Don’t expect lower rates to save debt-burdened office buildings
Any hopes that falling borrowing costs would stem the pain from the US office downturn were swept away this week.
Deutsche Bank AG set aside more money for souring US commercial real estate loans, while a Blackstone Inc. mortgage…
Wildfires burning in Slocan Valley force hundreds more from their homes – BC News
Photo: BC Wildfire Service
Wildland firefighters work to build hand guards on the Slocan Lake Complex.
UPDATE: 3:27 p.m.
The mayor of Slocan, B.C., says the skies were filled with ominous black smoke while she drove out of her…
Judoka Tsunoda Natsumi grabs Japan’s first gold medal at Paris Olympics | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Japanese judoka Tsunoda Natsumi has clinched the gold medal in the women's 48-kilogram category at the Paris Olympics. She is the first Japanese to stand atop the podium at the Games. This is also Japan's 500th Summer…
Netflix Adds Germany to List of Countries Adapting Spanish Hit Comedy ‘Machos Alfa,’
Credit: Manuel Fiestas, Netflix
Netflix‘s hit Spanish comedy series “Machos Alfa,” “Alpha Males” in English, got the green light for a fourth season in Spain and a fourth international adaptation in Germany,…
Australia national security, immigration ministers sacked amid scandal
The Australian Prime Minister has replaced his national security and immigration ministers following a debacle regarding incarcerated immigrants.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses the media at Parliament House in…
Vice-presidential wannabes parade for the cameras, and Harris campaign
The time-honored American tradition of the vice-presidential audition period is here.If you turned on your television this weekend — mainly cable news, of course — you would have a difficult time not seeing it: a parade of Democrats…
Jung Takes Narrow Lead, Great Britain Holds Top Spot After Olympic Cross-Country
Paris—July 28
At recent championships, the cross-country phase has been haunting Michael Jung and Chipmunk FRH. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, they were leading after dressage but triggered a pin on cross-country, incurring 11…
Relaxing FDI from China: Govt to tread with caution – Industry News
The Economic Survey’s prescription of more foreign direct investment (FDI) from China for manufacturing and export push is being supported with caution by the commerce and industry ministry, which formulates and administers FDI policies.…
France investigating death threats against Israeli Olympians
viaJuly 28, 2024, 1:29 PM ET• 2 min readPARIS -- French police have opened an investigation into death threats received by three Israeli athletes at the Paris Olympic Games, the Paris' prosecutors office said on Sunday.Anti-cybercrime…
As F-16s Arrive, Ukraine Still Faces Steep Challenges in the Skies
The surveillance drone appeared high above the Ukrainian air base without warning in early July. Minutes after it relayed targeting data back to a Russian base, a barrage of ballistic missiles struck the airfield, Ukrainian officials…