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Carnival Corporation CCL The company is set to report its second-quarter (Q2) results on Tuesday. Wall Street expects EPS of -20 cents on revenue of $5.7 billion when the company reports results pre-market hours.Shares have risen 2.33% over the past year but are down 12.30% year-to-date.Let’s take a look at what the chart for Carnival stock shows and how the stock’s price currently lines up with Wall Street expectations.Carnival shares trend bullish ahead of second-quarter earnings release Technical analysis indicates a strong bullish trend for Carnival stock, with the stock price of $16.07 trading above the 5-day, 20-day, and 50-day…

Incident On Sunday, June 23, a boy, allegedly instigated by his father and uncle, attacked Nazir Hussain Shah, stabbing him multiple times. According to police reports, the boy acted on the allegations of his father and uncle, who are prayer leaders at a Sunni mosque. The father and uncle accused Shah of making derogatory remarks about the Prophet’s Companions. Enraged, the boy retrieved a knife from the house and confronted Shah, fatally wounding him and fleeing. Legal Action and Arrests Police launched an investigation after filing a complaint against the minor, his father and uncle following a complaint filed by…

On Saturday, June 22, Pope Francis appointed Giuseppe Yang Yongjiang from Zhoucun, Shandong province, eastern China, as Bishop of Hangzhou. The appointment falls within the scope of the agreement between the Roman Catholic Church and the People’s Republic of China. The prelate was participating in the general assembly of the Synod of Bishops. By Gianni Valente* Giuseppe Yang Yongqiang is the new Bishop of Hangzhou, capital of China’s Zhejiang province, “as part of the dialogue on the implementation of the Interim Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China.” According to a statement released by the Holy…

A locked door of a family who fled a Christian colony in the Okara district of Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy, June 23, 2024. (CDI-MSN)Lahore, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Pakistani police arrested Christians under blasphemy laws on Sunday (June 23) as part of retaliation between brothers over a property dispute, officials said.The arrests came on the same day that a key government minister acknowledged in parliament that the Pakistani government had failed to protect religious minorities from false blasphemy allegations.Officers from Okara A Zone police station arrested Chand Shamaun, 26, from his home in Christian Colony in Punjab’s Okara district…

The Capital One Business Savings Account is the bank’s only business savings account. It comes with a guaranteed promotional APY for six months. Account holders can earn a competitive 4.10% APY on amounts between $10,000 and $5 million, with a promotional rate of 1.00% on the first $10,000. The standard rate applicable on balances over $5 million, even during the promotional period, is 0.10% APY. Despite reserving its best yields to well-funded businesses, Capital One limits cash deposits to $10,000 per month before it starts charging extra fees, though that limit is higher than some competitors and may be reasonable…

European stock markets were weak on Monday as French elections were scheduled for the weekend, leaving investors in a world of uncertainty. The Stoxx 600 index was little changed at 8:14 a.m. London time, led by autos and weakened by basic resources. Mining shares were pressured after iron ore prices fell to their lowest since early April on concerns China’s property crisis will be difficult to resolve. Among individual stocks, Argenx SE soared after its Vivgart Hitrullo injection was approved in the U.S. to treat a rare neurological disease, a win for the biotech after a series of setbacks. Shares…

OnePlus continues to release interesting news this week. Today, the Chinese company unveiled the OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite, an affordable yet feature-packed smartphone due to launch later this summer. OnePlus also unveiled the Ace 3 Pro, a high-end phone series that will generally only be sold in China so as not to leave out high-end consumers. But what makes this upcoming phone interesting is its new “glacier battery.”Generally speaking, mobile phone batteries haven’t changed much over the last few years. Sure, batteries are getting bigger, with most flagship phones like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Google Pixel 8 Pro…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. The United States became Germany’s largest trading partner in the first quarter of 2024. Vector/Getty Images In the first quarter of this year, the United States replaced China as Germany’s largest trading partner.Geopolitical tensions over the Russia-Ukraine war and the electric vehicle race are shifting global trade.Germany’s economy minister visited China over the weekend to discuss EU tariffs on Chinese electric cars. China has been Germany’s largest trading partner for the past eight years. But something has changed this year: the United States could catapult itself into the top…

BRISTOL — Two years ago, Rayshon Andrews made the difficult decision to transfer from Bristol Eastern to Avon Old Farms with the hopes of furthering his development as a football player at a prestigious, powerhouse boarding school.The move was made in hopes of drawing more attention to the three-star defensive back as he prepared to play at the top level of college football. The gamble ultimately paid off for Andrews, who received offers from Oregon State, Morgan State, Penn State, Bowling Green, Old Dominion, Akron, Rhode Island, Syracuse, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Boston College.Andrews committed to Syracuse University this week after…

Maritime archaeologists have recovered hundreds of artifacts from a two-century-old shipwreck recently discovered in the South China Sea.China’s National Administration of Cultural Heritage (NCHA) said on Thursday that the sunken ship was first discovered in October 2022 at a depth of about 4,900 feet near the northwest continental shelf.Both date to the Ming Dynasty, which ruled China from 1368 to 1644. From May 2023 to June 2024, a team of Chinese researchers conducted an underwater archaeological survey of the sunken ships.Researchers have determined that the first shipwreck dates back to the reign of Emperor Zhengde (1506-1521) and contains more than…