For people who live in and around Uptown Rogers, road construction has pretty much become part of their everyday routine.”I think it’s wild,” resident Lindsey Reece said. “Very hard to get around, but just got to hope that it’ll be better in the future whenever they’re all done.”Crews are working on the roundabout at Pinnacle … Read more
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A local business is petitioning against a major construction project along US-19. The construction is aimed at improving traffic flow and safety, but business owners said it’s causing them concern. Spencer Gill, owner of Pelican Car Wash, started the petition. He and other local business owners along US-19 said a major … Read more
The streets leading to India’s most contested religious site are going full throttle. Hindu priests mix with barefooted pilgrims chanting the names of deities. Armed officials patrol the city of Ayodhya from watchtowers and checkpoints. On a sprawling construction site, bulldozers tear into the earth and men use drills to chisel slabs of stone. They’ve … Read more
London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Thursday will blame Brexit for costing the UK economy £140 billion ($178 billion), calling on the government to “urgently” rebuild relations with the European Union to stem the decline. Britain’s EU divorce has also meant there are 2 million fewer jobs nationwide than there otherwise would have been, including 290,000 … Read more
Mumbai’s $30 Billion Infrastructure Makeover: Coastal Road Project, MTHL, Metro Bloomberg Mumbai gets a makeover as India binges on bridges, roads and rail Reuters India No Bikes, Autos Allowed On India’s Longest Sea Bridge, Speed Limit Is… NDTV 22-km sea link: Gateway to a brave, new Mumbai Times of India Watch: This nighttime video of MTHL, India’s longest sea … Read more
Medical Properties Trust, the country’s largest hospital landlord, said it would record about $350 million of write-downs related to its largest tenant, which had fallen behind on its rent, and hired a well-known restructuring adviser. MPT, which had long supported Dallas-based Steward Health Care System, said more write-downs are possible. The news, released Thursday after … Read more
Updated Jan. 4, 2024 1:26 pm ET WASHINGTON—China and Saudi Arabia topped a list of 20 countries whose governments or state-linked entities pumped millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s properties while he was president, according to a new report and previously undisclosed records that shed light on Trump’s potential business conflicts as he seeks a … Read more
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated projects totaling 111 billion rupees ($1.3 billion) in the northern riverside town of Ayodhya, ahead of the opening of a long-anticipated and controversial temple in January. Hundreds braved a winter morning to line up along roads in the city as Modi began a tour in a Toyota sports utility … Read more
Updated Dec. 22, 2023 11:13 am ET TOKYO—Japan will provide Patriot missiles to the U.S., bolstering global stocks as Ukraine defends itself from a new wave of Russian missile attacks, the U.S. and Japanese governments said. Tokyo is set to transfer dozens of the interceptor missiles, which are used to shoot down ballistic missiles and other aerial threats, … Read more
Updated Dec. 22, 2023 11:08 am ET North Korea appears to be operating a more powerful reactor for producing plutonium at its main nuclear site for the first time, the United Nations atomic agency said late Thursday, days after Pyongyang tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach across the U.S. International Atomic Energy Agency … Read more