China’s rise is increasing competitive pressure on Switzerland Keystone-SDA Economists at Swiss bank UBS view China’s economic rise as a major challenge for the Swiss economy. The US tariffs, on the other hand, are likely to have only a temporary impact. Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector English (US) English (British)…
Is a boneless chicken wing just a nugget? Can a cauliflower have wings? Can parts of a chicken be “reconstituted into some sort of Franken-wing?” Those are some of the big questions that a federal judge in Illinois answered on Tuesday, concluding that boneless chicken wings can be marketed as wings. In a 10-page ruling,…
As a long-time observer of Hong Kong affairs – and someone who cares deeply about the city – I have often felt that external debates about Hong Kong have been louder than careful assessments of how the city is actually evolving. Since the implementation of the national security law, discussion of Hong Kong has often…
Investigations are continuing on Tuesday after the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie disappeared over the weekend in what authorities believe was a possible abduction from her Arizona home, police said. Nancy Guthrie was last seen in the Catalina Foothills area on Saturday night, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. Her family reported…
A judge set multimillion-dollar bonds on Wednesday for three men charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of an Indiana judge. Tippecanoe County Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly, were wounded in a shooting at their home in Lafayette on Jan. 18. Steven Meyer, a state judge in Tippecanoe County in Indiana…
Renee Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mom fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday in an alleged vehicle-ramming incident, “sparkled” and “was made of sunshine,” her wife said in an emotional statement to Minnesota Public Radio. Becca Good told MPR Friday that on Jan. 7., she and her wife “stopped to…
A body has been found amid a search for a Texas teenager who went missing on Christmas Eve, authorities said Tuesday. Camila Mendoza Olmos, 19, was last seen Wednesday morning, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s deputies and volunteers have been searching around the clock for her since and there was information to suggest…
Dozens of motorcycles believed to belong to Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, were seized this month by authorities in Mexico, the FBI confirmed on Monday while releasing images of the property. The 44-year-old Canadian national, who is on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, is wanted for allegedly running a…
The magic of Christmas could soon manifest in the sky, with a northern lights display possible in several U.S. states. Some of the states in the highest latitudes could catch a glimpse of auroras as they wait for Santa’s arrival, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center. Stargazers on the…
The Powerball jackpot has soared to one of the largest in the lottery game’s history. The current jackpot is estimated to be $1.6 billion for Monday night’s drawing. That would make it the fourth-largest in Powerball history and the fifth-largest among U.S. lottery jackpots. The winning numbers from Monday’s drawing were 3, 18, 36, 41…