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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to relax limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers, saying a three-year-old rule is unduly costly for the energy industry at a time when energy demand is spiking. It is the latest step that President Donald Trump’s administration has taken to pull back regulations on coal mining and […]

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, May 14 (Reuters) – Another day, another record high for the Nasdaq, S&P 500 and many stock markets around the world on Thursday, as the Xi-Trump summit in China and stalemate in the Persian Gulf gave investors no reason to pause the relentless tech rally. In my column today, I look at the U.S. bond market. While the long end of the curve grabs headlines […]

By Sayed Sheasha LUXOR, Egypt, May 14 (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities on Thursday exhibited a plaster blocking wall of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Luxor and unveiled two restored ancient tombs on the West Bank of the city that date back to the New Kingdom and contain scenes of daily life and funerary rituals.  Abdelghaffar Wagdy, director-general of Luxor Antiquities, said the wall is a unique artifact that has never been […]

May 14 (Reuters) – Aardvark Therapeutics on Thursday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed a full clinical hold on its drug to treat extreme hunger linked to the rare disorder Prader-Willi syndrome, halting all late-stage trials. Shares of the company fell about 14% in after-hours trading. Aardvark had paused enrollment and dosing in February after it found heart-related side effects in healthy volunteers given higher-than-planned doses of the […]

‘Why Not Go Right to the Heart of It?’: North American Immigrants Keep Choosing Jerusalem   On Jerusalem Day, new Nefesh B’Nefesh figures show Jerusalem still attracting North American Olim, while one young immigrant’s story points to a less expected face of Aliyah to the capital  By Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line   When people tried to guess where Golda Katz would live in Israel, Jerusalem was not usually the answer. Tel Aviv was the […]

Israel Names IAI CEO Boaz Levy Chairman in First for State-Owned Defense Company   By The Media Line Staff   Israel appointed Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) CEO Boaz Levy as chairman of the company’s board of directors, marking the first time a serving chief executive of an Israeli government-owned company has also been named chairman of the same company.   Defense Minister Israel Katz and Minister in charge of the Government Companies Authority Dudi Amsalem signed the official appointment […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament on Thursday voted to approve the government program and part of the Cabinet lineup of Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi but hit an impasse over some of the ministerial appointments. The 270 lawmakers in attendance voted to confirm 14 ministers in the 23-member Cabinet. Most were newcomers to the government, but foreign minister Fuad Hussein retained his post. Nominees for three posts – interior minister, higher […]

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — On Christmas Eve 2024, Elianis Caridad Morejón Pérez, a young Cuban woman, told her mother by phone that she had put on a life jacket and was boarding a boat to travel from southern Mexico toward the United States. It was her final message from San José El Hueyate, a town in the state of Chiapas, before disappearing alongside 39 other migrants from Cuba, Honduras and […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A top California Democratic political aide agreed to plead guilty Thursday to charges including conspiracy to commit bank fraud related to a scheme to steal campaign funds from Xavier Becerra when he served as the federal health secretary. The case has drawn attention to Becerra in his bid for California governor, with voting underway and concluding June 2. In Dana Williamson’s plea deal, she admits to […]