[ad_1] Tesla shares jumped as much as 18% on Monday after CEO Elon Musk met with a top Chinese government leader on Sunday in Beijing and reportedly received backing to roll out its advanced driver-assistance in the country. Shares of Tesla jumped $25.66, or 15%, to $193.95 in afternoon trading after touching an intraday high…
[ad_1] Record heat, hurricanes, wildfires all have been making news in recent years. And while not everyone agrees events like these are the direct result of climate change, they do connect to peoples’ opinions about it: a big majority of Americans feel the U.S. needs to address climate change, with those who report experiencing extreme…
[ad_1] The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon. The decision by House Republicans to include TikTok as part of a larger foreign aid package,…
[ad_1] The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against two entities that have been accused of fundraising for extremist Israeli-occupied West Bank settlers connected to violence against Palestinians, as well as the founder of a group whose members regularly attack Palestinians. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said in a statement that Mount Hebron Fund and…
[ad_1] The Biden administration is pushing China to change an industrial policy that poses a threat to U.S. jobs, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday after ending four days of talks with Chinese officials. She also said she and Chinese officials had “difficult conversations” about national security, including American concerns that Chinese companies are supporting…
[ad_1] Two Florida brothers pleaded guilty Wednesday to insider trading charges, admitting making over $22 million illegally before the public announcement in 2021 that an acquisition firm was taking former President Donald Trump’s media company public. Michael and Gerald Shvartsman entered their pleas to a single count of securities fraud in Manhattan federal court, where…
[ad_1] IRS has $1B in unclaimed tax refunds IRS has $1B in unclaimed tax refunds 00:25 South Carolina has collected about $1.8 billion in a bank account over the past decade — and doesn’t know where the money came from or where it was supposed to go. “It’s like going into your bank and the…
[ad_1] Kids caught in the middle of political battle between N.Y., Texas over asylum seeker crisis Kids caught in the middle of political battle between N.Y., Texas over asylum seeker crisis 02:23 Once a week in a midtown Manhattan hotel, dozens of Girl Scouts gather in a spare room made homey by string lights and…
[ad_1] Despite the breakthroughs, other battles have been more challenging. Civilians have often found themselves caught up in the fighting, including in Pasaung Township, where anticoup forces say attempts to free about 1,000 villagers have encountered a fierce response from the military. “You couldn’t get all the people out of there, the Burma army was…
[ad_1] The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials said were the most ambitious ever to reduce carbon emissions from passenger vehicles. The new rules relax the initial tailpipe limits that were proposed last year, but they’ll eventually approach the same strict standards laid out by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rules…
