The Economist

The global democracy index: how did countries perform in 2024?

For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed. Afghanistan has been the lowest-ranked country since ...
TradeWinds

Baltic Dry Index nears two-year high as capesize spot market takes off

Another good day for the capesize spot market has pushed the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) to its highest level in almost two years. Average capesize spot rates broke through the $35,000 per day level on ...
New York Post

Two National Guard troops shot near White House in suspected terror attack, alleged gunman in custody

WASHINGTON — A crazed gunman shot two National Guard troops in a cowardly “ambush”-style attack — leaving them in critical condition — just blocks from the ...
Reuters

MSCI to add Paytm, 3 other Indian stocks to flagship global index

Nov 6 (Reuters) - (This Nov. 5 story has been corrected to change market capitalisation size requirement to $505 million, from $404 million, in paragraph 12) The inclusion of the four Indian stocks in ...
Seeking Alpha

Russell Texas Equity Index: Adding The Geographic Dimension

US equities’ capitalisation is approximately 64% of the FTSE Global All Cap Index. The Russell approach to providing US equity indices has been to give investors more choice over granular subsets of ...
TheServerSide

The git add command for beginners

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The git add command is used by developers to specify which files should be included in the next ...
The Progress-Index

Never miss local news by adding The Progress-Index to Google's ‘preferred sources’ feature

Want to see more of the sites you love? Google’s got you covered. Earlier this month, the tech juggernaut launched “preferred sources,” a new feature that “lets you customize your experience to see ...
The Hill

Carville: Democrats have to add states, expand Supreme Court to ‘save democracy’

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville on Thursday suggested Democrats should add two states to the country and expand the Supreme Court in order to “save democracy.” “They are just going to ...
MarketWatch

Home prices post smallest increase in nearly two years, Case-Shiller index says, offering buyers a reprieve

Home prices in the 20 biggest metros in the U.S. continued to slow as the housing market weakened under the weight of high mortgage rates and increasing unaffordability. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller ...
Engadget

Elden Ring Nightreign is adding two-player co-op next week

Elden Ring Nightreign is finally adding a two-player co-op mode on July 30. Prior to this, FromSoftware's spinoff could only be played solo or with three players. The so-called Duo Expeditions come as ...
The Verge

Elden Ring Nightreign is adding two-player co-op

A patch coming next week will let you team up with just one other friend. A patch coming next week will let you team up with just one other friend. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, ...