Tag: World news

TGI Fridays files for bankruptcy protection as sit-down restaurant struggles continue

DALLAS -- Restaurant chain TGI Fridays filed for bankruptcy protection Saturday, saying it is looking for ways to “ensure the long-term viability” of...

Nvidia replaces Intel on the Dow index in AI-driven shift for semiconductor industry

Nvidia is replacing Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending a 25-year-run for a pioneering semiconductor company that has fallen behind as...

Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions

TOKYO -- Japan is planning to build an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka, dubbed a “conveyor belt road” by the...

As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground

ABBOTS LANGLEY, England -- Originally built to store crops from peasant farmers, the Tithe Barn on the edge of the English village of...

Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation

AGUA CLARA, Brazil -- A historic agreement that's helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly two decades suffered a major blow after...

A Palestinian-Israeli collective made one of 2024's most lauded docs. Will it be released in the US?

NEW YORK -- Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making a movie that depicts daily life in...