The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to let a Rastafarian man sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs in a case brought under a federal law protecting incarcerated people from religious discrimination.
As a heatwave pushes temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across Europe, companies are trying to protect workers, to keep operations running and capitalise on soaring demand for anything that might offer relief.
Oil tanker operators are reaping record profits after nearly doubling the hire cost of vessels going through the Strait of Hormuz and wider Gulf region this week on rising demand as traffic through the waterway slowly picks up, according to shipping data and sources.
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The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 fell to over one-week lows, dragged down by sharp losses in semiconductor stocks as investors braced for a more hawkish Federal Reserve and scrutinized growing debt-funded AI spending.
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Technology heavyweights and chip stocks tumbled, while Elon Musk’s SpaceX dropped below $2 trillion in market cap for the first time since its U.S. debut.
Russia is considering importing fuel and subsidising it to cap prices as ways to mitigate supply disruptions of gasoline and diesel caused by Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries, the Vedomosti daily reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed sources.
Globally, just under half a million deaths a year are estimated to be due to excess heat.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to remake the Democratic Party into a democratic socialist powerhouse faces a primary election test. But win or lose, it is unlikely to provide an effective blueprint for Democrats taking control of the U.S. Congress in November.