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Threat of Trump tariffs adds to global economic uncertainty, IMF warns
Kristalina Georgieva says unpredictability of US trade policy is driving up borrowing costs around the world.
January 10, 2025
In Greenland, nobody is laughing at Trump’s annexation comments this time
Greenland’s strategic location – neatly positioned between North America and Europe and covering much of the high Arctic…
January 10, 2025
U.S. imposes new sanctions to squeeze Russia’s energy sector
The United States on Friday announced new sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector and its “shadow fleet” of oil…
January 10, 2025
Zuck amok? The beginning of the end of the “fact checking” industry
The real concern behind the meltdown of the fact-check industry is that they now face a massive financial…
January 10, 2025
Jacob Mchangama: Don’t mourn the fact-checkers
Misguided decisions and the superiority of crowdsourcing mean Zuckerberg was right to change direction. But he must also…
January 10, 2025
Guy Dampier on immigration: Time to admit that, indeed, not all cultures are equally valid
Should Britain, as has been suggested by shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick, block immigrants coming from countries with…
January 10, 2025
Megan McArdle: Meta ending fact-checking is a win against censorship
When fact-checkers turn into censors, a power shift had to happen.
January 10, 2025
Busted! Trump’s Greenland supporters were homeless and socially disadvantaged people bribed with hotel dinners
“It’s homeless and old people who can’t make ends meet who can suddenly eat at a restaurant they’ve…
January 9, 2025
CBC investigation uncovers grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat
The findings suggest grocers selling underweighted meat is a prevalent and ongoing problem, at a time when shoppers…
January 9, 2025
Reactions to Weidel-Musk conversation: “Worse than any discussion between two drunks”
Political scientist Carlo Masala commented ironically on the conversation: “I feel sorry for the 150 EU officials who had to…
January 9, 2025
BlackRock quits climate group
The world’s largest money manager told institutional clients in a letter on Thursday that it had quit Net…
January 9, 2025
Allan Lichtman’s BOLD Predictions for 2025
For Lichtman Live’s 100th episode special, Professor Allan Lichtman predicts what will happen in the political landscape for…
January 9, 2025
Elon Musk’s interference in national debates angers Europe’s leaders
Without naming him, French President Emmanuel Macron accused Musk of supporting “a new Reactionary International”. “Ten years ago,…
January 8, 2025
“X normally sells such a reach” : Is there an illegal party donation behind Musk’s live interview with AfD leader Alice Weidel?
Party donations from non-EU countries are considered prohibited. The NGO LobbyControl suspects that this is exactly what is…
January 8, 2025
Britain offers Mauritius £9bn in renegotiated Chagos Islands deal
Despite security concerns, the UK government is rushing to agree the handover of sovereignty before Donald Trump is…
January 8, 2025
Nippon Steel bets on Trump to salvage $15bn US deal
One person familiar with the litigation strategy said Tokyo-based Nippon, which proposed the acquisition of US Steel in…
January 8, 2025
Pentagon to blacklist China’s largest EV battery and tech firms
Among the firms banned from doing business with the Defense Department is CATL, the world’s largest EV battery-maker,…
January 8, 2025
“No longer promoting the journalism” and focusing “entirely on talent promotion”: Washington Post fires nearly its entire public relations dept
The layoffs came months after owner Jeff Bezos killed its planned endorsement of Kamala Harris and caused more…
January 8, 2025
German solar sector in distress as glut of panels heaps pressure on industry
Germany’s residential solar panel industry is facing “a lot of distress” after a downturn in consumer demand triggered…
January 7, 2025
Why did Mark Zuckerberg end Facebook and Instagram’s factchecking program?
The social media giant enters a more partisan political era as its CEO pursues Donald Trump’s approval.
January 7, 2025