Month: June 2022

Bodies of 20 Migrants Found in Libyan Desert 2 Weeks After Last Contact

TRIPOLI, Libya—The bodies of 20 migrants who got lost in the Libyan desert near Chad have been found, the ambulance service said on Wednesday, showing pictures of them lying around a black pickup truck on the sand. The bodies were discovered by a truck driver travelling through the desert and were recovered on Tuesday about…


New Disney Show Accused of Indoctrinating Kids to Think That Men, Too, Can Get a Period

The Walt Disney Company, which recently sparked controversy for inserting radical sex and gender ideology into its children’s programs, has come under scrutiny again after a clip from the new series “Baymax!” showed the namesake nurse robot taking advice on menstrual products from a transgender person. The video was obtained and shared by conservative author…


Ukrainians Search for 20 Missing After Russia Strikes Mall

KREMENCHUK, Ukraine—Russian forces battled Wednesday to surround the Ukrainian military’s last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province as shock reverberated from a Russian airstrike on a shopping mall that killed at least 18 people in the center of the country a day earlier. Moscow’s battle to wrest the entire Donbas region from Ukraine saw Russia…


Australian Health Ministers Meeting to Tackle Widespread Hospital Bed Block

Federal, state, and territory health ministers will meet on Friday to discuss options to tackle the nationwide issue of bed block, which occurs when patients in emergency departments (EDs) cannot be moved to hospital beds because they are occupied. The ministers will travel to Canberra to address the problem by looking at ways patients who…


4 Arrested, 2 Charged Over Deadly Smuggling Operation That Left 53 Dead in Texas

Four people have now been arrested in connection with the people-smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of 53 people in the back of a sweltering semi-trailer near America’s southern border, according to the Department of Justice. Homero Zamorano, 45, was charged on Wednesday with one count of alleged alien smuggling resulting in death, and Christian Martinez,…


4 Arrested Over Deadly Smuggling Operation That Left 53 Dead in Texas

Four people have now been arrested in connection with the people smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of 53 people in the back of a sweltering semi trailer near America’s southern border, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Homero Zamorano, 45, was charged on Wednesday with one count of alleged alien smuggling resulting in…


Japanese Semiconductor Firm Bonds With India’s Tata Motors For Advanced Chip Solutions

Renesas Electronics Corp, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, collaborated with Tata Motors Ltd and Tejas Networks Ltd., both Tata Group companies. The partnership builds on their longstanding relationship as technology and business partners. Renesas, with deep expertise in semiconductor technology, will partner with TML to accelerate the development of electric and connected vehicles. Renesas and TML…


South Korea’s LGES Reviews $1.3 Billion Arizona Battery Investment as US Inflation Bites

SEOUL—South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), a major supplier to U.S. carmakers including Tesla, is reassessing a $1.3 billion investment plan for an Arizona factory citing “unprecedented” economic conditions. News that South Korea’s biggest battery maker is reviewing the plan, unveiled only three months ago, knocked LGES shares down 4.6 percent on…


H&M Profit Jumps as Shoppers Hit Stores After Pandemic

STOCKHOLM—H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, reported a forecast-beating 33 percent increase in March-May profit on Wednesday as shoppers flocked to its stores in the aftermath of the pandemic. The Swedish company reported a pretax profit of 4.78 billion crowns ($471 million) for its fiscal second quarter, up from 3.59 billion a year earlier. Analysts…


Abraham Lincoln Bust, Gettysburg Address Plaque Removed From Cornell University Library ‘After Complaint’

A bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a plaque of the Gettysburg Address have been removed from a Cornell University Library following a complaint, according to reports. Randy Wayne, a professor of biology at Cornell, said the library had removed the display, after “someone complained,” according to the higher education news website, College Fix.  The bust of Lincoln…