Fearing Losses, Banks Are Quietly Dumping Real Estate Loans (www.nytimes.com)
If landlords can’t pay back loans on office buildings, the lenders will suffer. Some banks are trying to avoid that fate....
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If landlords can’t pay back loans on office buildings, the lenders will suffer. Some banks are trying to avoid that fate....
The Hague-based court accused Russia’s most senior military officer, Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, and a senior member of the country’s security council, Sergei K. Shoigu, of directing a campaign of strikes against Ukraine’s power plants in the winter of 2022....
One such encounter went like this:...
Despite record levels of renewables now in use, carbon emissions and fossil fuel consumption are also at record levels and look set to continue to grow. Despite the shiny corporate veneer, this was read like a kick in the teeth for me. This is an important document which more people should be aware of.
Study identifies 16,825 sites around the world where prioritising conservation would prevent extinction of thousands of unique species...
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Denise Finger, wife of the deceased, wrote to the Linux Wireless list on Friday evening:...
In spring, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg invited more than a dozen professors and academics to a series of dinners at his home to discuss how Facebook could better keep its platforms safe from election disinformation, violent content, child sexual abuse material, and hate speech. Alongside these secret meetings, Facebook was regularly...
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Floods could leave coastal communities in states like Florida and California unlivable in two decades...
Gun violence has created a large-scale cycle of trauma and fear that’s damaging Americans’ mental health, making children fearful of going to school and adults of going to public places, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in announcing a public health crisis Tuesday....
Israeli judges have long ruled that Israel’s control of the territory is a temporary military occupation and complies with international law. A powerful minister’s recent speech, caught on tape, suggested the government is trying to change that....
Lander offers less potential excitement than Myrie, a Brooklyn state senator who is just 37 and could make history as the city’s first Afro-Latino mayor. He might be less of a political brawler than Stringer, who has survived several tough primaries and can pull plenty of votes from his old West Side base. Ranked-choice voting...
Some of the possible changes on the table are increasing pay for the mayor and council members, moving City Council elections to a ranked-choice voting system and extending the terms of district council members.
Women have more rights now in UAE than US?