Carson City School District students are helping decorate the state’s first U.S. Capitol Christmas tree. The students have been working with their teachers to design and decorate ornaments that reflect Nevada’s culture, landscapes and people. Their ornaments will adorn the Capitol Christmas Tree and smaller companion trees displayed throughout Washington, D.C. later this year. The…
By Charlie Devereux and Michael Francis Gore MADRID (Reuters) -As Madrid sweltered at the peak of one of Spain’s longest-ever heatwaves, the temperature on a street in one of its poorest neighbourhoods – Puente de Vallecas – measured 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.5 Fahrenheit) by early afternoon. A few hundred metres down the street it was…
The Christmas spirit is in motion this year as the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is making its way from Nevada to the nation’s capitol. Preparations are underway to find the perfect tree. The tree will be harvested from Nevada’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, marking the first time Nevada supplies the iconic tree. A Forest Service selection…
The UK accounting regulator has launched an investigation into Deloitte over its auditing of Glencore, following a corruption scandal at the FTSE 100 mining and commodities trading group. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said on Wednesday it was probing whether Deloitte “gave sufficient consideration to the risk of noncompliance with laws and regulations” when it…