HSBC digital banking locks out thousands of customers in UK
LONDON, UK: In the latest in a series of related issues facing British banks, on November 24, thousands of HSBC ...
Irish music legend Shane MacGowan passes away at 65
England [UK], November 30 (ANI): Singer-songwriter Shane MacGowan, the legendary frontman of the Irish band, the Pogues, died early Thursday, ...
Shane MacGowan: a timeless voice for Ireland's diaspora in England
During a concert in Dublin in 2022, Bob Dylan paused between songs to pay tribute to another singer-songwriter who was ...
UK accuses Greece of grandstanding for demanding artefacts
Athens is seeking the return of the ancient Parthenon marble carvings taken from Greece in the 1800sBritish Prime Minister Rishi ...
World Leaders React to Kissinger Death
World leaders reacted to the death of Henry Kissinger, a former U.S. secretary of state who influenced geopolitics under two ...
Top 25 roundup: Khalif Battle-led Arkansas upsets No. 7 Duke
(Photo credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports) Khalif Battle scored 21 points off the bench and Arkansas put together a much-needed ...
UK says Greece grandstanding amid statues row
Athens has demanded the return of ancient marble carvings taken from Greece in the 1800sBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ...
No. 17 North Carolina holds on vs. No. 10 Tennessee
(Photo credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports) No. 17 North Carolina weathered a 37-point performance from Dalton Knecht to beat No. ...
Championship Weekend: Players to watch in 2023 title games
(Photo credit: Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK) Transfer portal got you down? College Football Playoff envy striking as ...
Ukraine ceasefire unlikely in 2024 Moscow
NATO is gambling with Russia's core interests and may get burned, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has saidRussian Deputy Foreign ...
UK to advise that schoolboys be allowed dress as girls The Times
Under new guidance, children will be able to choose pronouns and wear opposite-sex uniforms, the newspaper has saidUK school pupils ...
U.S. backs Israel's restart of earth-shattering war in Gaza
While Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has been frantically shuttling around the Middle East trying to stop the Israeli coflict ...
12 crew members reported missing as Cargo ship sinks off Greek island
LESBOS, Greece: Greek authorities said a cargo ship sank off the island of Lesbos over the weekend during a storm, ...
Bird flu forces culling of 1.35 million chickens on Ohio egg farm
COLUMBUS, Ohio: To stop the spread of bird flu, more than 1.3 million chickens will be killed on Ohio's Union ...
Israel accused of targeting reporters and their families
In a devastating turn of events, Israel's war on Gaza, sparked by Hamas's unprecedented attacks on October 7, has resulted ...
Candidate wins election in Louisiana by 1 vote where 43,000 voted
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana: In a Louisiana election where more than 43,000 people cast their ballots, a candidate for parish sheriff ...
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US shoppers spend $38 billion online during Thanksgiving weekend
WASHINGTON D.C.: Despite the ongoing economic uncertainty, major discounts during the Thanksgiving weekend enticed U.S. shoppers, who spent some US$38 ...
Thailand will downgrade growth forecast for 2023 to 2.7 percent
BANGKOK, Thailand: This week, Thailand's Deputy Finance Minister Krisada Chinavicharana said after a weaker-than-expected third quarter, the country will downgrade ...
China pledges to deepen bilateral trade relations with Vietnam
BEIJING, China: The country's commerce ministry said that during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Ho ...
U.S. stocks advance as U.S. Treasury yields retreat
NEW YORK, New York - Retreating bond yields and a higher-then-expected GDP reading for the third quarter boosted U.S. stocks ...
Biden invokes Cold War-era law to boost medical supplies' production
WASHINGTON D.C.: President Joe Biden invoked a Cold War-era act this week to boost investment in U.S. manufacturing of medicines ...
Tesla ready to invest up to $2 billion in Indian factory
NEW DELHI, India: On November 24, the Economic Times (ET) reported that Tesla is ready to invest up to $2 ...
Hyatt Regency New Orleans
Expectations were high for this top of the line Hyatt product in "The Big Easy". The taxi rolled up to the rear of the ...