Rules governing political campaigning on terrestrial television don’t apply to streaming or online – and parties are starting to play dirtyOne of my favourite jokes in The Simpsons concerns the unhinged nature of US political advertising. “Mayor Quimby supports revolving-door prisons,” a growly voice narrates over footage of exactly what you imagine. “Mayor Quimby even released Sideshow Bob, a man twice convicted of attempted murder.” And then, a final disclosure at a noticeably faster pace:...
Pyrite, the yellow metal known as fool’s gold, has another trick up its sleeve: it can contain lithium, a crucial element in the world’s quest for greener energy, according to a team of researchers that studied rock deposits in the eastern United States. The researchers examined 15 rock samples that formed during the middle-Devonian, about […]
After Iran's attack on Israel was stopped with major help from the U.S. and other allies, Netanyahu has to heed them going forward.
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Nice, Lens, Rennes and Marseille all had eyes on Champions League football but Paulo Fonseca’s side are clear favouritesBy Eric Devin for Get French Football NewsThe Ligue 1 table has been nip and tuck in its first season with 18 teams, Paris Saint-Germain, of course, the notable exception. Even though they have drawn four of their last six league matches, they still have a 10-point lead at the top of the table but below them, everything has been much tighter.The two teams at the bottom of the...
With a windfall of cash five years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was doing away with a state budget "gimmick" one of his predecessors relied on to shave about $800 million off a deficit during the Great Recession. The accounting trick, adopted in 2009, delayed state worker payroll from the end of one fiscal year on June 30 to the start of the next on July 1. A decade later Newsom spent nearly $1 billion to end the subterfuge, with one caveat. “If I use it in six years, in a recession, forgive...
There are 550 American cities where the typical home is valued at $1 million or more, a new record high, according to a new analysis by Zillow. Here's why.
AN ANGRY woman has shared the incident that got her banned from her husband’s family functions. She clapped back at her sister-in-law’s rude comment and people agreed that justice was s
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Last quarter, Tesla posted its first annual sales decline since the pandemic — a drop that was significantly worse than expected. The company blamed a weak Chinese economy, arson at its German factory and supply constraints because of escalating conflict in the Middle East. Those factors certainly aren’t helping. But Tesla’s problems can’t all be blamed on outside factors. Some of it is inevitable. New competitors have entered the market and, at some point, they had to start taking sales away...