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The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving Waymo’s self-driving vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened the probe after getting 22 reports of Waymo vehicles either crashing or doing something that may have violated traffic laws. In the past month, the agency has opened at least four investigations of vehicles that can either drive themselves or take on at least some driving... Читать дальше...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (SGQRF) on Tuesday reported earnings of $12.3 million in its first quarter.

More than 300 Syrians refugees are heading back home from northeastern Lebanon to an uncertain future in Syria as anti-refugee sentiment is surging in crisis-hit Lebanon. In the northeastern town of Arsal, Syrian refugees piled their belongings onto the back of trucks and cars on Tuesday as Lebanese security officers collected their U.N. refugee agency cards and other paperwork before clearing them to leave. Lebanon, in the throes of a severe financial crisis since 2019, hosts nearly 780,000 registered... Читать дальше...

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) — ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) — Alimera Sciences Inc. (ALIM) on Tuesday reported a loss of $6.3 million in its first quarter.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — MAG Silver Corp. (MAG) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $14.9 million.

Rescuers are searching in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies, and whenever possible survivors, of flash floods that hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend. Monsoon rains and a landslide of mud and cold lava from Mount Marapi caused rivers to breach their banks. The deluge tore through mountainside villages in four districts in West Sumatra province just before midnight Saturday. The National Disaster Management Agency said the floods swept away people and 79 homes and submerged hundreds of buildings... Читать дальше...

TORONTO (AP) — TORONTO (AP) — OrganiGram Holdings Inc. (OGI) on Tuesday reported a loss of $20.1 million in its fiscal second quarter.

Home Depot’s sales continued to soften in the first quarter as the nation’s largest home improvement retailer not only was constrained by high mortgage rates and customers dealing with inflation concerns, but it also had to deal with a delayed start to spring. Sales slipped 2.3% to $36.42 billion for the period ended April 28, falling short of the $36.65 billion that analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research expected.

The airline industry needed "new blood." It got Virgin America.

The wonder and work behind making lifelike animals at the local museum.

The restaurant expedited plans to remove the fee after seeing the Reddit post.

And they may be bringing West Coast culture with them. 

Turning to Mom and Dad for help buying a home is an age-old practice, but today's high-priced housing market has made it a growing necessity.

The Biden administration is announcing plans to slap new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment. It's an election-year move that’s likely to increase friction between the world’s two largest economies. The tariffs come in the middle of a heated campaign between President Joe Biden and his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump. Both candidates are vying to show who’s tougher on China. White House officials say the tariffs will help... Читать дальше...

TOKYO (AP) — TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. (SONY) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $1.27 billion.

Mine authorities in southern Poland say that two miners are dead and one is missing while 12 others were hurt following a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine. A company official said the cave-in happened early Tuesday in an underground area where 15 miners were working. Eleven were immediately brought to the surface, with various degree of injuries. Three of those missing were brought out of the mine and a doctor declared two of them dead. The search continues for one miner. Six teams of rescuers are working in the area. Читать дальше...

A large billboard that collapsed amid raging thunderstorms in Mumbai killed at least 14 people and injured 75 others, reports said on Tuesday. A rescue operation was ongoing Tuesday morning, and authorities told the Press Trust of India news agency that 89 people had been rescued since the incident occurred on Monday evening. The rains and high winds caused the 100 foot-tall billboard to fall over a gas station in the suburb of Ghatkopar on Monday evening. Officials told PTI that police say the billboard was illegally installed. Читать дальше...

An Austrian court has ruled that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years, raped her thousands of times and fathered seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison. The decision on Monday follows a legal back-and-forth on Josef Fritzl’s future. The state court in Krems said Tuesday the 89-year-old can be moved as he no longer poses the kind of danger that requires keeping him in psychiatric detention. The decision was made based on a hearing with Fritzl... Читать дальше...

Russian authorities have arrested a second senior Defense Ministry official on bribery charges days after President Vladimir Putin replaced the defense minister in a Cabinet shake-up. The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top law enforcement body, said Tuesday that the chief of the ministry’s main personnel directorate Lt. Gen. Yury Kuznetsov was arrested and placed in custody pending investigation and trial. Putin on Sunday replaced Sergei Shoigu as defense minister in a Cabinet reshuffle as he begins his fifth term in office. Читать дальше...

Georgia’s parliament has begun the third and final reading of a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union. The bill would require media and nongovernmental organizations and other nonprofits to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. The opposition denounces the bill as “the Russian law,” because Moscow... Читать дальше...

RIO DE JANERIO RJ BR, Brazil (AP) — RIO DE JANERIO RJ BR, Brazil (AP) — Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras (PBR) on Monday reported first-quarter profit of $4.78 billion.

Luxury Italian fashion house Gucci has brought glitz and glamor to London's Tate Moden museum with a star-studded cruise collection show. For one night only, the Thames-side modern art museum's industrial interior was transformed into a lush green jungle and the hottest fashion ticket in town. Actors Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott and singers Dua Lipa and Solange Knowles were among celebrities perched on the front row. Also in attendance were Salma Hayek and her husband, Francois-Henri Pinault, who is chair and CEO of Kering... Читать дальше...

A top migration monitoring group says conflicts and natural disasters left nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, a new record. Violence in Sudan, Congo and the Middle East together drove two-thirds of the new movement. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center report found the number of internally displaced people has jumped by 50% over the past five years. The displacement of more than 9 million people in Sudan at the end of 2023 was a record for a single country... Читать дальше...

VARANASI, India (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi on Tuesday surrounded by his party leaders and supporters as he formally filed paperwork to run in an ongoing election that is a referendum on his decade in power.

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed in muted trading Tuesday after U.S. stock indexes were little changed ahead of the release of inflation data.