Stocks Surge As US Inflation Data Eases Pressure
Asian markets rose after big gains on Wall Street, with traders welcoming below-forecast US inflation data with better interest rates next year. A holiday-thinned week got off to a healthy start after last week’s sell-off sparked by the US central bank’s outlook that suggested officials will not lower borrowing costs as much as previously hoped over the next 12 months. All...
Samsung Co-CEO Han Jong-Hee Dies At 63
A representative for Samsung Electronics, a South Korean tech giant, said that Han Jong-Hee, co-CEO, passed away on Tuesday due to cardiac arrest. Born in 1962, Han had overseen Samsung’s consumer electronics and mobile devices businesses since 2022, according to the company. He was named Samsung Electronics vice chairman and co-CEO in 2022. Han’s co-CEO, Jun Young-Hyun, heads its semiconductor...
Netanyahu, Trump Hold Talks On Tariff Dispute, Gaza Crisis, Iran Support
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Washington on Monday to meet with Donald Trump, likely requesting a delay on US tariffs while also seeking continued support on issues related to Iran and Gaza. Netanyahu becomes the first foreign leader to meet Trump in the US capital since the “Liberation Day” tariffs announcement sent global markets crashing. He was also due to...
President Trump Slams $10bn Lawsuit On BBC (Video)
President Donald Trump of the United States on Monday sued the BBC, seeking at least $10 billion over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the US Capitol riot. The lawsuit seeks damages in an amount not less than $5,000,000,000 for each of two counts against the British broadcaster, for alleged defamation and violation of the...
“We Are Going To Do Things Nigeria Is Not Going To Be Happy About” — President Trump Warns Tinubu Again
U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed deep outrage over the continued att@cks on Christians in Nigeria, describing the situation as a “horrible mass+cre” allegedly carried out by radical Islamists. In a strongly worded statement, Trump declared that Nigeria should be designated a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) under U.S. law a classification reserved for nations that commit or tolerate severe...
REVEALED: George Floyd, Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin Worked As Bouncers Together At Club For 17 Years
Following the shocking death of George Floyd caused by an ex-cop Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, new information shows that they were co-workers for a very long time — 17 years precisely. A former Minneapolis club owner has said that both George Floyd and the fired police officer in whose custody Floyd died Monday used to work security at her club. Also...
Ukraine Eliminates Russia’s Chemical Weapons Leader, Kirillov
According to Ukraine, a senior Russian general named Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was killed in a Moscow explosion. The explosive device was reportedly hidden in an electric scooter and detonated outside an apartment building in the Russian capital. Ukraine has claimed the attack, which marks one of the boldest targeted assassinations of a senior military official since Russia’s full-scale invasion of...
Thousands Flee North Gaza After Israel Evacuation Warning
Thousands of Palestinians fled to southern Gaza in search of refuge Friday after Israel warned them to evacuate before an expected ground offensive against Hamas in retaliation for the deadliest attack in Israel’s history. The call to get out came six days after Hamas gunmen burst through the heavily militarised border around the Gaza Strip and killed more than 1,300...
Elon Musk Buys Twitter
Twitter said Monday it has agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk, who will take the company private in a deal valued at around $44 billion. The deal caps off a whirlwind news cycle in which the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became one of Twitter's largest shareh...
Senate Affirms Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Donald Trump’s unprecedented second impeachment trial kicked off Tuesday with the Senate affirming the constitutionality of the proceeding itself after Democratic prosecutors used video montages and tearful personal anecdotes to press the case that the former president made the Founding Fathers’ “worst nightmare come to life” by inciting last month’s deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. Six Republican senators joined...
