International Paper Co. agreed to buy DS Smith Plc for £5.8 billion ($7.2 billion), besting rival suitor Mondi Plc in the battle for the UK packaging company.
The plan to slash spending on youth care by more than 500 million euros in 2025 will not happen, the caretaker Cabinet said. The coalition still leading the Dutch government announced the decision as part of the Spring Memorandum, one of the annual updates on the state of the national budget.
The city of Anaheim, California, just announced that its City Council voted to approve a Disney project called Disneyland Forward, giving Disney zoning approval to transform parking lots across the street from and near its existing theme parks into new theme park, hotel, and entertainment and retail areas. — Read the rest
You don't have to be a Putin stooge to see that dumping endless U.S. funds into Kyiv without proper oversight is a terrible idea.
Elevance Health reported a first quarter profit of $2.2 billion as commercial health insurance and healthcare services offset a big decrease in Medicaid enrollment.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday mocked a scheduled round of Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, warning that Moscow will not accept any enforced plans that ignore its interests. Switzerland’s government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of fighting, and expressed hope that Russia might join in the peace process someday. PUTIN PLANS FOR NEXT 6-YEAR TERM AS...
Switzerland’s government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday mocked a scheduled round of Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, warning that Moscow will not accept any enforced plans that ignore its interests.
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Hong Kong's crackdown on online scams has seen 1,121 arrests, dismantling a syndicate that has been laundering millions via cryptocurrency.
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed four separate national security supplemental bills on Saturday, clearing the way for the foreign aid package to arrive at President Joe Biden’s desk.One bill contained roughly $60 billion in aid for Ukraine, one with approximately $26 billion for Israel, another with $8 billion for the Indo-Pacific, and a final one that included a series of other policy priorities like the sale of TikTok and the REPO act that would allow the U.S. to seize...
Yuval RosenbergApril 15, 2024Iran’s unprecedented direct attack on Israel this weekend has ramped up the pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to