Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) has been doing some work from hospital, leaving his Vice President Geraldo Alckmin (L) to pick up only a little of his workload – Copyright AFP/File EVARISTO SA Facundo BARRIO Doctors treating Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after surgery this week to stop a hemorrhage […]
US President-elect Donald Trump threatened tough tariffs on countries that challenge the US dollar – Copyright POOL/AFP/File ALLISON ROBBERT Thomas URBAIN US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened retaliation against governments that challenge the US dollar, vowing “100 percent tariffs” on countries that undercut the US currency. The Republican vowed the action on states that “create […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wants to refashion the broadband regulator into the nation’s speech police on social platforms. As FCC chair, Carr would set the agency’s agenda on issues like broadband deployment, net neutrality, and telecom privacy. But since Carr was nominated as a commissioner in 2017 […]
Vietnam’s status as a ‘connector country’ for China could put its electronics exports in the line of fire under the incoming Trump administration – Copyright AFP Nhac NGUYEN Julien GIRAULT with AFP bureaus in Asia Some Asian countries stand to gain if US president-elect Donald Trump pushes ahead with his promised massive tariffs on China […]
Chinese officials are expected to unveil billions of dollars in support for their struggling economy Friday – Copyright AFP WANG Zhao Peter CATTERALL China is expected to unveil a huge support package for the struggling economy Friday as officials wrap up a key meeting with an eye on the possibility of intensified trade tensions with […]
Elon Musk’s America PAC and several other defendants, including the reelection campaign for Representative Michelle Steel, a Republican from California, are accused of violating California labor law in a class action lawsuit filed in Orange County on October 30, according to court documents obtained by WIRED. The named plaintiffs, Tamiko Anderson and Patricia Kelly, were […]
An Indigenous woman supporter of former Bolivian president Evo Morales trains with a huaraca (a sling made of wool) in Parotani, 40 kilometers from Cochabamba, on October 31, 2024 – Copyright AFP AIZAR RALDES Gonzalo TORRICO Under a bridge in central Bolivia, supporters of former president Evo Morales, armed with slingshots and stones, practice their […]
With just a month until the November 5 vote between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, markets opened after a court in Washington ruled that a startup could take wagers as legal appeals by regulators continue – Copyright AFP/File Mandel NGAN, Erin SCHAFF Nicholas ROLL Millions of dollars have poured into bets on who will win […]
File photo: A therapy dog visiting an elderly man in a nursing home. — © Karen Graham A researcher is pushing ahead for a new policy framework to help the aging population in the U.S. This includes providing additional state support and preventing societal abuse of older people. The director of the Center for Gerontology and professor […]
Look, what I’ve seen since coming back to the State Department three and a half years ago is that everything happening in the technological world and in cyberspace is increasingly central to our foreign policy. There’s almost a perfect storm that’s come together over the last few years, several major developments that have really brought […]
