Day: November 8, 2023

AMLO says he’ll force Mexican freight rail companies to offer passenger service

8:08 pm November 8, 2023

Mexico’s president announced Wednesday that he will require private rail companies that mostly carry freight to offer passenger service or else have the government schedule its own trains on their tracks. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador denied any notion that his decree to be issued later this month amounted to expropriation of private property. He […]

Erdogan-backed law carrying jail time for ‘disinformation’ upheld by Turkish high court

8:05 pm November 8, 2023

Turkey’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a controversial media law that mandates prison terms for people deemed to be spreading “disinformation,” rejecting the main opposition party’s request for its annulment. The legislation calls for up to three years in prison for journalists or social media users convicted of spreading information deemed to be “contrary to […]

Kat Von D is ‘on fire for Jesus’ after abandoning witchcraft

8:03 pm November 8, 2023

Kat Von D is happier in her life as a Christian. The former tattoo artist and star of reality series “L.A. Ink” spoke about finding and restoring her relationship with God on the “Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey” podcast. She explained that in her 20s she had a “free-thinking mentality to question everything, especially authority.” […]

Global study names world’s booziest nations; the top 3 will surprise you

8:02 pm November 8, 2023

Britain beat out most countries to rank high on a list of the biggest binge drinkers in the world, sitting behind only Romania and surprise No. 1 Denmark. “Nearly one in five adults (19%) reported heavy episodic drinking at least once a month, on average across 29 countries in 2019,” the study from the Organization […]

Germany projects underwhelming economic growth through 2024

8:02 pm November 8, 2023

Germany’s economy will shrink by 0.4% this year and grow only by a relatively modest 0.7% next year, the government’s panel of independent economic advisers forecast Wednesday. The panel joined several other forecasters in revising downward its outlook for Europe’s biggest economy. Its prediction for this year was in line with one issued by the […]