4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (329+ words) BERLIN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – German companies slashed investments in the United States to a three-year low in the first half of 2026, as Trump administration policies fed ​uncertainty between the transatlantic trading partners. First-half direct investments plunged ‌by nearly two-thirds year-on-year to…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (126+ words) NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (Reuters) – India’s tax amnesty scheme for small taxpayers to declare ​certain undeclared foreign assets ‌of up to 50 million rupees ($523,889) opens on Sunday and will be available until December 31, the ‌government ​said. Here are more ⁠details of the…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (155+ words) North Dakota law requires all waterfowl hunters, regardless of age, to have a state-issued waterfowl habitat restoration electronic stamp in possession while afield. Waterfowl include ducks, geese, swans, mergansers and coots. In addition, a federal duck stamp is required for…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (153+ words) The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s Private Land Open To Sportsmen maps for 2026 are available online at the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov. This year features about 925,000 PLOTS acres. Because PLOTS tracts can be added or removed…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (130+ words) The fall turkey season is set with 3,700 licenses available to hunters, 610 fewer than last year. License numbers in 13 of 21 hunting units are recommended to be reduced this fall, the remaining hunting units will have the same number of licenses as…...

11+ hour, 31+ min ago   (453+ words) Aug 15 (Reuters) – Australia’s Lani Pallister led wire-to-wire to win the 800 metre freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday, ending Katie Ledecky’s long unbeaten run in one of the American’s signature events. Pallister touched in 8:06.10, with world ​record holder Ledecky…...

5+ hour, 50+ min ago   (687+ words) By Simon Jessop, Rebecca Delaney and Valentina Za LONDON/MILAN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – For more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink, or aperitivo, encouraging them to sit outside and…...

5+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1823+ words) Joshua Baez became the first player in major league history to hit three home runs in his debut, helping lead the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon. Baez hit homers to right,…...

9+ hour, 14+ min ago   (269+ words) BUENOS AIRES, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Palantir chair and co-founder Peter Thiel has bought a 1% stake in Argentina’s Vista, one of the largest oil ​companies operating in the country’s Vaca Muerta ‌shale formation, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…...

8+ hour, 27+ min ago   (411+ words) ANAHEIM, California, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Walt Disney and Japanese video game company Square Enix on Saturday previewed the yet-to-be-released “Kingdom Hearts 4” game as they celebrated the high-selling franchise’s upcoming 25th anniversary at a Disney ​fan convention in Anaheim. “Kingdom Hearts” is one…...