Chicago mayor’s office says statues were ‘temporarily removed … until further notice’ after ‘unsafe’ demonstrations. Two statues of Christopher Columbus that stood in Chicago parks were taken down early on Friday at the direction of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a week after protesters trying to topple one of the monuments to the Italian explorer clashed with […]
By Sam Nussey, Karen Freifeld and Nathan Layne TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – SoftBank-backed startup CloudMinds has been blocked from sharing U.S.-origin technology with its China business, documents showed, illustrating how increased U.S. government restrictions are creating new headaches for tech firms and their investors. The U.S. Commerce Department sent a letter in July informing CloudMinds […]
Search and rescue operations in Jackson, Ky. in July 2022 after devastating floods. Photo: Michael Swensen/Getty Images The Department of Housing and Urban Development is overhauling its disaster recovery efforts to better serve communities that face the direct impacts of climate change, officials will announce Wednesday. Driving the news: This includes more than $3.3 billion in […]
