UN agency predicts that 1.5-degree Celsius target limit likely to be surpassed by 2028
The U.N. weather agency is predicting an 80% chance that average global temperatures will surpass the 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) target laid out in the landmark Paris climate accord within the next five years.
India's Modi is known for charging hard. After lackluster election, he may have to adapt his style
Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions that heโs found easy to execute thanks to the brute majority he enjoyed in Indiaโs lower house of parliament.
Online marketplace eBay to drop American Express, citing fees, and says customers have other options
Online marketplace behemoth eBay said it plans to no longer accept American Express, citing what the company says are โunacceptably high feesโ and that customers have other payment options to shop online.
Now that the fight with DeSantis appointees has ended, Disney set to invest $17B in Florida parks
Months after Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantisโ appointees agreed to end a protracted legal fight with each other, the two sides are set to approve an agreement that could result in the company investing $17 billion into its Florida resort, It will also open the door for a fifth major theme park.
Former prosecutor settles lawsuit against Netflix over Central Park Five series
Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein and Netflix have announced theyโve settled the defamation lawsuit she filed four years ago over her portrayal in the streaming serviceโs miniseries about the five Black and Latino teenagers known as the now-exonerated Central Park Five.
Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks
A group of OpenAIโs current and former workers are calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence companies to protect whistleblowing employees who flag safety risks about AI technology.
The UN says global public debt hit a record $97 trillion in 2023. Developing countries are hard hit
The United Nations is reporting that global public debt rose to a record $97 trillion last year, with developing countries owing roughly one-third of that โ crimping their ability to pay for basic government services like health care, education and climate action.
In cities across the US, Black and Latino neighborhoods have less access to pharmacies
An Associated Press analysis of licensing data from 44 states, data from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs and the American Community Survey shows residents of neighborhoods that are majority Black and Latino have fewer pharmacies per capita than people who live in mostly white neighborhoods.
A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules
A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended a venture capital firmโs grant program for Black women business owners on Monday, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is the discriminatory.
GameStop leaps in premarket as Roaring Kitty may hold large position
Shares of GameStop are soaring before the market open on Monday following speculation that the man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze owns a large number of shares of the video game retailer that may be worth millions.
CEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they oversee
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at a time when inflation was putting considerable pressure on Americansโ budgets.
From decay to dazzling. Ford restores grandeur to former eyesore Detroit train station
The once-blighted monolithic Michigan Central train station โ for decades a symbol of Detroitโs decline โ has new life following a massive six-year, multimillion-dollar renovation to create a hub for mobility projects in the rebirth of the Motor City.
Popular geothermal spa in Iceland reopens to tourists after nearby volcano stabilizes
The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Icelandโs biggest tourist attractions in the countryโs southwest, has reopened after authorities said a nearby volcano had stabilized after erupting four days earlier.