Since the first retired-worker benefit was mailed in January 1940, Social Security has been providing a financial foundation for aging workers who could no longer do so for themselves. However, this long-standing social program isn't on the best financial footing. While several factors have been chipping away at Social Security's foundation for decades, it's the latest $169 billion surprise, court...
Since the first retired-worker benefit was mailed in January 1940, Social Security has been providing a financial foundation for aging workers who could no longer do so for themselves. However, this long-standing social program isn't on the best financial footing. While several factors have been chipping away at Social Security's foundation for decades, it's the latest $169 billion surprise, courtesy of President Donald Trump , that's rightly garnering attention. President Trump delivering remarks. Image source: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead, courtesy of the National Archives. Continue reading
Antwerp port is stepping up scanning of goods amid warnings country risks becoming a narco-state Sara Van Cotthem takes a safety knife and precisely slices open the side of a cardboard box to unpack its contents, an aluminium stepladder made in China. Working under harsh fluorescent lights at the border inspection post at the port of Antwerp, Van Cotthem checks the paperwork and taps the ladder wi...
Antwerp port is stepping up scanning of goods amid warnings country risks becoming a narco-state Sara Van Cotthem takes a safety knife and precisely slices open the side of a cardboard box to unpack its contents, an aluminium stepladder made in China. Working under harsh fluorescent lights at the border inspection post at the port of Antwerp, Van Cotthem checks the paperwork and taps the ladder with a magnet to check if it really is aluminium and not another metal. It is an everyday operation for customs officers at Antwerp, one of Europe’s main commercial gateways, which handled the equivalent of 13.6m 20ft-long (6 metres) containers last year. Everything is in order and the lorry, jam-packed with identical boxed ladders, can get on its way to Germany. Continue reading...
The East 17 man knows his 90s bangers but once inadvertently cleared a dancefloor. And what song gets him on the exercise bike in a morning? The first single I bought Shut Up by Madness, from a record shop on Hoe Street in Walthamstow, London. It gave me a kind of independence in the world when I could choose what I wanted. And as a nine-year-old, you could find 10p down the back of the sofa and g...
The East 17 man knows his 90s bangers but once inadvertently cleared a dancefloor. And what song gets him on the exercise bike in a morning? The first single I bought Shut Up by Madness, from a record shop on Hoe Street in Walthamstow, London. It gave me a kind of independence in the world when I could choose what I wanted. And as a nine-year-old, you could find 10p down the back of the sofa and get a Madness badge at the market to stick on your coat. The song I do at karaoke I’ve only done karaoke once, really loud and absolutely inebriated on sake in Japan. I’d had a few and thought: “This isn’t really doing much”, then it hit me like a hammer. That was a messy night. If I had to do karaoke now, I’d do East 17’s House of Love, because at least I’d remember the words. Continue reading...
A woman carrying a knife has been arrested after being tackled by the crowd during the Rain Rave Water Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night. In a viral video, a man can be seen attempting to disarm the woman. Several others from the crowd, along with security personnel, then joined in to restrain her until the police arrived. She was seen being arrested shortly after. Kuala Lumpur poli...
A woman carrying a knife has been arrested after being tackled by the crowd during the Rain Rave Water Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night. In a viral video, a man can be seen attempting to disarm the woman. Several others from the crowd, along with security personnel, then joined in to restrain her until the police arrived. She was seen being arrested shortly after. Kuala Lumpur police chief Fadil Marsus reportedly confirmed the arrest of the 28-year-old woman for possession of a...
As the energy shock unleashed by tensions in the Middle East rippled through Africa, a massive oil refinery in Nigeria’s biggest city of Lagos, owned by Africa’s wealthiest man, came to the rescue. Running at its full capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, the world’s biggest single-train refinery supplied fuel to many African countries that usually relied on imports through the Strait of Hormuz, fr...
As the energy shock unleashed by tensions in the Middle East rippled through Africa, a massive oil refinery in Nigeria’s biggest city of Lagos, owned by Africa’s wealthiest man, came to the rescue. Running at its full capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, the world’s biggest single-train refinery supplied fuel to many African countries that usually relied on imports through the Strait of Hormuz, from Senegal in the west to Mozambique in the southeast. Built at a cost of about US$20 billion,...
A robot in a high-visibility vest carrying a loud hailer while patrolling a park in China’s northeastern Jilin province has caused much amusement online. “We have sprayed pesticides in the park. It is highly poisonous,” the robot was exclaiming through the loud hailer. The robot was also saying that when worms eat the pesticide it they instantly lie down and pretend to be dead, state media CCTV re...
A robot in a high-visibility vest carrying a loud hailer while patrolling a park in China’s northeastern Jilin province has caused much amusement online. “We have sprayed pesticides in the park. It is highly poisonous,” the robot was exclaiming through the loud hailer. The robot was also saying that when worms eat the pesticide it they instantly lie down and pretend to be dead, state media CCTV reported. An official from the park said the robotic warnings were necessary because it was a prime...
Russia said Ukraine attacked Primorsk port on the Baltic Sea, a key oil export hub, causing a fire that local authorities said was quickly extinguished. Air defense downed more than 60 Ukrainian drones in the region, with the port the key target, Leningrad regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said Sunday in a Telegram post. He added that the consequences of the fire had been eliminated, without i...
Russia said Ukraine attacked Primorsk port on the Baltic Sea, a key oil export hub, causing a fire that local authorities said was quickly extinguished. Air defense downed more than 60 Ukrainian drones in the region, with the port the key target, Leningrad regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said Sunday in a Telegram post. He added that the consequences of the fire had been eliminated, without indicating the extent of any damage. Primorsk is a vital cog in Russia’s oil industry, having typically exported well over 1 million barrels of crude oil and diesel daily before a series of attacks by Ukraine this year as part of Kyiv’s broader campaign against ports and refineries. The port temporarily suspended tanker loadings on March 23 following a drone assault. Ukraine is intensifying strikes on Russian energy infrastructure in an effort to curb the Kremlin’s revenues amid higher oil prices linked to the Iran conflict. Operations at the Black Sea Tuapse port have been intermittently disrupted after repeated attacks over about two weeks. Read More: Russia Set to Ramp Up Oil Flows as Impact of Drone Strikes Fades Separately, two tankers from Russia’s so-called shadow fleet were struck near the entrance to the Port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a post on the X platform Sunday. The vessels were used to transport oil and are no longer operational, he said. Russia said it faced 334 drones in total overnight, including near Moscow. Ukraine’s armed forces said its defenses downed 249 out of 268 Russian drone attacks and also recorded a ballistic missile strike. A drone flying in Russia’s Leningrad region violated airspace in nearby Finland overnight, according to a statement from the Finnish defense forces. Estonia’s Defense Forces also reported a brief drone incursion into its airspace.
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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) ranks among the stocks to invest in before they split next. On April 23, Guggenheim reaffirmed its Buy rating and $850 price target for Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), citing strong ad revenue growth and AI developments. Guggenheim anticipates revenue growth of more than 23% in each quarter through 2026, driven by […]