Wellington, New Zealand — New Zealand and Australia were able to send military surveillance flights to Tonga on Monday to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption left in the Pacific island nation. A towering ash cloud since Saturday’s eruption had prevented earlier flights.New Zealand hopes to send essential […]
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Law enforcement official running for New York governor calls for leniency for January 6 rioter – CBS News
A candidate seeking the Republican nomination for governor of New York wrote and signed a letter on official letterhead seeking leniency for a state resident who pleaded guilty to entering a restricted building on Capitol grounds during the January 6 attack . In his letter to the judge, Lewis County, […]
This IG Account Shares Interesting Historical Facts The World Should Not Forget (120 Pics)
This IG Account Shares Interesting Historical Facts The World Should Not Forget (120 Pics) Carl Sagan once said, “You have to know the past to understand the present.” While some may think that history is just a whole lot of dates and names, it’s actually much more than that.In fact, […]
Oxfam report: In 2021, income of 84% households fell, but number of billionaires grew
The income of 84 per cent of households in the country declined in 2021, but at the same time the number of Indian billionaires grew from 102 to 142, an Oxfam report has said, pointing to a stark income divide worsened by the Covid pandemic.The Oxfam report, “Inequality Kills’’, released […]
Remote job postings for nearly quadruple in ground-breaking shift
More On: Coronavirus in NY A Queens school social worker pleads: Don’t go remote, NYC schools The left politicized COVID from the start NYC schools to allow remote option as attendance plunges during COVID surge ‘We’re not through this yet’: NY COVID cases continue drop, Hochul calls for more vaccinations […]
China’s birth rate drops for a fifth straight year to record low
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world.Sign up here. Hong Kong (CNN Business) China’s birth rate plummeted for a fifth consecutive year to hit a new […]
In California pot market, a hazy line between legal and not – ABC News
Double dealing: Legal, illicit blur in California pot market As California enters its fifth year of broad legal marijuana sales, industry insiders say the practice of working simultaneously in the legal and illicit markets is all too commonplace in the struggling pot economy By MICHAEL R.BLOOD Associated Press January 16, […]
Cold case team may know who betrayed Anne Frank
Anne Frank, the teenage Holocaust victim whose posthumously published diary gave the world a glimpse of what it was like to hide from Nazi persecution, may have been betrayed by a prominent Jewish businessman, according to a cold case-style investigation outlined in a new book, “The Betrayal of Anne Frank […]
The poor die from COVID while the rich get richer, Oxfam warns | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al Jazeera
The coronavirus vaccine divide is costing lives and supercharging inequalities worldwide, a new report warns. A group of 252 men have more wealth than all one billion women and girls in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean combined, a new report from Oxfam says [File: Angela Ponce/Reuters] By Al […]
Walmart is quietly preparing to enter the metaverse
Walmart appears to be venturing into the metaverse with plans to create its own cryptocurrency and collection of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.The big-box retailer filed several new trademarks late last month that indicate its intent to make and sell virtual goods, including electronics, home decorations, toys, sporting goods and personal […]