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Saturday, May 9, 2026 at a new residential development in Fontana, California, USA. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday is poised to approve a bipartisan housing affordability bill that would limit large investors from buying single-family homes but allow them to build additional housing units.The bill has support from the White House after some last-minute changes balanced it between a Senate version that tightened restrictions on home ownership for large investors and a House version seen as more Wall Street-friendly.The bill won support from the rental, construction, and housing industries by removing a…
22V Research expects bond yields and oil prices to reach levels that will put a damper on the bull market, and the company warns that those levels are not far off. Investors surveyed expect a rise in the 10-year Treasury yield to 5% or oil prices above $115 a barrel to cause “demand destruction,” meaning gross domestic product growth will fall below 1% for multiple quarters, said Dennis Debouchere, the firm’s chief market strategist. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose to its highest level since early 2025 on Tuesday and was last trading at about 4.65%. Deboucher said…
by Al Jazeera Staff, Reuters, Associated PressPublished May 20, 2026May 20, 2026Bert Jones and Rick Jackson have advanced to a runoff in the Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary, extending a bitter fight over who will represent the party in November’s midterm elections.Mr. Jones, the Georgia lieutenant governor, and Mr. Jackson, a health care billionaire, will face off again in a June 16 runoff after neither garnered enough support to win the nomination outright after Tuesday’s vote.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe winner will seek to replace Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who is barred from re-election due to term limits.President…
It is often said that fate works in mysterious ways. Deep within the Congo Basin in central Africa, the world’s second largest rainforest, this statement proves to be very true, but it’s also a giant pile of poop. The fates of an ebony tree, an endangered mammal, a community in Cameroon, and a major guitar manufacturer in the United States are all inextricably intertwined. But this future is not gleaned from tea leaves or stars, but gleaned from a new kind of divination tool: elephant dung. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the continental population of…
An Obamacare sign hangs outside an insurance agency in Miami on November 12, 2025.Joe Radle | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe number of people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act market could ultimately decline by about 5 million people compared to 2025, according to a new study, as Americans face steep cost burdens due to the expiration of federal health insurance premium subsidies.Marketplace enrollment could drop 21.5% from 22.3 million last year to about 17.5 million in 2026, according to KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group. The analysis, released Tuesday, is based on federal data and premium payment…
AI adoption is on the rise in Singapore, with 52% of workers in the country using AI in their work, according to Slack’s new Workforce Index.Prime Images | E+ | Getty ImagesSingapore has a separate agreement google OpenAI strengthens its position as a global artificial intelligence hub, accelerating the adoption of AI across public services, healthcare, education, and the enterprise. The agreement announced on Wednesday includes a new national AI partnership with Google and the first memorandum of understanding between Singapore and OpenAI to establish an AI lab in Singapore. Under the partnership, OpenAI will invest more than S$300 million…
Drivers drive their vehicles near a large political banner depicting a missile being fired at the back of Iranian demonstrators in solidarity with the government in Tehran’s Variasr Square on April 6, 2026.Atta Kenare | AFP | Getty ImagesIran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guards issued a strongly worded statement on Wednesday threatening to escalate the Middle East conflict “beyond the region” if the United States and Israel resume attacks on Tehran. In a statement carried by Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said that if the invasion of Iran is repeated, “the promised regional war will now extend beyond…
President Lai said that as Taiwan faces headwinds from China and the United States, Taiwan’s future depends on its people.Published May 20, 2026May 20, 2026Taiwan’s President William Lai Ching-de said the country’s future should not be determined by “foreign powers” but was in the hands of its 23 million people.Speaking on Wednesday’s second anniversary in office, Lai said his goals as president are to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, the 180-kilometre waterway that separates Taiwan from China, and to prevent “external forces” from altering the island’s political status quo.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe president…
At its annual Google I/O event on Tuesday, Google announced a series of new updates to its Gemini app, including a “Daily Briefs” feature, a redesigned interface, access to a new AI video model called Gemini Omni, and a new personal AI agent called Gemini Spark. The update signals Google’s efforts to turn the Gemini app into a multipurpose AI hub rather than a standalone chatbot, making the AI assistant more competitive with apps like ChatGPT and Claude. Google describes the new Daily Brief feature as a personalized digest designed to be your first thing every morning. It collects information…
Former President Donald Trump arrives with his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump at a caucus night event at the Iowa Event Center on January 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa.Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFederal tax returns filed through this week by President Donald Trump, his family, the Trump Organization, and affiliated trusts and related entities are protected from potential Internal Revenue Service enforcement action under a controversial $1.8 billion settlement with the Justice Department, new documents posted Tuesday revealed.As part of the settlement, the Justice Department barred the federal government from prosecuting or pursuing…