Several high-profile volunteers with the group Women for Trump flew to Georgia to provide relief for victims of Hurricane Helene in the group’s first mission before they crisscross the country to support communities in need. RNC co-chair Lara Trump, former DNC vice chair and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, former Georgia GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler, former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick, and ...
As U.S. support for aiding Ukraine continues to fracture Americans, Kersti Kaljulaid, the former president of Estonia, wants to remind Americans what’s at stake. Estonia, a country in Northern Europe bordered by the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland, is slightly larger than Denmark and has a coastline with 1,521 islands. Kaljulaid described what’s happening across the world as ...
With less than six weeks before the election, Vice President Kamala Harris has been striking a populist tone, especially when it comes to taking on Big Pharma in her stump speeches. At a recent campaign rally, she touted her tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which granted Medicare the ability ‘to go toe-to-toe with Big Pharma and negotiate ...
Perlego, an education technology platform known as the “Spotify for textbooks,” has secured a $20m fundraising round led by Sir Terry Leahy, the former CEO of Tesco. The digital library service, which offers unlimited access to academic titles via subscription, is expected to announce the capital injection this week. The new funding round also includes investment from ITHAKA, the organisation ...
The UK risks losing its leadership position in artificial intelligence (AI) without a clear national strategy for data centres, a key player in the sector has warned. Data centres, essential for powering cloud computing and AI applications, have become central to the digital economy. However, without a cohesive plan, the UK could fall behind in the global AI race, according ...
Tali Hadad is a 49-year-old mother of six and a kindergarten teacher whose days would normally be spent teaching basic reading, math and social skills to 5-year-olds. She never imagined that one day she would be forced to make life-or-death decisions while under fire in the middle of a war zone. But on Oct. 7, 2023, she was thrust into unimaginable ...
Hezbollah rockets hit Haifa, Israel’s third-largest city, on Monday in the first direct attack on the city since the conflict began. Hezbollah’s ‘Fadi 1’ missiles landed in Haifa early Monday morning as the country began to mark the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre. Two rockets hit Haifa and five more hit the city of Tiberias, which lies about ...
Almost a third of the world’s population has engaged in sports betting at some point in their lives. The number of players is constantly growing, which is due to the popularity and accessibility of bookmaker websites around the world. If we list the regions where the population has a special passion for sports betting, then a fairly large number fall ...
Trade unions and campaign groups have criticised what they call a “witch hunt” against flexible working, as Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner prepares to launch a major overhaul of employment law designed to give workers greater control over their work arrangements. The proposed reforms are part of the Employment Rights Bill, expected to be tabled this week, and will empower ...
Up to 10% of UK farmers may abandon the industry this month as concerns over rising Capital Gains Tax and reduced subsidies mount ahead of the new government’s Autumn Budget, according to Mark Chatterton, Head of Agriculture at Duncan & Toplis accountancy and business advisers. The looming financial pressures have left British agriculture at a critical crossroads, with many farmers ...