North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs and North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin.Roger Winstead | North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts | APThe North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday that blocks state officials from certifying the Democratic candidate as the winner of a razor-thin race for the state’s high court.In a 5-1 vote, all of the Republicans on the state Supreme court ruled to prevent the North Carolina State Board of Elections from certifying the results of the race, where Democratic Justice Allison Riggs holds a 734-lead over Republican Jefferson Griffin. Riggs recused herself from…
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President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal, which was returned by the U.S. to that country’s control decades ago.Last month, Mr. Trump falsely accused Panama of allowing Chinese soldiers to control the vital shipping route, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and of overcharging American ships.He has also claimed Panama charges U.S. vessels “exorbitant prices,” and warned that if they are not reduced after he takes office next month, he will demand that the United States be granted control of the canal “in full, quickly and without question.”While…
Pedestrians walk past Cushman & Wakefield Inc. signage in front of an office building for lease in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Photographer: Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCushman & Wakefield was among six large landlords sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged anticompetitive practices in housing rental markets on Tuesday, expanding the DOJ’s first case alleging algorithmic collusion.The DOJ and a coalition of states sued in North Carolina in August, accusing property management software company RealPage of letting landlords collude by sharing their pricing information with…
The Palisades Fire burns near homes amid a powerful windstorm on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. The fast-moving wildfire is threatening homes in the coastal neighborhood amid intense Santa Ana Winds and dry conditions in Southern California.Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA rapidly growing wildfire raged across an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, destroying numerous buildings and creating traffic jams as more than 30,000 people evacuated, while a second blaze doubled in size some 30 miles inland.At least 2,921 acres (1,182 hectares) of the Pacific Palisades area between the coastal towns of Santa…
German industrial orders fell unexpectedly in NovemberSteam rises of the coking plant near the Schwelgern blast furnace at the German industrial group ThyssenKrupp’s plant in Duisburg, western Germany, on October 14, 2024. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty ImagesGerman industrial orders fell unexpectedly in November, data released Wednesday showed, reflecting more gloom in Europe’s largest economy.Industrial orders were down 5.4% in November, compared to the previous month, according to data released by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).New orders excluding large-scale ones were nevertheless 0.2% higher than in the previous month, the office said. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected no change…
South Korea’s Presidential Security Service, an agency assigned to protect the president, prides itself on being the “last bastion for a safe and stable state administration.” It is now at the heart of South Korea’s biggest political mess in decades, acting as a final line of defense to prevent criminal investigators from detaining President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection.Since his impeachment over a short-lived martial law declaration last month, Mr. Yoon has been holed up in central Seoul, in a hilly compound that is now surrounded by barricades of buses, barbed wire and the presidential bodyguards. He has…
Plumes of smoke are seen as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, California on Jan. 7, 2025.David Swanson | AFP | Getty ImagesA wildfire burned about 200 acres (80 hectares) and threatened homes in an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, forcing evacuations after officials had already warned of extreme fire danger from dry, powerful winds.The Pacific Palisades fire between Santa Monica and Malibu led the Los Angeles Fire Department to issue a mandatory evacuation order for a large area from the hills of Topanga Canyon down to the coastline.People evacuate with belongings, as a wildfire breaks-out near…
A drone view shows BYD’s new electric vehicle (EV) factory’s construction site in Camacari, Brazil December 26, 2024. Joa Souza | ReutersElectric vehicle producer BYD brought hundreds of Chinese workers on irregular visas to build a factory in Brazil, a key labor inspector told Reuters on Tuesday, adding the company has pledged to comply with local labor laws for the workers remaining in the country.A total of 163 of those workers, hired by BYD contractor Jinjiang, were found last month to be working in “slavery-like conditions.”All of them are leaving or have already left Brazil, said Liane Durao, who has spearheaded the probe announced in late December. She added that about 500 Chinese workers in total were brought into the country by BYD.BYD and Jinjiang did not immediately reply…
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 26, 2024. Nathan Howard | ReutersThe U.S. state of Alaska has sued the Biden administration for what it calls violations of a Congressional directive to allow oil and gas development in a portion of the federal Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Monday’s lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Alaska challenges the federal government’s December 2024 decision to offer oil and gas drilling leases in an area known as the coastal plain with restrictions.The lawsuit said curbs on surface use and occupancy make it “impossible or impracticable to develop” 400,000 acres (162,000 hectares) of land the U.S. Interior Department plans to auction this month to oil and gas drillers.The limits would severely…
Rescuers working in subzero conditions and bracing winds searched the rubble on Wednesday after a strong quake in Tibet toppled thousands of houses in a remote area near the northern foothills of Mount Everest. Tens of thousands of residents were being transferred to safety while dozens were being treated for injuries.At least 126 people have died and 188 were injured in the quake, which struck on Tuesday morning in Dingri County, near one of Tibet’s most historic cities, in western China, state media reported. The quake was China’s deadliest since December 2023, when 151 people were killed in a magnitude…
