Paris mayor swims in Seine River to prove it’s clean ahead of Olympic Games
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river is clean enough to host Olympic swimming events. Since 2015, $1.5 billion has been spent to clean up the Seine, building a huge underground reservoir in central Paris, upgrading sewer infrastructure, and upgrading wastewater treatment plants. The […]
HSBC names new Mandarin-speaking CEO as bank prepares for US-China tensions | HSBC
HSBC has appointed financial chief Georges ElHedery as its new chief executive, handing the reins to a global banking veteran as the bank braces for renewed tensions between the United States and China. El Hedery, who takes up the role in September, will succeed Noel Quinn, who suddenly announced in April that he was stepping […]
Housing starts rose in June despite higher mortgage rates
The number of housing starts ticked up in June despite pressure from high mortgage rates, reassuring news for an economy that has seen soaring housing prices and rents driven by a lack of supply. Housing starts, the change in the number of new residential buildings that began construction, rose 3% from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.35 million in […]
FACT CHECK: Did Trump Golf The Day After He Was Shot?
A video shared on X claims to show former President Donald Trump golfing the day after he was shot. JUST IN: Cheers erupted as Trump played golf at Bedminster today, following his assassination attempt President Trump also announced he will be arriving in Milwaukee today for the RNC “Based on yesterday’s terrible events, I was going […]
Biden Read Aide’s Note Aloud Telling Him ‘You Are Sounding Defensive’ During Call With House Democrats
US President Joe Biden (C-L) greets a young girl during a visit to Mario’s Westside Market grocery store, alongside US Representative Steven Horsford (D-NV) (L), in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 16, 2024. (Photo by KENT NISHIMURA/AFP via Getty Images) OAN Staff Brooke Mallory1:06 PM – Wednesday, July 17, 2024 During a recent call with Democrat […]
‘Irrelevant In The Big Picture Of College Football’: Paul Finebaum Unleashes Absolute Hate On Colorado With Fiery Rant
It’s only July, and the haters are already working overtime! (LMAO) Shedeur Sanders, the starting quarterback of the Colorado Buffaloes (and Deion’s son), continues to get hit with criticism after he said earlier in July that the Buffs were “everybody’s Super Bowl.” We all know that’s a joke of a statement, but ESPN’s Paul Finebaum […]
Backers of the (Arizona) Corp Comm Green New Deal Think That Legislators Are Too Stupid to Handle Energy Policy
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Supporters of the Arizona Corporation Commission’s plan to impose the Green New Deal and ban all fossil fuels are up in arms this week. The reason? The legislature has decided to exert their constitutional authority and make it clear that they are in charge of setting energy policy for the […]
Christian McCaffrey’s path to NFL MVP isn’t impossible, but it’s close
Christian McCaffrey recorded the two best seasons by a running back in the last five years. Third Player Who is the first player in NFL history to have 1,000 combined receiving and rushing yards in a season? Carolina Panthers 2019. And last season, San Francisco 49ersHe ran for a league-best and career-best 1,459 yards and […]
Video Shows Aftermath Of Lightning Strike That Briefly Paralyzed Teen Doing Yard Work
FOX35 reports that a Ring doorbell camera captured the moment lightning struck a Florida teenager while he was working in his yard on Monday evening. Daniel Sharkey, a 17-year-old who owns a lawn-mowing company, was reportedly mowing a neighbor’s yard as the storm approached and suddenly a nearby tree was struck by lightning. Fox 35. […]
Democrats who made offensive posts after Trump assassination attempt
The shooting of former President Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday united the country in condemning political violence, but a few crazed Democratic Party officials and fundraisers weren’t getting the news. This disrespectful minority openly hoped on social media that a sniper’s bullet would kill the former president. But in a sign of […]