[ad_1] More than 10 years after Congress passed laws cracking down on insider trading among members, lawmakers are still beating the market and inspiring new funds based on their trades. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Public polling shows most Americans don’t think much of Congress. But some investors think lawmakers are doing […]
[ad_1] An Israeli air strike on a UN school packed with hundreds of displaced Palestinians in central Gaza has reportedly killed at least 35 people. Local journalists told the BBC that a warplane fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp. Videos showed the destruction […]
[ad_1] The truth is, I do not particularly care about the words in the re-introduced national anthem that some people deem offensive. They consider words like “tribe” and “native” as derogatory and outdated, while the idea of a nation where people stand “in brotherhood” bespeaks its female gender as alien to its body politic. None […]
[ad_1] Russian navy recruits perform with the Russian flag in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 4 during a ceremony marking the departure of recruits to join the army. In a year filled with elections around the world, Russia has stepped up its overt and covert propaganda efforts with a goal of weakening international support for […]
[ad_1] The Nigerian government has said its ability to achieve the 2024 budgeted revenue step-up of 77.4 per cent from 2023 is at risk should oil production remain 27.0 per cent below budgetary provisions. The government disclosed this in a draft copy report of the Accelerated Stabilisation and Advancement Plan (ASAP) presented to President Bola […]
[ad_1] The wife of the paramount ruler of Ninzo chiefdom, Alhaji Umar Musa, in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State was on Wednesday night abducted by some gunmen, suspected to be bandits. The bandits were said to have initially abducted the paramount ruler and his wife from their palace in Fadan-Ninzo. Eyewitnesses said […]
[ad_1] New York — Children experiencing this level of food poverty are up to 50 per cent more likely to suffer from life-threatening malnutrition, new analysis finds Around 181 million children worldwide under 5 years of age – or 1 in 4 – are experiencing severe child food poverty, making them up to 50 per […]
[ad_1] Situated in Goma-Nord-Kivu, DRC, SATEC (Sapientia Technologies and Engineering Company), a Congolese manufacturer led by a group of young entrepreneurs, is transforming the local food economy—one incubator at a time. The poultry industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo has long faced insecurity and heavy reliance on international imports. Alarming statistics reveal that over […]
[ad_1] KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles. Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it generated by river-fed hydro-electricity. Thanks to that abundant source […]
[ad_1] Under Trump, the Department of Health and Human Services would become the “Department of Life” once again—and worse. (J. David Ake / Getty Images) This article appears in the June 2024 issue, with the headline “Bad Medicine.” Roger Severino, a prominent attorney for the Christian right, led the Department of Health and Human Services’ […]