Pregnant US Teacher Collapses In Classroom And Dies Weeks Before Baby Was Due

Pregnant US Teacher Collapses In Classroom And Dies Weeks Before Baby Was Due

Mrs Fannon was due to give birth in just 4 short weeks. Tragedy struck a rural New York school community.  Pregnant teacher Courtney Fannon, 29, diedunexpectedly just weeks before welcoming her first child. Mrs Fannon, a beloved special education teacher at Kendal Central School, was found unresponsive in her classroom, shortly after sending her husband … Read more

Chuck Schumer’s call for new Israeli elections condemned as ‘grotesque’ and ‘inappropriate’ by Republican leaders – live | Israel-Gaza war

Chuck Schumer’s call for new Israeli elections condemned as ‘grotesque’ and ‘inappropriate’ by Republican leaders – live | Israel-Gaza war

McConnell says Schumer’s Israel comments ‘grotesque and hypocritical’ Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has hit back at Chuck Schumer’s speech on the Senate floor calling for new elections in Israel, describing the Senate majority leader’s comments as “grotesque and hypocritical”. In a statement following Schumer’s speech, McConnell accused the Democratic party of having “an anti-Israel … Read more

Wholesale inflation rose 0.6% in February

Wholesale inflation rose 0.6% in February

Wholesale prices accelerated at a faster-than-expected pace in February, another reminder that inflation remains a troublesome issue for the U.S. economy. The producer price index, which measures pipeline costs for raw, intermediate and finished goods, jumped 0.6% on the month, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. That was higher than the 0.3% … Read more

Abu Dhabi-backed newspaper buyout is sparking panic

Abu Dhabi-backed newspaper buyout is sparking panic

Copies of The Daily Telegraph newspaper on a newsstand in a shop in London, UK, on March 12, 2024 (L), and UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan speaking at COP28 on Dec. 1, 2023. Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Mansions, university facilities, think tanks, sports teams — the U.K. is no stranger … Read more

AB InBev slides after trading suspension as Altria sells stake

AB InBev slides after trading suspension as Altria sells stake

AB InBev Budweiser and Bud Light brand beer cans at a store in the Queens borough of New York on Feb. 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of AB InBev, the world’s biggest brewer, slipped more than 4% Thursday as trading resumed following a brief suspension amid emerging details of a sale by one … Read more

China would block sale of short video app

China would block sale of short video app

Visitors are visiting TikTok’s stand at the Appliance & Electronics World Expo (AWE) in Shanghai, China, on April 27, 2023. On March 14, 2024, the United States will pass a bill banning TikTok.  CostFoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. could be about to force ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant that owns TikTok, to … Read more

Here’s when the Fed may start cutting rates, investment strategists say

Here’s when the Fed may start cutting rates, investment strategists say

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell prepares to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on March, 7 2024.  Kent Nishimura | Getty Images News | Getty Images WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to start cutting interest rates by the end of the second quarter despite recent … Read more

Family of Sydney man Lachlan Harris prepare to farewell ‘gentle giant’ who died after suffering seizure

Family of Sydney man Lachlan Harris prepare to farewell ‘gentle giant’ who died after suffering seizure

A Sydney man is being remembered as a “gentle giant” by his grieving family who are still coming to terms with his death at the weekend, just months after they were rocked by another health emergency. Lachlan “Lachie” Harris’ life was tragically cut short on Sunday at the age of 25. Harris, from Spring Farm … Read more