• SFGate

    I made the worst Coachella drive decision possible and paid the price

    People will give you a lot of advice when it comes to attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Arrive early to discover a new favorite band, wear copious amounts of sunscreen, and please, please double-check that you have your camping pass. But the advice that I most wish I heeded on my first trip to the festival was among the most obvious: With over 125,000 people converging on the festival grounds in Indio every day, you should absolutely figure out the best time to head home. I...

  • Fire chases 20 people from homes in Minersville

    MINERSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — In Schuylkill County, one person is critically injured after fire chased nearly two dozen people from their homes. The fire quickly became the scene of a couple of dramatic rescues. A devastating day for some in Minersville. 20 people were displaced after flames ripped through six homes Sunday afternoon. Four []

  • Dexter Reed Has Made His Last Bad Decision

    I can scarcely believe there's a need to write this piece, but this is the pretty pass we've come to.

  • Which Slovaks made the ranking of the world's wealthiest people?

    US Forbes magazine has published its list of the world’s richest people.

  • UK unlikely to make snap decision over Unrwa funding

    Tory MPs urging government not to restore funding despite UN’s roadmap, published on Monday, to make agency more transparentA plan due to be published today to improve the accountability and transparency of Unrwa, the UN relief works agency for Palestinians, is not expected to lead to a snap British decision to restore funding to the agency.Britain joined 18 other nations in suspending funding for the agency after Israel claimed that 12 of the 30,000 Unrwa staff had participated in the attack on...

  • Over 800 directors have been disqualified for abusing Covid loan scheme

    More than 800 directors have been disqualified for abusing Covid support schemes over the 2023-24 financial year following investigations by the Insolvency Service.

  • Saudi Development Fund agrees $50m loan deal with SVG

    The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), signed a $50 million loan agreement with St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday, April 19, 2024, to assist communities affected by natural disasters, Saudi Press Agency reported. The deal was signed by SFD CEO Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad and Minister of Finance of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Camillo Gonsalves, during the 2024 spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary

  • Combating OTP frauds; Ather’s new funding round

    Happy Tuesday! The government is working with SBI Card and telecom companies to tackle the menace of OTP-based online payment frauds. More on this in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ WeWork to sell 27% stake in India unit■ Europe is a hotspot for Indian IT M&As■ Peak XV MD to leave VC fund Centre, SBI Card, telcos come together to tackle OTP frauds 109515406The government has teamed up with SBI Card, the credit card business of State Bank of India and telecom...

  • Report: Lakers Have Made Decision on Darvin Ham's Coaching Future

    The Los Angeles Lakers have reportedly made their decision on the coaching

    • KSBW

    Relief fund made to help those impacted by the Highway 1 slip-out

    The Community Foundation for Monterey County announced that they are accepting donations through the Big Sur Disaster Relief Fund to help residents impacted by the Highway 1 slip-out.

  • Arrests made after stolen U-Haul tracked down in chase: Police

    Officers said that the chase began in Liberty Township Thursday night around 10:45 p.m.

  • Russian court orders seizure of JPMorgan Chase funds in VTB lawsuit

    A Russian court has ordered the seizure of funds in JPMorgan Chase bank accounts in Russia, court filings showed on Wednesday, in a lawsuit filed by state-owned bank VTB as it seeks to regain funds blocked abroad. JP Morgan Chase last week sued VTB in New York to halt its efforts to recover $439.5 million from an account that was blocked after Russia despatched its army to Ukraine in 2022 and VTB was hit with sanctions.