BERLIN — Germany’s train drivers’ union is ending its six-day strike early and is back in talks with the country’s national railway operator, German news agency dpa reported Saturday. The strike by the GDL union on passengers trains, which has brought the country to a near standstill since early Wednesday, will end Monday morning at…
WASHINGTON — When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked for his assessment of a startling report: A whistleblower estimated that 95% of claims now being made by businesses for a COVID-era tax break were fraudulent. “He looked at his shoes and he basically said,…
Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline’s planes. The airline said in a statement that it has completed its final inspection of their group of the aircraft. They said they resumed flying the Max…
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled by a former employee will relaunch its print edition next month, its editor said, a move made possible in large part by fundraising campaigns and community contributions. The Eugene Weekly will return to newsstands on…
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government has acknowledged that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of a toxic mix of cartel violence and land disputes. But two tourist guides in the southern state of Chiapas, near the border with Guatemala, say two other sites that the government claims are still…
CARACAS, Venezuela — The U.S. government and nearly 30 conservative world leaders on Saturday condemned the decision of Venezuela’s highest court to block the presidential candidacy of opposition leader María Corina Machado. The Biden administration, however, remained noncommittal about reimposing economic sanctions on Venezuela, which it has threatened to do if the government of President…
The Wall Street donor class used to rule elections; today not so much, though the fat-cat money men (and women) will have an outsized role in just how long Nikki Haley stays in her race against GOP front-runner Donald Trump. In Haley’s somewhat strange quest for the GOP nomination, she needs big money more than…
JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon says the U.S. is speeding toward a cliff as the nation’s runaway debt continues to mount, sounding the alarm that the situation needs to be tackled before it results in a crisis. The chief executive of the nation’s largest bank issued the warning during a panel discussion at…
A company that just listed shares in the US is making a brazen bet that cocaine will be legalized. Canada-based Safe Supply claims it’s on “the forefront of the third wave of drug policy reform” – and is lobbying for an end to the war on drugs and the legalization of banned substances like LSD…
LONDON — Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined a march in southern England on Saturday to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of an airport. Hundreds of local residents and activists holding banners and placards that read “Ban Private Jets” marched to Farnborough Airport, which mostly serves private aircraft. Some beat drums while…
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