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(Reuters) -Southwest Airlines said on Monday its pilots approved a new labor agreement, which will offer about a 50% pay raise over a five-year period.

northern lights or aurora borealis being noticeable in certain US states. It was observed by the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center on Saturday that a corneal mass emission or a discharge of solar material elevating off of the sun. It is predicted to be causing up to average geomagnetic storming.

The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed new sanctions on facilitators and networks involved in crypto transactions linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

An independent bankruptcy examiner must complete an investigation into the collapse of FTX, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

Alba Wheels Up International founder Salvatore Stile breaks down the impact that Houthi rebel attacks have had on international and domestic business.

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The S&P 500 (SPX) hit a new record high last week after finally clearing 4,818.62 – the level set in the first week of 2022. The index gained 1.2% last week and is now likely to continue pushing toward the psychologically-important 5,000 level.

A new study published this week in Science makes a compelling case that people with long covid have a chronic imbalance in their immune response. The findings don’t explain why that immune response is out of whack, and needs confirming in larger studies. This is important new piece to the vexing puzzle that is long covid.

Emerging-market authorities must take action to protect their economies against spillovers from “populist and extreme" macroeconomic policies in the industrialized world, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan said in an interview about his new book. This means building buffers like foreign-exchange reserves. Edited excerpts: Monetary policy is a blunt tool, as many have recognized.

No, it’s not the NHL’s Stanley Cup trophy we’re talking about. This story has to do with a recent water bottle craze that has swept the internet.

Digital asset funds have recorded a minor $21 million in outflows while trading volumes surged past $11 billion as crypto prices plummeted in the past seven days.

B.Riley, an investment firm that has backed numerous Bitcoin mining projects, is allegedly involved in a probe brought forth by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a new report from Bloomberg.

In an insightful interview with Cryptonews, Dan Hoover, the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at investment firm Castle Funds, discussed several Bitcoin ETF-related topics.

New Orleans and Texas have been alerted for multiday flash flood threat this week. Metropolitan areas like Houston and New Orleans are anticipated to experience significant rainfall this week, with multiple waves of moisture expected to affect the Interstate 10 corridor. The weather forecast suggests the possibility of embedded thunderstorms, featuring abundant lightning and gusty winds, adding an element of variability to the atmospheric conditions in these regions.

Terraform Labs has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States following the collapse of the TerraUSD and Luna crypto assets.

Gaza, at meetings with the top diplomats from the two sides and key Arab states in Brussels. The surprise Hamas attack on October 7 on Israel and the subsequent devastating military response from Israel has plunged the Middle East into fresh turmoil and sparked fears of a broader conflict.

Brent crude experienced a 90-cent increase, reaching $79.46 per barrel by 1450 GMT. Simultaneously, the front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude futures contract for February delivery saw a $1.10 rise, reaching $74.42 per barrel in subdued trading conditions as the contract approached its Monday expiration. The March WTI contract, which was more actively traded, rose by 91 cents to reach $74.16.

Nikki Haley and Donald Trump, the Associated Press reported. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped his bid just two days before New Hampshire's primary.

74th Berlin International Film Festival revealed its complete lineup at the official press conference in the House of the World Cultures in Berlin. Mariëtte Rissenbeek, Berlinale managing director, and Carlo Chatrian, the artistic director have presented the movies competing for the Golden and Silver Bears this year, both in the encounters and competition segments.

BENGALURU : Three months after Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd’s largest investor, American money manager Invesco, first blew the bugle of shareholder activism in September 2021 and demanded a reconstitution of the company’s board, media mogul Subhash Chandra signed a merger agreement with Japanese giant Sony Corp. On 22 December, 2021, Zee and Sony proposed to create a $10-billion media behemoth in which Sony would own 50.88% and the Chandra family 3.99%, with the remaining shares held by public investors. The news of the announcement in the media in the run-up to the formal announcement had pushed up the share price: Zee shares were up 90% from 11 September, when Invesco’s letter to the Zee board was shared with the stock exchanges.

gigantic shark, Megalodon, which lived roughly 15-3.6 million years ago, was a more slender organism than previously thought, according to a study. The Megalodon, or megatooth shark, is typically portrayed as a super-sized, monstrous shark in novels and sci-fi films, including «The Meg», the researchers said. Previous studies suggest the shark likely reached lengths of at least 15 to 20 meters.