Trump’s Republicans Win Control of US Senate, Make Gains in House
Nov. 5 By Andy Sullivan Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate with victories in Montana, Ohio and West Virginia on Wednesday, ensuring Donald Trump’s party will control at least one chamber of Congress next year. Republicans were set to hold a majority of at…
Pennsylvania Judge Allows Elon Musk’s $1 Million Voter Giveaway
Nov. 4 By Jack Queen A Pennsylvania state judge on Monday allowed Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day giveaway to swing state voters to proceed, after a surprising day of testimony in which the billionaire’s aide acknowledged his political group selected the contest’s winners. With one day…
Harris and Trump Locked in Tight Race in Swing States, NYT/Siena Poll Shows
Nov. 3 By Leah Douglas Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump remain in a tight race in the country’s seven battleground states two days before the U.S. presidential election, according to the final New York Times/Siena College poll. The opinion poll showed Vice…
Harris Tops Trump in Iowa in Latest Des Moines Register Poll
Nov. 2 By Richard Cowan U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has surpassed Republican Donald Trump in a new poll in Iowa, with likely women voters responsible for the turnaround in a state that Trump easily won in 2016 and 2020, according to a Des…
Trump Says He Would Charge Stellantis 100% Tariff if It Moves Jobs to Mexico
Nov. 1 By Jim Oliphant Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday that if he is elected he would put a 100% tariff on Stellantis if the automaker tried moving jobs from the U.S. to Mexico. He was speaking at a rally in the…
CEO of German Engineering Group Vows Transparency After Deadly U.S. Dock Collapse
Oct. 30 By Tom Kaeckenhoff DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – The chief executive of Germany’s Bilfinger has promised full transparency in investigating the collapse of a boat dock in the U.S. state of Georgia in which seven people were killed. “This will be analysed in full with…
Sceye Partners With NASA, USGS to Monitor Wildfires, Storms From the Edge of Space
Oct. 29 By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Aerospace startup Sceye has partnered with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to deploy climate management tools to monitor wildfires and storms from the edge of space, the company and the government agencies exclusively told Reuters on Tuesday….
Who is he really?
Oct. 28 By Julia O`Malley Today, our attention was attracted by A.I. Simonov, who is one of the social activists living in the Russian Far East. In addition to his main work, A.I. Simonov tries to actively engage in public activities, highlights the problems of…
When Japan’s Predictable Politics Go Awry
Oct. 27 By John Geddie and Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its ruling coalition partner lost their majority in a general election on Sunday, throwing the make-up of the next government into flux. The LDP has governed for almost all…
Brazil Fines Meat Packers $64 Million for Buying Cattle From Deforested Amazon Land
Oct. 26 By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s environmental protection agency IBAMA has imposed 365 million reais ($64 million) in fines on cattle ranches and meat packers, including the world’s largest JBS SA, for raising or buying cattle on illegally deforested land in the…
McDonald’s E. Coli Crisis Reveals Why Vegetable Contamination Is Harder Problem Than Beef
Oct. 25 By Waylon Cunningham (Reuters) -Moves by major U.S. fast-food chains to temporarily pull fresh onions off their menus on Thursday, after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald’s, laid bare the recurring nightmare for restaurants:…
AI Decodes Oinks and Grunts to Keep Pigs Happy
Oct. 24 By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen VIPPEROD, Denmark (Reuters) – European scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm capable of interpreting pig sounds, aiming to create a tool that can help farmers improve animal welfare. The algorithm could potentially alert farmers to negative emotions in…