By Tom Polansek August 7 (Reuters) -Nebraska cattle rancher Craig Uden bought 200 extra mother cows and their babies over a few weeks in May to expand his herd as dry weather gave way to rain that rejuvenated land used for grazing. In South Dakota, Troy Hadrick kept 16 more young female cows, known as…
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan spent his political career as a Democrat, leading Michigan’s largest Democratic stronghold. But now, he’s become a target of his former party, whose leaders are furious about his decision to run for Michigan governor next year as an independent. Detroit is a power base for Democrats in the…
US President Donald Trump’s Trade Advisor and White House official Peter Navarro on Thursday explained why the country did not slap additional tariffs on China for doing trade with Russia, even as hit India with extra duties. While India has been hit with additional 25% tariffs over trade with Russia, there no such moves by…
It will take a long time, plenty of diligence, and for the chain’s approach to pay off big. Building a skyscraper starts with a blueprint that looks bold on paper, but it takes more than an architect’s sketches for the plan to become a reality. The same applies to the ever-popular dream of turning a…
STORY: :: Nikki Chapman United Airlines flights at U.S. airports were briefly grounded on Wednesday. :: Alan Billman The company says it has now fixed the tech issue that caused it. In a statement, United said: “We’ve resolved technology issues that had been affecting flights. While we’re still experiencing delays, our team is working to…
By Sethuraman N R (Reuters) -Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s group will build and operate a $3 billion coal-fired power plant in Bihar state with a 2.4 gigawatt capacity, it said on Thursday, the biggest coal plant constructed in India via private investment in a decade. The first of three units at the plant will be…
Appaloosa’s billionaire chief has been a prominent seller of artificial intelligence (AI) stocks, with one notable exception. For some investors, earnings season is the pinnacle of each quarter. This six-week period, where many of Wall Street’s most influential businesses lift the hood on their operating results, provides investors with invaluable information. However, an equally strong…
Once branded “Australia’s worst mother” but now considered the victim of one of its greatest miscarriages of justice, Kathleen Folbigg has been offered A$2m (£975,580, $1.3m) in compensation for 20 years of wrongful imprisonment. Ms Folbigg was convicted over the deaths of her four babies in 2003, but freed in 2023 after a judicial review…
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch India has called Donald Trump‘s hefty tariffs “unfair” after the US president slapped an additional 25 per cent duty on New Delhi as punishment for importing Russian oil. The…
Ghana’s ministers of defence and environment have died in a military helicopter crash in the central Ashanti region, along with six other people, a government spokesperson says. Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, 50, were killed in the crash, which Chief of Staff Julius Debrah described as…