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Mount Fuji still without snow in late October - longest wait in 130 years

Japan's highest mountain typically gets snow by early October, but there has been unusually warm weather this year.

Mount Fuji snowless for longest time on record after sweltering Japan summer

As of 29 October, the iconic mountain was still without snow, marking the longest period since records began 130 years ago. Japan’s Mount Fuji remained snowless on Tuesday, marking the latest date ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Royal Mail couriers vote to strike as labour tensions mount

The union’s vote at the group’s eCourier unit casts a shadow over Daniel Křetínský’s £5.3bn takeover deal

World - Financial Times - October 30

Japan’s Mount Fuji Gets Snow After Breaking Snowless Record

Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest snowless period in 130 years.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 6

Banks face growing risk as double defaults on commercial loans mount

A bank practice known as ‘extend and pretend’ has delayed a write-off reckoning but may hide a growing systemic risk

World - Financial Times - November 7

Snow finally falls on Mount Fuji, later than ever before

Mount Fuji has finally gotten its iconic snowcap, meteorologists in Japan said, more than a month later than it did last year and the latest in 130 years.

Watch: Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spews giant column of ash

New volcanic eruptions have spread fresh panic among residents on the island of Flores.

Germany appoints new finance minister as pressure for quick snap elections mounts

Jörg Kukies was appointed as the new German finance minister on Thursday, replacing Christian Lindner.

Business - CNBC - November 7

Snow finally settles on Mount Fuji, weeks after it usually appears

Japan's Mount Fuji finally got its trademark snowcap more than a month after it normally would, after setting a record for the most-delayed snowfall in 130 years.

Vistry shares plunge as cost overruns hit profits

UK housebuilder blames ‘insufficient management capability’ and ‘poor divisional culture’ for underestimating costs

Business - Financial Times - November 8

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki unleashes towering columns of hot clouds

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano is spewing towering columns of hot ash high into the air following the huge eruption that killed nine people and injured dozens of others

World - ABC News - November 8

Haiti appoints new prime minister as security crisis mounts

Entrepreneur Alix Didier Fils-Aimé replaces Garry Conille as country rocked by worsening gang violence. Haiti’s transitional presidential council has appointed the entrepreneur and former senate ...

World - The Guardian - November 11

France mounts security operation for Israel match after Amsterdam violence

World - Yahoo News - 6 days ago

Whistles and boos at France-Israel football match

Some fans attending the game in Paris jeer the Israeli anthem played at the start of the game.

Fears mount over Trump’s second term amid flurry of shock selections

Dismay as president-elect picks Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth for key roles. Fears that Donald Trump’s second presidency will be more extreme than his first have ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy amid mounting financial losses

Biggest US budget airline says it expects to operate as normal as it works its way through Chapter 11 process. Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy following mounting debt and a failed merger

Spirit Airlines said Monday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling with losses, growing debt and a failed merger during the post-pandemic travel lull.

Magicians Mount Search for Woman Behind Decades-Old Deception

A British society of magicians expelled a woman for tricking her way into the club in 1991. Now it wants to invite her back, but the woman seems to have pulled a disappearing act.

World - The New York Times - 15 hours ago

Bitcoin rises to a new record as investors absorb growing Ukraine-Russia tensions

Bitcoin moved higher Tuesday amid rising geopolitical tensions between Ukraine and Russia.

Business - CNBC - 8 hours ago

Trump Says He Has Seen No Evidence of Cheating in the Election, but Nonetheless Sows Doubts

The former president, asked at a news conference in storm-damaged North Carolina if he had seen anything to suggest the election would be unfair, said, “I have not seen that.”

Top stories - The New York Times - October 21

GloRilla conquers self-doubt on her path to becoming one of hip-hop's most promising voices

GloRilla’s confidence was once lost, but she found a way to reclaim it

Entertainment - ABC News - October 22

Emma Raducanu a major injury doubt for Billie Jean King Cup after latest withdrawal

Emma Raducanu is an injury doubt for next month’s Billie Jean King Cup after she pulled out of the upcoming Hong Kong Open.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 22

Missouri leading rusher Nate Noel doubtful for game against Alabama with foot injury

Noel injured his foot on the first drive of the Tigers' win over Auburn last week

Sports - CBS Sports - October 23

Daniel Jones' future in doubt after quarterback fails to lift Giants once again

On Monday night, against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Giants trotted out Daniel Jones as their quarterback and, once again, he lost them the game.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 29

NFL Week 9 Power Rankings: Stop doubting the undefeated Chiefs; Steelers, Eagles figuring it out offensively

Pete Prisco shares his Power Rankings heading into Week 9 of the 2024 season

Sports - CBS Sports - October 29

Comcast considers spinning off cable channels like MSNBC. But analysts have doubts

Comcast is considering spinning off its cable network business, which includes USA Network, Syfy and Bravo, as the media giant grabbles with the changes in the linear television industry.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 31

Talen, Constellation and Vistra tumble after government rejects Amazon nuclear data center agreement

Talen Energy in March sold the data center campus to Amazon for $650 million, which would be powered by the nuclear plant in a first-of-its-kind deal.

Business - CNBC - November 4

Elon Musk's election-doubting posts shared 9 times more than his less extreme election content

An NBC News analysis of Elon Musk's tweets about the election found that he increasingly shared conspiratorial posts in recent months.

Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems says there’s ‘substantial doubt’ about its ability to keep operating

Aircraft-parts supplier Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. on Tuesday said that there was “substantial doubt” about its ability to keep running as a “going concern,” as losses, debt, and difficulties ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 6

Election deniers use Trump victory to sow more doubt over 2020 result

Close races in states where counting is still under way called in to question as claims of fraud in presidential vote quieten. US presidential election results 2024: live map and tracker ...

World - The Guardian - November 8

Saints WR Chris Olave to be placed on IR with concussion, status for rest of 2024 season in doubt, per report

Olave has suffered two concussions this season

Sports - CBS Sports - November 9

Toobin warns GOP against probing Jack Smith: 'Doubt it would go so well for President Trump'

Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said that if special counsel Jack Smith were to talk publicly about President-elect Trump's federal court cases, he "doubt[s] it would go so well for President Trump." ...

Politics - The Hill - November 9

23andMe’s stock falls after company says there’s substantial doubt it can stay in business

Shares of 23andMe fell 4% Tuesday after the DNA-testing company reported its latest quarterly loss and included “going concern” language in its financial statements, shedding gains made late Monday ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 12

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