NEW YORK CITY — Jim Walden, a lawyer and former prosecutor, has announced his plans to run for New York City Mayor next November. He will be the sixth candidate looking to unseat Mayor Eric Adams, according to multiple media reports. Walden told the New York Times he would focus on “cleaning up city government”, […]
Oct 24, 2024, 06:36 PM ET BASEL, Switzerland — Felix Auger-Aliassime‘s bid for a third consecutive Swiss Indoors title ended Thursday when he lost to Mpetshi Perricard fired 22 aces past Auger-Aliassime and will face anotherbig-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-1, 7-6 (6). Canadian, Denis Shapovalov, in the quarterfinals. Ben Shelton reached the quarterfinals when he […]
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — The Boston crowd chanted “One more 3!” The Celtics did their best, firing up 13 shots from 3-point range in an attempt to break the NBA record for 3s in a game — and missing them all. In the end, all the defending champions could do in their […]
With two weeks left until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris has made visiting churches an integral stop along the campaign trail, urging voters to cast early ballots as part of her “souls to the polls” campaign. Her latest stop was this past Sunday in the battleground state of Georgia, where voting is currently underway. […]
A Hong Kong court has rejected a man’s attempt to appeal his conviction and six-year prison term for attempting to seize a police officer’s gun during a protest in 2019. The High Court. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Woo Tsz-kin’s leave to appeal application was turned down by three judges from the Court of Appeal on […]
The British luxury handbag retailer Mulberry has rejected an increased £111m bid from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, describing it as untenable. Frasers, which already owns 37% of the company, increased its offer to 150p a share on 11 October from 130p, which had valued Mulberry at £83m. However, the retailer’s biggest shareholder, Challice, a group […]
Tate & Lyle could become the next UK company to fall to an overseas takeover offer, following reports that US private equity firm Advent International is preparing a bid for the group. Shares in Tate & Lyle, which makes ingredients such as artificial sweeteners, jumped as much as 13% on Wednesday after the Financial Times […]
Article content MONTREAL — Bilingual Quebec municipalities have lost their bid to have several parts of the government’s French-language reform suspended while their case makes its way through the courts. The communities asked the Quebec Superior Court last month to suspend the application of parts of Bill 96 — as the language reform is known […]
The owner of the Mulberry fashion brand has rejected an increased £111m bid from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group to buy the British luxury handbag maker, saying it has “no interest” in selling its shares. Challice, a group controlled by Singaporean entrepreneur Christina Ong and her husband, Ong Beng Seng, which owns 56% of Mulberry – […]