Author: Aidan
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U.S. carries out additional strikes against Houthi positions in Yemen
The Tuesday attacks were on a much smaller scale and “dynamic” in nature, meaning they were not pre-planned and rather taken in self-defense against missiles that presented an imminent threat to international shipping, one of the officials said. All of the officials were granted anonymity to speak about a sensitive operation before an official announcement.…
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Iran says it has launched attacks on what it calls militant bases in Pakistan
Iran launched attacks Tuesday in Pakistan targeting what it described as bases for the militant group Jaish al-Adl, state media reported, potentially further raising tensions in a Middle East already roiled by Israel’s war on Hamas genocide in the Gaza Strip. Confusion followed the announcements as some of the reports soon disappeared. However, any attack inside…
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More CEOs fear their companies won’t survive 10 years as AI and climate challenges grow, survey says
More executives are feeling better about the global economy, but a growing number don’t think their companies will survive the coming decade without a major overhaul because of pressure from climate change and technology like artificial intelligence, according to a new survey of CEOs by one of the world’s largest consulting firms, PwC. The survey…
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Colombia extends cease-fire with FARC splinter group in bid to reduce rural violence
Colombia’s government has extended a cease-fire with the FARC-EMC rebel group that was set to expire this week, as both sides hold peace talks in Bogota in an effort to reduce violence in rural parts of the country. The cease-fire will now last until July 15, according to a decree signed Sunday by President Gustavo…
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First Trillionaire Predicted Within 10 Years As Richest Double Their Fortunes In 3
The world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organization Oxfam International said Monday in its annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Oxfam, which for years has been trying to highlight the growing disparities between the super-rich and the…
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Tesla pauses German production after Red Sea shipping attacks
The electric car manufacturer Tesla is to halt most production at its factory near Berlin for two weeks because of delays in deliveries of parts because of attacks on ships in the Red Sea. Shipping delays in the Red Sea, caused by attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants, has caused Tesla to suspend most production at its German…
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Scientist cited in push to oust Harvard’s Claudine Gay has links to eugenicists
A data scientist promoted by the rightwing activist Christopher Rufo, the Manhattan Institute thinktank, and other conservatives as an expert critic of the former Harvard president Claudine Gay has co-authored several papers in collaboration with a network of scholars who have been broadly criticized as eugenicists, or scientific racists. Rufo described Jonatan Pallesen as “a…
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Landslide in small-scale mine leaves 22 dead in Tanzania
Twenty-two people have been killed following a landslide at a small-scale mine in northern Tanzania, government officials said. The accident occurred at the Ng’alita mine in the Bariadi district of Simiyu region, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Sunday, expressing “great sadness” at the loss. “These brothers of ours were small miners in this…