Walmart shifts global plan to fight Amazon
US retailer looks to invest in other companies, rather than operate stores overseas
US retailer looks to invest in other companies, rather than operate stores overseas
An African woman and her children were kicked off a United Airlines flight after a fellow passenger complained that she had a « pungent » odour, according to a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the company. The incident involving the passenger, a white male, happened two years ago, when Queen Obioma, a Nigerian citizen, and her two…
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LONDON (AP) — Tessa Jowell, the former U.K. culture secretary who played a key role in securing the 2012 London Olympics and used her own cancer diagnosis to campaign for better treatment, has died. She was 70. Jowell died peacefully at the family home in Warwickshire on Saturday evening, her family said in a statement…
Kathmandu, Nepal – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned home on Saturday after a whirlwind tour of Nepal, which critics said was largely aimed at shoring up support of Hindu voters at home. Analysts say there was little to show by way of concrete achievements for the host country. Modi, who began his two-day trip…
Turkish universities will no longer admit new students to French language departments, Turkey’s Higher Education Board has ruled, in the latest strain in ties between Turkey and France. The decision came in response to French dignitaries who had called for the removal of certain passages from the Quran, and as a reciprocal measure over the…
Enlarge / Tesla CEO Elon Musk in 2014. Tesla executive Matthew Schwall has left the company for rival Waymo, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. According to his LinkedIn page, Schwall has been at Tesla since 2014 and serves as « Tesla’s primary technical contact with safety regulatory agencies such as NHTSA and the NTSB. »…
Updated May 13, 2018 20:29:15 The man behind a deadly knife attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya and had been on police radar for radicalism, French authorities say. The attacker was shot dead by police after stabbing a 29-year-old man to death and injuring four others in a lively neighbourhood near the Opera…
Of all the places I have wanted to visit, Palestine has always been at the top of the list. So when I got an opportunity to go there on reporting assignment, I was beyond excited. But that initial enthusiasm soon gave way to doubt and worry. I had heard horror stories about Israeli security checks…
Multiple blasts in the eastern city of Jalalabad have killed at least six people and wounded more than 20 others, health officials said. At least three explosions were heard at the Custom’s Finance Department on Sunday in what appeared to be a coordinated attack, Attahullah Khogyani, a spokesperson for the Nangarhar provincial governor told Reuters…
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