Photo of ill-fated Bayesian superyacht minutes before it sunk and killed seven ‘shows door on doomed vessel was closed’

A photo of the ill-fated Bayesian superyacht which was taken minutes before it sank appears to show that a door on the vessel was closed, after claims it had been…

Australia’s biggest home builder Metricon to be sold to Japanese construction giant for $115million

More than half the company is being sold  Three major builders now foreign-owned  READ MORE: Melbourne building company Argyle Building Services collapses owing almost $1.5million to more than 50 creditors…

Source: Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

DETROIT — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time…

Biden’s student loan cancellation is put on hold again after day of legal whiplash

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move…

The US could see shortages and higher retail prices if a dockworkers strike drags on

NEW YORK — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down this week when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977. The…

Toilet paper makers say US port strike isn’t causing shortages

There is no squeeze on Charmin. Toilet paper makers say that U.S. consumers don’t need to fear shortages due to the three-day strike this week at U.S. ports. The American…

Libya to resume oil production at two of its major fields

Libya’s National Oil Corporation has announced that crude oil production will resume at two of its major fields, where operations stopped in August amid tensions between the country’s dueling authorities…

Australia’s online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users safer

MELBOURNE, Australia — A code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users after research found that three-in-four people suffer some form of…

Speaker Johnson lays out agenda for Republicans as they fight to hold House majority

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson laid out on Tuesday a policy agenda should Republicans take the majority next year that extends the tax cuts approved when Donald Trump was president,…

Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports

PHILADELPHIA — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas may wield the upper hand in…