in Chile have declared a state of emergency and overnight curfew after a sweeping blackout stranded commuters, knocked out traffic lights, paralyzed countless businesses and left millions of people in the South American country without electricity. The National Electrical Coordinator, Chile’s grid operator, said a disruption had occurred in a high-voltage transmission line that…
