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(Bloomberg) — Omead Afshar, a powerful executive at Tesla Inc. and one of Elon Musk’s closest confidants, has left the company, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest high-level departure during a volatile period for the electric vehicle maker. Most Read from Bloomberg News of the exit has circulated internally among some employees…
Washington — The White House is making a push on the centerpiece legislation of President Trump’s second term, hosting “One, Big, Beautiful Event” on Thursday to highlight the bill amid intraparty disagreements and roadblocks in the Senate as lawmakers near a Fourth of July deadline. After the House narrowly approved the legislation that addresses the…
People check out an electric SUV Xiaomi YU7 at a Xiaomi Store in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province Thursday, June 26, 2025. Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi is taking aim straight at rival Tesla with a new electric SUV. Xiaomi’s luxury YU7 SUV will start…
[By: International Chamber of Shipping] The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and European Shipowners | ECSA welcome the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (Hong Kong Convention) entering into force globally today. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted the Hong Kong Convention on the 15th May 2009. The aim…
SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say an explosion at a storage and disposal plant in the oil fields of eastern Montana Wednesday night was felt by people 10 miles (16 kilometers) away but caused no injuries or fatalities. The fire continued to burn Thursday while emergency crews waited until it became safer to approach the…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Planned Parenthood’s challenge to South Carolina’s attempt to bar the organization from participating in its Medicaid program, clearing the way for the state to strip the organization of Medicaid funds. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic to find…
China is still doing their best to grow and spread their influence across the globe, as close to the United States as possible. One way of doing this is by becoming more involved in ports across the globe, including ports in Latin America. According to a recent study done by the Center for Strategic and International Studies,…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia will summon the German ambassador soon to inform him of retaliatory measures in response to what it sees as the harassment of Russian journalists based in Germany, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. Russia has clashed repeatedly with Germany over the issue, and expelled a German correspondent and cameraman…
The sex trafficking trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs is nearing its end on Thursday as New York prosecutors and Combs’ legal team make their closing arguments — without the hip-hop mogul ever taking the stand. The court indicated that prosecutors would get four hours on Thursday, and then Combs’ attorneys will take their turn on…
HONG KONG — A girl was found alive and unharmed more than seven hours after heavy rain swept her into a sewer in China, rescuers said Tuesday. On her way home from school Monday, “rushing waters” pulled the 8-year-old into a drainage ditch while she attempted to pick up a lost shoe, firefighters in the…