Monthly Archives: August 2022

Florida mail carrier died after being attacked by 5 dogs when her truck broke down, sheriff says

Florida mail carrier Pamela Jane Rock died in hospital Monday, Joe Wells, chief deputy of Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, said. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images A mail carrier died after five dogs attacked her when her truck broke down, a Florida sheriff said. All the five dogs believed to have been involved in the attack…

Train passenger among dozens stranded in 32-mile undersea tunnel for 5 hours describes ‘terrifying’ journey ‘into the abyss’ that was ‘like a disaster movie’

A Eurotunnel worker patrols the tunnel. PHILIPPE HUGUEN / Staff / Getty Passengers were stranded for five hours in an undersea tunnel when a Eurotunnel train broke down. One passenger described being stranded in the 32-mile tunnel as “terrifying.”  Passengers had to walk through a service tunnel to be evacuated, per the Press Association.  A…

Jared Kushner emphatically denies being Mar-a-Lago informant after speculation that he may have tipped off the FBI

Jared Kushner is interviewed at Fox News Channel Studios on August 23, 2022 in New York City. John Lamparski/Getty Images Jared Kushner addressed rampant speculation that he tipped off the FBI for the Mar-a-Lago raid.  He scoffed at the possibility, which was raised by figures like Mary Trump and Michael Cohen.  Kushner spoke about the…

Norway has overtaken Russia as Europe’s biggest supplier of natural gas – and vowed to keep output high as the energy crisis worsens: report

Norway has overtaken Russia as Europe’s largest natural gas supplier. REUTERS/Haakon Mosvold Larsen/Scanpix Norway now supplies Europe with more natural gas than Russia does after Moscow cut flows, per Reuters. Its gas production is set to rise 8% this year, on track for a record, as Europe shuns Russian imports. “I expect that we can…

Older Ukrainian fighter pilots volunteered to fight Russia despite knowing it might kill them, saying they wanted to protect younger colleagues: report

Ukrainian servicemen take cover in a shelter at fighting positions at the Vasylkiv military air base in Kyiv region in February 2022, shortly after Russia’s invasion. REUTERS/Maksim Levin When Russia first attacked Ukraine, older pilots volunteered to fly to protect younger ones, per the Post. One pilot said there was an understanding that if a…

An army of Tesla fans in South Korea holds a collective stake of more than $15 billion in Elon Musk’s company, putting them among its top shareholders, report says

Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Ray Tamarra/Getty Images South Korean retail investors together own more than $15 billion in Tesla stock, Bloomberg reported. It’s a bigger stake than that held by billionaire investor Larry Ellison, per Bloomberg.  One South Korean family told Bloomberg they ploughed their entire $230,000 savings into Tesla. Retail investors in South Korea…

JPMorgan expects a European recession by 2023 as the energy crisis worsens. An economist explains how the continent could skirt a downturn.

Happy hump day, readers. Phil Rosen here, your faithful host reporting from New York.  Today’s rundown is as packed as it is pressing. Europe is facing serious economic headwinds as a recession looks all but inevitable and energy restraints continue to mount.  A Wall Street firm published a bleak forecast for the continent yesterday, and…