Joe Biden has succumbed to pressure to stand down as the Democratic presidential candidate – so how could he be replaced and how might it work? A national US party has never tried to force an election candidate to step down in the modern era. Consequently, we are in uncharted territory, with no clear guide
Aerial view of Olmeca oil refinery belonging to the Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) company, located in Paraiso, Tabasco state, Mexico, May 20, 2024. Yuri Cortez | Afp | Getty Images Crude oil futures held steady Thursday after the latest round of economic data indicated that inflation is easing in the U.S., potentially opening a path for
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner at Mar-a-Lago on June 5, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Now that his criminal trial in New York has wrapped up, the former president has scheduled a number of fundraising events around the country to aid his presidential bid. (Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)
Associated Press Jun 17, 2024, 03:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — The National Finals Rodeo extended its agreement to remain in Las Vegas through 2035 and will pay more than $264 million to the competitors and stock contractors. Las Vegas Events will contribute an additional $1.3 million this year and in 2025
The newest affordable electric car has officially hit the market. Kia began accepting orders for its new EV3 in Korea this week with a starting price of $30,700 (KRW 42.08 million). The EV3 is Kia’s third EV and the first of its next-gen affordable lineup. Meet the newest low-cost EV After introducing the EV3 in
The Volkswagen ID.7 is gaining new variants with more power, longer range, and sporty design. Volkswagen unveiled the new ID.7 GTX, its most powerful EV yet. It’s also launching the ID.7 Pro S pre-orders with up to 440 miles (709 km) WLTP range. Volkswagen launches new ID.7 GTX, three other trims Volkswagen added the ID.7,
Kia’s opened the order books on its new, affordable EV3 electric car, Volvo has a bunch of news for car enthusiasts and equipment geeks alike, we might be past peak oil, e-bikes are hot sellers, and Scooter Doll checks out some electric outboards from Mercury Marine. All this and more on today’s Quick Charge! Source
Core Scientific’s 104 megawatt Bitcoin mining data center in Marble, North Carolina Carey McKelvey AUSTIN — For five years, bitcoin miner Core Scientific has quietly been diversifying out of mining and into artificial intelligence, a market that will require immense amounts of power to handle the training of AI models and the massive workloads that
An offshore oil platform is seen at sunset near Huntington Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2024. David Mcnew | Getty Images Oil prices defied the announcement of extended supply cuts from the OPEC+ alliance with brisk declines, with analysts and traders faulting certain trading strategies and the demand picture for the downturn. “There is
Yasir Al-Rumayyan, chairman of Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco), speaks during a news conference in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. Mohammed Al-Nemer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Crude oil futures rebounded slightly Wednesday but hovered near a four-month low as a decision by OPEC+ to increase production later this year continued to
An Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza has killed dozens of people, including children, local officials say. Israel claimed its military planes were targeting what it says was a “Hamas compound” when they struck the school. Hamas-affiliated media said the airstrike killed at least 39 people, with local health officials saying that included at
Vladimir Putin has warned he could provide long-range weapons to nations to strike Western targets in response to NATO allies allowing Ukraine to use their arms to attack Russian territory. The Russian president also re-issued Moscow’s readiness to use nuclear weapons if it sees a threat to its sovereignty. During an audience with international journalists
The potential for all-out war between Israel and Lebanon seems to have dramatically moved up a notch – or more – over the past few days. And the Israeli prime minister has done nothing to dissuade that notion – telling his troops on the northern border with Lebanon on Wednesday that they are prepared for
Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. Apu Gomes | Getty Images Australia on Wednesday announced it had dropped its legal battle against Elon Musk’s X to have graphic footage
Since 1992 the Premier League has been funnelling previously unimagined wealth to the elite players, coaches and clubs of English football. For almost as long as it has existed, however, those running the league have battled to maintain the commercial and competitive balance on which its success is based. Competition is its essence, predictability a
Intel wants to regain its position as the world’s leading chipmaker, CEO Pat Gelsinger said, after being overtaken by rivals TSMC and Samsung in recent years. “We want to build everybody’s chips, everybody’s AI chips. We want them to be built leveraging the U.S. factories,” Gelsinger told CNBC on the sidelines of the Computex tech
Manchester City are taking legal action against the Premier League over its financial rules. The legal challenge, in the form of arbitration, will be heard on Monday, according to The Times. Sky News reported in February the competition was facing legal battles and had been warned by a club that changes to rules governing commercial
Donald Trump has claimed “it’s very possible” that his political opponents may face prosecution after he became the first former US president to be criminally convicted. Trump seemed to raise the prospect of it happening if he became president again during an interview with conservative US outlet Newsmax. The 77-year-old said: “It’s a terrible precedent
Associated Press May 11, 2024, 10:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mystik Dan, the horse who won the Kentucky Derby by a nose in the race’s closest finish in more than a half-century, is heading to the Preakness next weekend after all, keeping alive the chance of another Triple Crown winner. Trainer Kenny McPeek announced
In this article @LCO.1 @CL.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Palestinians, including children, collect usable belongings in the heavily damaged buildings after Israeli attacks in Rafah, Gaza on February 12, 2024. Building targeted in the Israeli attacks and surrounding structures were damaged as Israel’s air, land and sea attacks continue on the Gaza Strip.