Musk Denies Allegations of Avoiding Stock Grant Payout
A recent New York Times article claimed Elon Musk avoided paying out stock grants to Twitter employees by laying them off before the Nov. 1 cutoff.
China, Hong Kong Stocks Rebound But Analyst Says Government Intervention Will Only Have Short-Term Effect
Read More China’s stock market rebounded on the afternoon of Oct. 25, with its A-share index continuing the upward trend on Oct. 26 after plunging on Oct. 24. However, a financial analyst believes that the stock market recovery is a result of government intervention to appease investors, which will only have a short-term effect. China’s […]
US Abortions Decreased by 10,000 After Roe Overturned
Following the Supreme Court’s de facto overturning of Roe v. Wade with its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June, the number of abortions across the United States has dropped by the thousands.
Washington state school district appoints board director who once labeled cops ‘pigs,’ encouraged riots
Post Content A Washington state woman who has a history of anti-police statements and once seemed to be encouraging people to riot has been appointed to fill a director vacancy on a city school board. Talauna Reed was sworn in during an Olympia School Board meeting on Thursday, October 27, according to a press release. […]
Somalia bombings: At least 100 killed in terrorist attacks by al-Shabaab
At least 100 people were killed and 300 people were wounded by two car bombs in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu on Saturday, Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said. Al-Shabaab, which the Pentagon describes as the “most kinetically active al-Qaeda network in the world,” claimed responsibility for the attacks, which targeted the country’s education ministry. President […]
Antisemitic Messages Displayed Throughout Jacksonville, at Florida-Georgia Game
An antisemitic message was projected onto TIAA Bank Field’s videoboard at the end of the Georgia-Florida football game Saturday night in Jacksonville, as other slogans against Jews appeared on signs elsewhere throughout the city, USA Today reported.
US cybersecurity official warns of ‘complex threat environment’ going into midterm elections
Post Content U.S. cybersecurity officials are warning of a “very complex threat environment” going into next month’s midterm election. Appearing on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ Sunday morning, Jen Easterly, Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said the agency was putting out information to make sure that state and local election officials […]
Brazil election live: counting begins in second round as fears grow over voter suppression
Read More Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, became the country’s first working-class president in 2002. Lula stepped down after two terms in 2010 with approval ratings close to 90%. But the following decade saw the Workers’ party (PT) he helped found embroiled in a tangle of corruption scandals and accused of plunging […]
Brazil election: Lula’s challenge hangs in balance amid voter suppression claims
Read More The future of one of the world’s largest democracies and the Amazon rainforest was on a knife edge as Brazil held its most important election in decades and its far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, battled to cling to power amid claims that security forces were engaged in a pro-Bolsonaro voter suppression campaign. Polls on […]
Ministers creating ‘wild west’ conditions with use of personal phones
Read More Ministers risk creating “wild west” conditions in matters of national security by the increased use of personal email and phones to conduct confidential business, intelligence experts and former officials have warned. After a week tainted by a row over the use of a personal email account by the home secretary, it was revealed […]