Wall Street’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ moment of truth arrives for richly valued technology to deliver robust earnings
Growth and tech companies are seen as being more vulnerable to higher yields, as their typically robust projected future cash flows are valued less highly when investors can earn more from risk-free government bonds.
Prominent US lawyer pleads guilty to charges of attempts to overturn Donald Trump loss in 2020 poll
The acceptance of a plea deal is a remarkable about-face for a lawyer who, perhaps more than anyone else, strenuously pushed baseless conspiracy theories about a stolen election in the face of extensive evidence to the contrary. If prosecutors compel her to testify, she could provide insight on a news conference she participated in on behalf of Trump and his campaign
Biden hosts African leaders to undo Chinese, Russian stranglehold as he plans to visit the continent
Leaders from 49 African countries will convene in Washington today for the US-Africa Leaders Summit, as US President Joe Biden attempts to signal his commitment to a region that has been expanding ties with US rivals. As the summit kicks off, expect three days of group meetings and themed forums...
Radio, TV schedules in US feeling the heat as Hollywood actors and scripters stay off screen
Thousands of Hollywood film and television actors voted to strike on Thursday, joining writers who walked off the job 11 weeks ago. How will a walkout by the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) affect viewers’ favourite shows and movies? A walkout by...
Arab leaders blames US for not giving Israeli-Palestinian talks priority to avert war in Gaza
Since Richard Nixon, successive US administrations have tried their hands at Camp David summits, shuttle diplomacy and other big-picture tries at coaxing Israeli and Palestinian leaders into talks to settle the disputes that underlie 75 years of Middle East tensions. More than other recent presidents, Joe Biden notably has not.
Scientists rubbish 2023 Nobel Prize as reward for Covid vaccine that was a ‘horrendous product injected into people’s bodies’
The findings raise questions about the serious failures of the peer review process in top journals, the Nobel award process and the media’s verification processes, according to the authors, who are both part of the Canada-based Correlation Research in the Public Interest.
Lab tests find deadly presence of livestock contraceptives, antibiotics in popular fast foods
Under Baum’s leadership, the law firm has won billions of dollars in consumer fraud and product liability cases against major pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, including Bayer Corp (formerly Monsanto), Eli Lilly, Forest Labs, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and more.
US President Biden flies to Tel Aviv for talks with Israel’s Netanyahu as show of solidarity
Iran refers to regional countries and forces opposed to Israel and the United States as a “resistance front.” Amirabdollahian said it was not limited to Hezbollah in Lebanon and added: “This front was formed throughout the region to preserve the independence of nations and counter repeated aggressions by the Zionist regime over the past years.”
Terrorist groups ISIS and Al Qaeda are not defeated in Africa, they are just lying low
The principal challenge right now is one of stabilisation and addressing the humanitarian concerns that remain there. We are focused on implementing stabilisation projects, rebuilding community infrastructure, assisting families that were displaced during ISIS’s occupation, with building new lives, restoring services in the communities that they were forced out of, and also helping as many people as possible who have been living in these displaced persons camps, to leave the camps, return to their original locations, and rebuild their lives.
Robert F Kennedy Jr dumps Democratic Party, enters race for White House as ‘unpolluted’ independent
Kennedy accused both parties of being beholden to corporate donors, telling the crowd: “How can we guard life when for-profit corporations have captured the public agencies that are supposed to protect us? How can we enjoy liberty when a surveillance state seeks to hide the truth and quash dissent?”
