Arizona Republicans challenge Biden’s designation of a national monument near the Grand Canyon

The Arizona Legislature’s top two Republicans have challenged Democratic President Joe Biden’s creation of a new national monument last summer just outside Grand Canyon National Park, alleging he exceeded his legal authority in making that designation under a century-old law that lets presidents protect sites considered historically or culturally important. In a lawsuit filed Monday … Read more

Trump challenge to Colorado ballot ban

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on he as meets with Colorado Governor Jared Polis and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Doug Mills-Pool | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly questioned a ruling by Colorado’s top court that barred … Read more

“The winner can challenge Superlek” – Wondergirl says Rodtang vs. Takeru will unearth ‘The Kicking Machine’s next test

Nat ‘Wondergirl’ Jaroonsak says a fight between K-1 legend Takeru Segawa and ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon will decide who gets another crack at Superlek Kiatmoo9. Making his promotional debut at ONE 165 in his home country of Japan, Takeru headlined the critically acclaimed event opposite ‘The Kicking Machine,’ who put his … Read more

Russian war critic Boris Nadezhdin is an awkward challenge for Putin

Boris Nadezhdin, the Civic Initiative Party presidential hopeful, arrives at the Central Election Commission to submit signatures collected in support of his candidacy, in Moscow on January 31, 2024. Vera Savina | Afp | Getty Images Over President Vladimir Putin’s 24 years in power, a systemic opposition has been wiped out in Russia with the … Read more

African discoveries of natural gas pose vexing climate challenge

SAINT LOUIS, Senegal — As a young geologist working for Senegal’s state-owned petroleum company in the 1990s, Macky Sall was charged with prospecting for oil and gas in this West African nation. For years, he and his colleagues came up empty. But more than two decades later, after Sall was elected to be Senegal’s president, … Read more

Apple, Samsung expose Microsoft’s real AI challenge (Hint: It rhymes with bust)

olm26250/Getty Images We’re all wandering through the world searching for something to rely on. Someone, too. People and things let us down and so often it’s the people who made the things inciting most of the disappointment. Also: Microsoft accidentally revealed why people don’t trust tech companies So we’re touchingly committed when we find people … Read more

No. 1 challenge Fortune 500 execs say they’re facing with employees: new research

Executives are more concerned about employee productivity than about getting them back to the office, according to new research from Atlassian.  In September, the Australian software company asked 100 Fortune 500 and 100 Fortune 1000 executives what their biggest organizational challenge is, and nearly half (43%) said low productivity.  Only a third of executives with … Read more

Kim Kardashian Flaunts Office With Tanning Bed On TikTok Challenge

Of course, she’s Kim Kardashian; she can have the most absurd things in her office! Just when fans thought Kim couldn’t get more unrelatable, she upped the temperature by jumping on the viral “Of Course” challenge on TikTok while showing off her extravagant office. Kim Kardashian Gives Fans A Tour Of Unbelievable Office In a new … Read more

Meta faces another EU privacy challenge over ‘pay for privacy’ consent choice

Adtech giant Meta’s bid to keep tracking and profiling users of Facebook and Instagram in Europe in spite of the bloc’s comprehensive data protection laws is facing a second challenge from privacy rights advocacy group noyb. It’s supporting a new complaint, which is being filed with the Austrian data protection authority, that alleges the company … Read more

Erdogan names candidates for March election. Former minister to challenge opposition Istanbul mayor

ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday named several of his party’s candidates for March’s nationwide election. The ruling party will try to recover cities lost to the opposition’s Republican People’s Party, or CHP, five years ago — including the country’s largest city, Istanbul, and the capital, Ankara. Erdogan said parliamentarian and former … Read more