Joe Rogan on his podcast (L) and Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with Latino community leaders at Trump National Doral Miami resort in Miami, Florida on October 22, 2024 (R). Getty Images Former President Donald Trump will sit with Joe Rogan for a taping of his … Read more
Police have raided a pizzeria in western Germany which they alleged served customers a side of cocaine when they ordered item number 40 on the menu. Authorities were tipped off about the scheme in March by food inspectors, and drug squad officers began watching the restaurant, criminal director Michael Graf von Moltke said on Monday. … Read more
The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield continued rising on Tuesday after Federal Reserve officials urged caution on the path of interest rate cuts. After jumping 12 basis points on Monday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury rose more than 1 basis point to 4.198%. It earlier topped 4.2%, a level it has not reached in three months. … Read more
A woman works in a restaurant during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, October 17, 2024. Norlys Perez | Reuters A small town in far eastern Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain. Cuba’s … Read more
BBC/Goktay Koraltan “There are no Hezbollah here,” this distressed woman said. “We are all civilians” Mohammed Sukayneh picked his way through slabs of rubble and twisted metal, clutching a few plastic bags – all he could recover from his home of 45 years. It was brought down on top of him and his family last … Read more
The Speaker of Ghana’s parliament has suspended proceedings indefinitely following chaotic scenes in the chamber over a row about which party holds the parliamentary majority. Last week, it was discovered that four MPs had switched allegiance and would run for different parties in the 7 December general election. Speaker Alban Bagbin then declared that their … Read more
A woman in Australia became stuck upside down between a pair of boulders for seven hours after falling into a crevice while trying to retrieve her dropped phone. Photos released by New South Wales Ambulance show the woman’s feet sticking out between the rocks as first responders came to her rescue. “In my 10 years … Read more
Austria’s President, Alexander Van der Bellen, has asked the leader of the conservative People’s Party (OVP) and incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer to form a coalition government – despite the fact that the far-right Freedom Party won the general election last month. The anti-immigrant, Russia-friendly Freedom Party came top in the election in September with almost … Read more
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones is raising alarms about the U.S. government’s current fiscal deficit and the increased spending promised by both presidential candidates, saying the bond market may force the government’s hand after the election in addressing it. “We are going to be broke really quickly unless we get serious about dealing … Read more
Xavier Lorenzo | Moment | Getty Images The IRS has unveiled higher capital gains tax brackets for 2025. In its announcement Tuesday, the agency boosted the taxable income limits for the long-term capital gains brackets, which apply to assets owned for more than one year. The IRS also increased figures for dozens of other … Read more