President Ranil Wickremesinghe Remarkable Turnaround for Sri Lanka’s Tumultuous Economy
London (07/11 – 70) President Ranil Wickremesinghe, at the helm of the United National Party (UNP), has orchestrated a remarkable turnaround for Sri Lanka’s…
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Cruise Stops All Driverless Taxi Operations in the United States
The move comes just two days after California regulators told the company to take its autonomously driven cars off the road. Cruise said on…
Hollywood Halloween, American-Style
Toronto, Atlanta (24/10 – 10) Not too long ago, “Halloween”, a contraction of the Christian holiday known as “All Hallows’ Eve,” was a time…
‘East Coast Eichler’: $1.7M Prefab Deck House in Connecticut is Up for Grabs
A standout midcentury prefab home in Weston, CT, just hit the market for $1,750,000. The style of home has been dubbed the “East Coast Eichler”…
India Exports Smartphones Worth $4.67 Bn in Apr-jul FY24, US Accounts for One-third of Shipments
Commerce ministry data showed that India exported smartphones worth $4.67 billion in April-July this fiscal year, of which the United States accounted for one-third…
Cannabis Firms Are Cut Off From the US Financial System, but Relief is in Sight
US Senate is eyeing a bill that would allow banks to do business with cannabis companies – now, if only they would vote on…
Europe Faces Dirtier Inflation Fight Than US
LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Europe might need a miracle to repeat the “immaculate disinflation” currently gracing the United States. Across the Atlantic,…
Economic Mismanagement Drives Tajikistan Poverty
Frankfurt, Brussels (11/3 – 120 Tajikistan’s reliance on a limited range of export products, including aluminium and cotton, makes its economy vulnerable to external…
Congress Set to Sell East Coast’s 1 Million Barrel Gas Cache
(Bloomberg) — Congress is poised to sell off a 1 million barrel emergency cache of gasoline created in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy amid…
House GOP Pulls Key Vote to Advance Stopgap Government Funding Bill
The House of Representatives canceled a scheduled key procedural vote Tuesday on a temporary government funding bill hashed out by Republicans. The House GOP…