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US hotel developers run out of cash as construction lending dries up
US hotel developers run out of cash as construction lending dries up
(Corrects number of total hotel projects that have broken ground or are in preconstruction phase in 2023 to 324 from
2023-06-06 23:46
Joran Van der Sloot's lawyer files petition to block his temporary transfer to the US
Joran Van der Sloot's lawyer files petition to block his temporary transfer to the US
An attorney for Joran Van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, has filed a habeas corpus petition against his client's temporary transfer from a Peru prison to the US.
2023-06-06 23:17
White House vows an improved effort against drug overdoses
White House vows an improved effort against drug overdoses
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday pledged an improved effort to combat drug overdoses
2023-06-06 22:22
Mental Floss’s ‘The Curious Compendium of Wonderful Words’ Features Fun Slang, Strange Phrase Origins, and More
Mental Floss’s ‘The Curious Compendium of Wonderful Words’ Features Fun Slang, Strange Phrase Origins, and More
Sure, all books are filled with words—but not quite like this.
2023-06-06 21:29
Debt ceiling package does little to address America's major fiscal problems
Debt ceiling package does little to address America's major fiscal problems
Although it's named the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the compromise debt ceiling package that President Joe Biden signed into law this past weekend doesn't do much to fix the nation's enormous financial challenges.
2023-06-06 20:58
Prince Harry tells London court 'vile' press has blood on its hands
Prince Harry tells London court 'vile' press has blood on its hands
By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry launched a fierce attack on the "vile" press on Tuesday,
2023-06-06 20:18
Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown, Lil Wayne headline iHeartRadio festival
Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown, Lil Wayne headline iHeartRadio festival
Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown and Lil Wayne are among the headliners this fall at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival in La Vegas, which will be broadcast live throughout the country
2023-06-06 19:56
Palau country profile
Palau country profile
Provides an overview of Palau , including key events and facts about this tropical island nation in the northern Pacific.
2023-06-06 19:29
US Treasuries Blacklisted by German State as ESG Law Takes Hold
US Treasuries Blacklisted by German State as ESG Law Takes Hold
For an illustration of how wildly different the debate around ESG is in Europe and the US, look
2023-06-06 19:23
‘Giant human poo’ dumped on Australian beach - and all to make an important point
‘Giant human poo’ dumped on Australian beach - and all to make an important point
If you happen to be near the iconic Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, then you stand a chance of getting a photo taken with a ‘giant human poo’ which has been dumped on the shore to mark World Environment Day on Monday. You may well think that plopping a poo on the coastline isn’t exactly a good look on a day designed to draw attention to protecting nature and the planet, but it’s actually made of rescued plastic from south east Asia, and intended to spread a pretty important message. On a webpage explaining their publicity stunt, the New Zealand-based company Better Packaging said: “We’re kicking up a stink because humanity has a problem. We just can’t seem to stop making more and more new plastic, most of it never gets recycled and far too much of it ends up in our oceans. “Basically, we treat plastic like s***.” We see what you did there. They continued: “This giant poop represents the amount of plastic that enters the ocean every 30 seconds. Scary huh. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter “Most of it enters via land, and most of that from Asia. These regions don’t have any formal waste management or recycling infrastructure – plastic just gets thrown ‘away’, buried or burnt. “Eventually, with the next monsoon rains, that plastic will get washed into a ditch, then a stream, a river, and then the ocean. We want to stop that happening!” Hence the four-metre high turd, which is made mostly of recycled plastics and second-hand fishing nets, with a wooden tree structure at its base to “keep it upright”. You wouldn’t want a floppy plop, after all (sorry). The artwork – if we can call it that – is titled "Plastic Pile of S***, 2023". Its unveiling follows a report by the United Nations’ Environment Programme (UNEP) in May which it said plastic pollution could fall by as much as 80 per cent by 2040 if both countries and companies make “deep” shifts in policies and markets through the use of “existing technologies”. “The way we produce, use and dispose of plastics is polluting ecosystems, creating risks for human health and destabilising the climate,” said Inger Andersen, executive director of the UNEP. Oh, and if you fancy witnessing the ‘excrement’ but are nowhere near Australia, then you might be in luck, as Better Packaging have said they’d “love to take it ‘on tour’” after going into temporary storage. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-06-06 19:23
Investigators charge a suspect in the sexual assaults of 4 women over a decade ago, prosecutors say. They got his DNA from glasses and utensils used at an event
Investigators charge a suspect in the sexual assaults of 4 women over a decade ago, prosecutors say. They got his DNA from glasses and utensils used at an event
Investigators in Boston have used DNA analysis to identify and charge a suspect in the sexual assaults of four women whose cases have gone unsolved for over a decade, according to prosecutors.
2023-06-06 19:16
JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon to meet with group of US House Democrats- Bloomberg News
JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon to meet with group of US House Democrats- Bloomberg News
JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon will meet privately with a group of moderate House
2023-06-06 18:26
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