Posts by Amelia Frost
Tesla Is Again Showing Signs It Wants to Sell Cars in India
[ad_1] Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has long tried to crack into the Indian automobile market and has confronted trade barriers that made that hard to do. Now, when Mr. Musk holds a position of power in the U.S. government as an aide to President Trump, there are signs that Tesla is making…
Read MoreBerkshire Posts Gain in Profits, Boosted by U.S. Treasury Holdings
[ad_1] Warren E. Buffett, the famed investor known for his enthusiasm for undervalued stocks and businesses, is feeling bullish these days about a traditionally staid investment: Treasury bills. The cash stockpile held by Berkshire Hathaway, his sprawling multinational conglomerate, rose past $334 billion at the end of last year, including $286 billion in short-term Treasuries.…
Read MoreFrench Convict Freed In Murderous Ambush Is Arrested In Romania
[ad_1] A French convict, on the run since being freed last May in an ambush that left two prison officers dead, has been arrested in Romania, the interior ministers of both countries said Saturday. Mohamed Amra, accused of being a major drugs gangland figure, had vanished without a trace after an attack with military-grade assault…
Read MoreOne Dead, Several Police Officers Wounded In ‘Islamist’ Knife Attack
[ad_1] One person died and two police officers were seriously injured Saturday in a knife attack in eastern France that President Emmanuel Macron said was an “Islamist terror act”. Prosecutors said that three more officers were lightly wounded in the attack in the city of Mulhouse, carried out by a 37-year-old suspect who is on…
Read MoreTrump Fires Nation’s Top Military Officer in Late-Night Pentagon Purge
[ad_1] Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. was fired Friday night in a Truth Social post from President Donald Trump. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has previously called for his dismissal based on DEI efforts. Latin Times President Donald Trump fired the military’s most senior officer in a sweeping Friday…
Read MoreZelensky ‘Not Ready’ To Sign Minerals Deal With US: Source
[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is “not ready” to sign a minerals deal with the United States, a source told AFP on Saturday, raising questions about Washington’s demands as a rift between the two countries deepened. US President Donald Trump’s administration has been pressuring Zelensky into giving American companies preferential access to Ukraine’s vast mineral…
Read MoreFrance’s Agriculture Show, An Outlet For Angry Farmers
[ad_1] France’s annual Agriculture Show has become a hotbed of protest by farmers, exasperated by low produce prices, heavy regulations and global competition, against the government they say doesn’t care for them enough. One of the world’s largest agriculture fairs, the “Salon de l’Agriculture” that opened Saturday, attracts some 600,000 visitors over nine days. The…
Read MoreLondoners March In Support Of Ukraine To Mark Three Years Of War
[ad_1] Hundreds gathered in London on Saturday to march in support of Ukraine, ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion on Monday and amid increasing tensions between Washington and Kyiv. Protesters started at a statue of St Volodymyr, a national saint of Ukraine, in west London and marched towards the Russian embassy, waving Ukrainian…
Read More‘See You In Court,’ Maine Gov. Mills Tells Trump On Trans Athletes
[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in a tense confrontation on Friday with a Democratic governor regarding his executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. The governor responded firmly, telling Trump, “See you in court,” signaling the likelihood of legal challenges to the controversial measure. While making televised remarks to a group…
Read MoreComparing Elon Musk and Jack Welch as Influential Cost-Cutters
[ad_1] And while the two were both politically conservative, Welch was more of a country-club Republican, partial to golf and no fan — at least earlier on — of Donald Trump. While a savvy political operator, Welch was unlikely to have decamped to Mar-a-Lago to personally and intensely cozy up to the president-elect, as Musk…
Read MoreGermany On Eve Of Elections Under Shadow Of US-European Rift
[ad_1] German politicians made a final scramble for votes Saturday on the eve of key elections in which conservatives hope to win despite the dramatic rise of the far right targeting a record score. Sunday’s vote comes at a time of upheaval for Europe and its biggest economy as US President Donald Trump has ended…
Read MoreBig Day for Crypto Goes South After Bybit Hack
[ad_1] The good news for cryptocurrency investors arrived just after 8 a.m. on Friday: Coinbase, the largest crypto marketplace in the United States, had reached a deal with U.S. regulators to dismiss a lawsuit that had hung over the industry for years. But within hours, the crypto market descended into a new crisis. At 10:51…
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