Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN)A miles-long convoy of Russian military vehicles is bearing down on the Ukrainian capital, new satellite imagery shows, as Moscow continues to ramp up its assault on Kyiv despite talks on Monday with Ukrainian representatives near the border with Belarus. Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has entered into its fifth day, with its troops facing determined resistance across […]

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has launched a proxy fight for two seats on the Board of McDonald’s Corp. aiming to challenge the treatment of pigs by the fast-food chain’s suppliers. Icahn, who holds 200 shares of McDonald’s stock, recently slammed McDonald’s for failing to end the use of gestation crates for pregnant pigs in its supply chain, saying the practice […]

Asian stocks cut early losses to end mixed on Monday after U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in principle to a summit over Ukraine. A decision on the summit will be taken after a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two nations next week, if an invasion hasn’t occurred. Chinese shares ended marginally lower amid […]

Heroes can be divided into two major categories: those that are fictional and those that are real people. The list of fictional heroes goes back as far as recorded history, with some of the most prominent characters still known today. Achilles is one, and Ulysses, the primary character of the Odyssey, is another. Even mythological heroes this ancient appear in […]

YouTube has officially cut off all ad revenue for RT and several other Russian state-owned media channels following the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military. YouTube said in a statement it’s “pausing a number of channels’ ability to monetize on YouTube, including several Russian channels affiliated with recent sanctions.” This move comes after a similar move by Meta, which […]

Among the most important aims of the Biden administration’s legislative agenda is to fix – which usually means to update and replace – vast portions of the nation’s infrastructure. This includes a wide array of projects, such as highways, broadband systems — and bridges. Bridges are at different states of disrepair nationwide, and the state with the most dangerous bridges […]

Asian stock markets are trading mostly lower on Monday, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street on Friday, amid lingering geopolitical concerns as the Ukrainian government and Russian state-controlled media continued to exchanged accusations of cease-fire violations in the eastern part of the country. Asian markets closed mostly lower on Friday. News that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and […]

After showing a lack of direction early in the session, stocks have moved mostly lower over the course of the trading day on Friday. The major averages have all slid firmly into negative territory, extending the steep drop seen in the previous session. The major averages have seen further downside in recent trading, hitting new lows for the session. The […]