Soaring egg prices prompt demands for price-gouging probe
With egg prices more than doubling in the past year, calls are coming for an investigation into possible price gouging.
Day: January 25, 2023
Kshama Sawant: Lost opportunity
Re: “Seattle’s Kshama Sawant was a tale for our time, but the story fizzled” [Jan. 21, Local News]: Danny Westneat’s take on Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s work was spot-on, an apt summation of opportunity coming to grief on the shoals of h…
Rupert Murdoch calls off proposed Fox-News Corp merger
Billionaire mogul says in letter that proposal to reunite companies he split up a decade ago ‘not optimal’ for shareholdersFox Corp said on Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch had scrapped a proposal to combine the company with News Corp, in a deal that would …
Binance moved $346m for seized crypto exchange Bitzlato: Report
US DOJ last week charged Bitzlato’s co-founder, a Russian living in China, with running a money-laundering haven.
Classified documents found at former US Vice President Pence’s home
Former US vice president Mike Pence revealed Tuesday he had uncovered documents marked as classified at his home, the latest twist in a mushrooming scandal over politicians’ handling of the nation’s most sensitive secrets.
US sees some Chinese companies helping Russia’s Ukraine effort: Report
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New WA law would shut the door on puppy-mill suffering
Washington is one of the few states to officially define the term “puppy mill,” and a proposed law would permanently prevent them from doing business here.
Not a ‘magic bullet’: military experts weigh in on how western tanks could help Ukraine’s defence
As Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, the focus is increasingly on the need to provide Kyiv with Western tanks. While thousands of the armoured vehicles have been destroyed on both sides, Ukraine overwhelmingly uses older Soviet-era tanks, and is gradu…
Encore: In Istanbul, what was once routine for the winter is now a luxury
Routines of Istanbul winter life — from visits to traditional public baths to hot drinks — are getting hard for many to afford amid Turkey’s economic crisis.
Calls for action as Brazil Yanomami Indigenous people face crisis
Indigenous communities in the Amazon have come under siege as business interests violently expand their operations.