Amazon is everywhere. Here’s how the US could break it up
Of the big four, Amazon has given the clearest picture yet of how its business might change if the proposed bills become law. And the first piece of its empire …
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Credit Card Review: Wells Fargo Platinum Visa Card
0% intro APR for qualifying balance transfers — The Wells Fargo Platinum card comes with a 0% intro APR for 18 months, which is among the longest we’ve come across. …
Read MoreOlympic schedule events and what to watch Tuesday
Women’s Gymnastics: Suni Lee, Grace McCallum, Jordan Chiles and the rest of Team USA compete in the team final. It began at 6:45 a.m.. ET, but there will also be …
Read MoreWildfires scorch Spain and cause ‘disaster without precedence’ in Sardinia
Sardinia’s local government declared a state of emergency on Sunday, due to what it described as a “disaster without precedence.” “It is still not possible to estimate the damages caused …
Read MoreAt least 180 dead in India as rains trigger floods, landslides
At least 38 people were killed in Taliye, 180 kilometers (110 miles) southeast of the financial capital Mumbai, when a landslide flattened most of the small village, state government officials …
Read MoreMary Simon installed as Canada’s first Indigenous governor general
Simon is the first Indigenous person to serve as the official representative of Queen Elizabeth II in Canada and commander-in-chief of the Canadian Armed Forces. It is a largely ceremonial …
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Unlimited 2% cash rewards — Cardholders earn an unlimited 2% cash rewards on every purchase, with no categories to activate or earnings limits to track. Plus you can redeem the …
Read MoreAfghanistan: Civilian casualties hit record high amid US withdrawal, UN says
Some 5,183 casualties were recorded in the first six months of the year — a 47% increase from 2020 — the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) found in …
Read MoreTunisia political turmoil deepens as President sacks prime minister, freezes parliament
President Kais Saied said he would assume executive authority with the assistance of a new prime minister, in the biggest challenge yet to the democratic system Tunisia introduced in a …
Read MoreFemale UK military staff report: Almost two-thirds of women bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination, landmark report says
The UK defense subcommittee, which described its inquiry into the treatment of women in the military as “one of the most important” in its history, said that 62% of respondents …
Read MoreUK Health Secretary tweets people shouldn’t “cower” from Covid, before deleting it and apologizing
“I’ve deleted a tweet which used the word “cower,” he said. “I was expressing gratitude that the vaccines help us fight back as a society, but it was a poor …
Read MoreTravel to the Caribbean during Covid-19: What you need to know before you go
Editor’s Note — Coronavirus cases remain in flux across the globe. Health officials caution that travel increases your chances of getting and spreading the Covid-19 virus. Unless you’re fully vaccinated, …
Read MoreAustralia once reveled in being the ‘lucky country’ on Covid-19. Now weary Aussies ‘feel like prisoners’
“My darling,” it says. “How are you? Are you enjoying school? Do you have friends? Your brother is one year old now. I hope you can come and see me …
Read MoreHungary Pride: Thousands join event as LGBTQ people face growing hostility
Andras Szolnoki, 55, an anthropologist from the eastern city of Debrecen, said he joined the march in rebuke to “Orbán’s regime and for the rights of LGBTQI people who have …
Read MoreFear stalks Haitians as their murdered president is buried and gangs terrorize the capital
Stories of abduction, lethal attack and indiscriminate destruction are endless in Haiti’s seaside city of Port-au-Prince, where everyone seems to know someone who barely made it out alive — and …
Read MoreWeakening In-Fa to bring heavy rain to China as new storm could affect Tokyo Olympics
And behind In-fa, there is a growing tropical threat from newly named Tropical Storm Nepartak for northern and central parts of Japan, which could potentially impact the Olympic Games by …
Read MoreWhy trash-raiding cockatoos in Sydney are smarter than ‘bin chickens’
He shared it with Barbara Klump and Lucy Aplin, both researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany — and they were immediately fascinated. “It was so …
Read MoreGermany floods: More than 150 people still missing unlikely to be found, officials fear
Deadly flooding in western Europe Two brothers embrace Monday, July 19, in front of their parents’ home, which was destroyed by flooding in Altenahr, Germany. Deadly flooding in western Europe …
Read MoreChina flooding: Death toll rises in Henan as passengers recount horror of Zhengzhou subway floods
Torrential rains have battered Henan province since last weekend, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and causing 1.22 billion yuan (about $190 million) of economic damage, Henan authorities said Thursday. …
Read MoreUS, Germany reach deal on controversial pipeline that Biden sees as a Russian ‘geopolitical project’
“While we remain opposed to the pipeline, we reached the judgment that sanctions would not stop its construction and risked undermining a critical alliance with Germany, as well as with …
Read MoreBelarus opposition leader says she gave sanctions list to Biden administration
Tsikhanouskaya, who is in Washington for meetings with senior administration officials, told reporters Tuesday that she delivered a list of companies that are monopolized by the regime of Belarus’ strongman …
Read MoreBoris Johnson had to be talked out of meeting the Queen early on in the pandemic, ex-adviser claims
Dominic Cummings, who resigned late last year, told the BBC that he had to convince Johnson not to visit the Queen, who was then 93, at the outset of the …
Read MoreCanada surpasses US vaccination rate as country prepares to reopen its borders
According to Health Canada, nearly 70% of Canadians have received at least one dose of the vaccine, putting the country very close to the 75% threshold that public health authorities …
Read MorePrince Harry publishing ‘wholly truthful’ memoir in 2022
The Duke of Sussex will release the book via Penguin Random House globally in late 2022, the publisher announced on Monday. It added that Prince Harry will “for the very …
Read MoreIllegal gold miners threaten fragile way of life, deep in Amazon rainforest
Dressed in traditional headdress, faces decorated with paint, this indigenous community prepares its bows and spears to defend their land against garimpeiros — illegal gold miners looking for glimmers of …
Read More‘Space Jam’ and LeBron James score a hit at the box office this weekend
“Space Jam: A New Legacy,” which stars James alongside the Looney Tunes, brought in an estimated $31.6 million in its North America opening this weekend. That exceeded industry expectations, which …
Read MoreWashington Post: Investigation finds Israeli-designed spyware was used to hack journalists and activists around the world
The Post reported Sunday that the phones were “on a list of more than 50,000 numbers that are concentrated in countries known to engage in surveillance of their citizens” and …
Read MoreThe abandoned airport terminal where everything still works
“The first thing you notice about New Orleans are the burying grounds — the cemeteries — one of the best things there are here” wrote Bob Dylan in his 2004 …
Read MoreHavana Syndrome reported among US diplomats in Vienna
“We take these reports very seriously and, according to our role as the host state, are working with the US authorities on a joint solution,” the Federal Ministry of European …
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