A Merchant Ship’s Perilous Black Sea Passage in Ukraine
For five weeks, almost everything seemed to go wrong for one commercial vessel waiting in the Danube River to load Ukrainian grain bound for Spain via the Black Sea. First, …
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She Rose From Poverty as China Prospered. Then It Made Her Poor Again.
Two years ago, as she walked through a hospital hallway in handcuffs and shackles to get tested for Covid, Sun Junli felt ashamed and defeated. At 45, she had come …
The 10 most expensive homes reported sold in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland in the week of Aug. 14
A house in Oakland that sold for $2.4 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland in the past week.In total, …
Hawaiian Electric Pushes Back on Blame for Deadly Wildfire
Even before the inferno that engulfed the Maui resort of Lahaina is fully contained, local officials and Hawaii’s leading utility are at odds over a fundamental question: Did a single …
Trust in supermarkets at lowest level since horsemeat scandal, Which? finds
T rust in the grocery sector has plummeted to its lowest point in more than a decade as the majority of households grapple with supermarket prices, a survey suggests. Which?’s …
Billion-dollar drugs’ makers set to face their first US price negotiations
John Tozzi and Nacha Cattan | (TNS) Bloomberg News Some of the most widely used drugs in the U.S. may be heading for lower prices under Medicare, a move that …
Tech Chiefs to Gather in Washington Next Month on A.I. Regulations
The News Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, plans to kick off a series of listening sessions next month on the regulation of artificial intelligence with Elon Musk of …
Fresh food prices help retail inflation to slow in August, new figures suggest
P rice rises in British shops have slowed to their lowest rate since October last year, but keep going up significantly, new data has shown. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) …
Hawaii utility takes responsibility for Maui fire
By Jennifer McDermott and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher | Associated Press HONOLULU — Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring …
If you don’t have Amazon Prime, you might have to spend more for free shipping
On Monday, CNBC reported that Amazon increased the free shipping minimum for customers without Prime to $35. Previously, anyone shopping on Amazon without a membership to Prime needed to spend …