SAN FRANCISCO – Bright and early Monday, Elon Musk sent a surprisingly new document to the government. In it, the world’s richest man has revealed his potential intentions towards Twitter, where he has a 9.2 percent stake, following how much his position has changed drastically since a week ago. According to documents filed with the …
The iconic “Courageous Girl” statue will continue to stand outside the New York Stock Exchange after city officials voted Monday to extend the sculpture’s temporary permit for 11 months. This decision comes with the requirement that the city, the owner of the statue and the artist return within six months to a process that determines …
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Russia’s Finance Ministry said it considers its debt obligations to be “fully” fulfilled.credit…Maxim Shemetov/Reuters Standard & Poor’s Global has placed Russia under a “selective default” rating after the Russian government said last week that it had paid off about $650 million in ruble-denominated debt. The rating agency said late Friday that it did not expect …
Roki Sasaki’s perfect game is long overdue, the first of the Japanese majors since 1994. But the wait has been worth it. Sasaki defeated 19 of the 27 men he faced, completing what deserves to be described as one of the greatest games ever played. The Chiba Lotte Marines ’6-0 win over the Orix Buffaloes …
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Long before theme parks began to grow out of Orlando’s swamps, Florida’s freshwater springs were some of the area’s main attractions. Native Americans used the springs for thousands of years before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the 1500s. Reports of the conquistadors about the clear water gushing from the cave pits in the …
Chinese state media rushed to his defense when Twitter issued a warning last week over a Russian government post denying civilian casualties in Ukraine. “Famfa_russia’s statement on Twitter has been censored on #Bucha,” Frontline wrote, a Twitter account linked to CGTN, China’s official English-language broadcaster. In an article in the Chinese Communist Party newspaper, an …
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‘This is for the best’ A week ago, we learned that Elon Musk had bought a large stake in Twitter. Soon, the billionaire head of Tesla – and a powerful Twitter user – was invited to join the social media company’s board of directors. Late last night, Twitter announced that Musk would not be joining …
On hot, moonless nights in New Zealand, they navigate the beaches in search of an elusive, sparkling quarry. They aren’t hunters, but photographers are on the hunt for bioluminescence, a natural phenomenon in which glowing algae give crashing waves an ethereal electric blue aura. New Zealand is an especially good place to “chase resume,” say …
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WASHINGTON – It’s hard to make any conclusions after four games. That’s only 2.5 percent of 162 regular season games, so please read the next sentence that comes to mind. The Mets are one of the best teams in Major League Baseball. On Sunday afternoon, they had a chance to become the first MLB team …
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Not the sound of bombs, although he heard them, evoked memories in Dario Srna. These were air raid sirens. When they thundered in Kyiv shortly after 6 a.m. on Feb. 24, Srna froze in horror. Thoughts and memories of his childhood, of the first experience of the war when the former Yugoslavia disintegrated in the …
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