WIREGRASS, Ala. (WDHN) — Alabama is a hot destination for snakes but as warm continues, you could see snakes earlier than expected. In the middle of spring like now marks the beginning of snake season in Alabama. Over 40 species of snakes can be found across Alabama and six of them could be right here []
This Week's Cocoa Price Crash Marks Largest Ever Drop What goes up, must come down. Cocoa prices turned lower on Thursday, extending a weekly decline that is slated to be the largest on record due to the evaporation of liquidity from large traders. Futures in New York plunged as much as 9.3% to the lowest level since mid-March and have tumbled 37.5% from the peak of a little more than $12,000 a ton in mid-April. If losses are sustained through Friday, then this week's...
The Australian government will launch a 6GW renewable energy tender next month under its expanded Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS).
US & Philippines Kick Off Largest Ever Joint Drills On 'China's Doorstep' Tensions are soaring in waters off China as the US and its close regional ally the Philippines launched expansive joint war drills Monday, not far from hotly disputed maritime areas. At over 16,000 troops, the exercises called the "Balikatan" drills (or "shoulder to shoulder") mark the largest ever conducted between the two allies. "The 2024 iteration is not only the largest but the most complex," Newsweek...
Happy Tuesday! Regulatory actions have crippled Paytm Payments Bank’s mobile wallet business. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ BluSmart FY24 revenue jumps■ Drop in renewal deals troubles IT cos■ Ola Cabs CEO Hemant Bakshi resignsPaytm Payments Bank’s mobile wallet business in a spot 109708584Paytm Payments Bank is staring at an uncertain future after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked the bank to stop offering basic banking...
CEDAR CITY — Southern Utah University celebrated the largest-ever “strong and resilient” graduating class Thursday evening during its 125th annual commencement. “We are thrilled tonight to recognize 3,047 candidates for graduation, with 888 master’s degrees 1,876 bachelor’s degrees, 290 associate degrees and 107 certificates,” said SUU President Mindy Benson as she welcomed those in attendance […]
ST. GEORGE — During what Dixie Technical College President Jordan Rushton called the highest energy he’s ever seen out of his nine commencements, a display of caps and gowns saw almost 500 future mechanics, tech professionals and engineers hear their names called, with one graduate even ready to shift gears at Ferrari. Dixie Technical College conducted […]
Police have launched a critical incident investigation after they found the 43-year-old stumbling along the Mid Western Highway in Cowra, in NSW's central west, on Tuesday.
$20-an-hour mininum wage for fast food workers in California began April 1. Workers have already complained of getting fewer hours since then. Chains like Burger King are rolling out more digital ordering kiosks to cut staff
The U.S. House of Representatives has thrown its support behind one of the country’s largest-ever bills focused on outdoor recreation, sending the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Act to the Senate with unanimous approval on April 9. Known as the Explore Act, the 220-page package seeks to streamline the permitting process for outdoor recreation companies, […]
PM pledges equipment including 400 vehicles, 1,600 weapons and 4m rounds of ammunition, plus £500m in fundingRishi Sunak has promised the UK’s largest ever military support package for Ukraine as he warned that Vladimir Putin would “not stop at the Polish border” if Russia won the war.The prime minister will visit Poland on Tuesday to discuss European security and the threat from Russia with the Polish leader, Donald Tusk, and the Nato secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, before travelling to...