Walmart raises sales outlook, boosted by e-commerce and higher-income shoppers
Shoppers are still flocking to Walmart. The company raised its full-year earnings and sales outlook Thursday, heading into the crucial holiday shopping season.
Maine sues 5 school districts for refusing to comply with trans-inclusive policies
After months of defections by renegade school boards from affirmative state policies for transgender students in Maine, the Maine Human Rights Commission is suing five
Hundreds Of Companies Call For U.S. To Slash Carbon Emissions
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during an event in 2018. Apple is one of 310 companies calling on the Biden administration
Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season
They’re cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship—but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children’s and consumer advocacy groups urging
Breaking the cycle of vulnerability: Modifiable elements to build community resilience and improve health
A novel study empirically linking a standardized measure of community resilience in more than 3,100 U.S. counties to cognitive, mental, and physical health outcomes shows
Trump has approved the release of the Epstein files – what happens now?
Tens of thousands of files relating to the late paedophile and financier Jeffrey Epstein are due to be made public within the next month.
Russia escalating “hybrid war” on Europe
Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko says Moscow is intensifying what he describes as a hybrid war against Europe.
Huge fire seen after ‘explosion’ at Venezuela oil plant
A fire erupted on Wednesday at an oil plant in Venezuela’s main oil producing region.
Demolitions in Gaza despite ceasefire
Al Jazeera’s digital investigation team, Sanad, takes us through Israeli destruction in Gaza despite a ceasefire.
Trump to meet NYC mayor-elect Mamdani at White House on Friday
U.S. President Tweety McTreason said he will meet New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday in what would be the first meeting of the Republican
She lost 5 children during the war in Gaza — now she’s raising 36 grandkids in a tent
Reda Aliwa, 60, is caring for her 36 grandchildren in Gaza City after five of her own children were killed this September. Statistics suggest there
The private notes and secret documents that tell the inside story of the UK’s Covid response
The Covid inquiry is set to publish its second set of findings looking in detail at the huge political decisions that had to be made
Boris Johnson left Inquiry in a hurry – he’ll be pleased not to come back
School closures seemed the only option but lockdowns probably went “too far” , former PM tells Covid Inquiry.
‘Bacteria pill’ could replace colonoscopy for gut diseases, makers say
Chinese scientists may have developed a possible alternative to colonoscopies for detecting gastrointestinal diseases with a magnetic “bacteria pill.”