People have taken many steps in recent decades to help the Pacific Northwest’s endangered killer whales, which have long suffered from starvation, pollution and the legacy of having many of their number captured for display in marine parks. They’ve breached dikes and removed dams to create wetland habitat for Chinook salmon, the orcas’ most important … Read more
MTN’s Ralph Mupita becomes the latest CEO to warn that South Africa’s vanishing electricity, rising crime rates, flailing infrastructure, and organised corruption have become an existential threat. Source Source link
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Community Bank has agreed to buy a significant chunk of the failed Signature Bank in a $2.7 billion deal, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said late Sunday. The 40 branches of Signature Bank will become Flagstar Bank, starting Monday. Flagstar is one of New York Community Bank’s subsidiaries. The … Read more
Advertisement Throughout 2022, when Cambodia was chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the nagging questions inside the corridors of power were fairly straightforward. Is Myanmar a failed state? Why negotiate with a junta that has little or no control over the country? Those questions were put on hold as Cambodia’s Prime Minister … Read more
New York CNN — A week after Signature Bank failed, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said it has sold most of its deposits to Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of New York Community Bank. On Monday, Signature Bank’s 40 branches will begin operating as Flagstar Bank. Signature customers won’t need to make any changes to do … Read more
“I’m transgender. I’m supposed to be a boy. I picked Oliver as my new name.” There wasn’t anything my 12-year-old could have said that would have shocked me more. I couldn’t make my mouth form words, but my heart broke as I watched this beautiful blue-eyed, blond-haired child curled up in the opposite corner of … Read more
Lavish presents included a Saudi dagger, golf clubs and a painting of the former US president himself, House Democrats have claimed Former US President Donald Trump and his family failed to report over 100 gifts to the tune of nearly $300,000, House Democrats claimed on Friday, raising questions about whether this could have impacted Washington’s … Read more
President Joe Biden on Friday called on Congress to make it easier for regulators to punish executives at failed banks ― including by taking their bonuses away. Biden said federal law prevented his administration from holding banks accountable. “When banks fail due to mismanagement and excessive risk taking, it should be easier for regulators to … Read more
The head of the State Duma has hailed the large number of delegates from African parliaments preparing to gather in Moscow Western nations have failed to isolate Russia internationally, including from Africa, says Vyacheslav Volodin, the chair of the Russian State Duma. He cited the growing number of participants at an Africa-focused international event in … Read more
CNN — Women don’t belong out at sea working on ships with men, the 62-year-old engineer told the 19-year-old trainee just weeks before she says he raped her. The young woman, Hope Hicks, was a student at the US Merchant Marine Academy. The man, Edgar Sison, was her boss. He worked alongside her every day … Read more