A key employee with the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic pushed back at a question from a Coast Guard investigator about whether OceanGate felt a sense of “desperation” to complete the dives because of the high price tag. Amber Bay, director of administration for … Read more
HOUSTON – The Houston Astros clinched their fourth straight AL West title with a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night, overcoming a terrible start to reach the playoffs for an eighth consecutive year. “That’s our goal every year we get to spring training is to win the division,” new manager Joe Espada … Read more
A plate of nigiri sushi. Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images Sushi, onigiri and yakitori don — Japanese rice is a key staple in many of its iconic dishes, but the country is facing its biggest shortfall in decades. Japan has been contending with a rice shortage in recent months due to a mix … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email CNBC’s Tanvir Gill spoke to Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in an exclusive interview. He explained why it was not in India’s interest to be part of a free trade agreement with China, as well as the country’s semiconductor ambitions. … Read more
HONG KONG — Writing to the Hong Kong court that convicted him of sedition, former Stand News editor Patrick Lam said he regretted missing a chance to tell a police officer about independent journalism. Lam and his ex-colleague Chung Pui-kuen, both former top editors of the now-shuttered Stand News, will learn their sentences Thursday after … Read more
WASHINGTON — Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood and intensified the heavy rains that led to devastating flooding in Central Europe earlier this month, a new flash study found. Torrential rain in mid-September from Storm Boris pummeled a large part of central Europe, including Romania, Poland, Czechia, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Germany, and caused widespread … Read more
NEW YORK – The Baltimore Orioles are headed to the playoffs in consecutive years for the first time since the 1990s, clinching no worse than a wild-card berth with a 5-3 win over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night combined with Minnesota’s loss to Miami. Baltimore (87-70) has only a remote chance of overtaking … Read more
A China Resources property under construction in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Sept 24, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s slowing economy needs more than interest rate cuts to boost growth, analysts said. The People’s Bank of China on Tuesday surprised markets by announcing plans to cut a number of rates, … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email David Rosenberg of Rosenberg Research talks about supply and demand dynamics in the US labor market, and says the higher unemployment rate comes down to weaker demand, not higher supply. Source link
MEXICO CITY — California avocado growers are fuming this week about a U.S. decision to hand over pest inspections of Mexican orchards to the Mexican government. Inspectors hired by the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been guarding against imports of avocados infected with insects and diseases since 1997, but they have also been threatened in … Read more