U.S. Military personnel stationed in Baghdad, Iraq held a Memorial Day service Monday to honor the three U.S. Army soldiers who were killed in a drone attack in Jordan earlier this year. Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve presented the ceremonial wreath at the Memorial Day ceremony at the Union III base, in Baghdad’s…
Colonial First State, which manages A$151 billion ($100 billion) of Australian pension and wealth assets, plans to add billions in private credit deals as it sees interest rates staying elevated for longer. from Bloomberg Markets https://ift.tt/tKsWAYr
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will promise pensioners a tax cut if his Conservatives upset the odds and win the general election, the latest gambit to try to shore up the core vote as internal polling showed the Tories could lose more than 100 seats due to the resurgence of the right-wing Reform UK party. from…
Global investment bank JPMorgan has expressed doubt that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve solana ETFs or any other spot crypto ETFs beyond bitcoin and ether. The decision by the SEC to approve ether ETFs “is already stretched given the ambiguity about whether ethereum should be classified as security or not,” said…
A United Airlines flight aborted takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after an engine caught fire, temporarily halting arrivals amid busy Memorial Day travel. United Flight 2091 was about to take off from the airport around 2 p.m. when an engine caught fire, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed. The flight was headed to…
It’s my duty as Ohio’s chief elections officer to uphold the law. https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-blame-me-for-bidens-ballot-problem-ohio-chief-elections-officer-81a9dcf3
Nearly a million people have been evacuated as Cyclone Remal destroys thousands of homes. https://ift.tt/DKZ9Rf7 May 27, 2024 at 08:28PM
Britain must learn how to stay relevant in the post-imperial, post-Atlantic world. https://www.wsj.com/articles/englands-spring-of-discontent-4b80015d
Several days ago, Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon imported the media to “back off” any notion that WNBA veterans dislike Caitlin Clark. “We love Caitlin Clark. I think she’s amazing. I watch every time I possibly could. Our league loves her,” Hammon began. She then took a swipe at a race narrative —…
A European woman recently stumbled upon buried treasure from the Middle Ages in what archaeologists are calling a once-in-a-decade discovery. In a press release that was translated into English, the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ARUP) said the treasure was found by a woman walking in the town of Kutná Hora,…