• 01/31/2025

Hunter Biden’s business partners, assistants visited White House over 80 times when Biden was VP

Fox News FIRST ON FOX: Four business partners, a vice president, and two assistants at Hunter Biden’s now-defunct firm visited the White House more than 80 times when his father was vice president in the Obama administration, Fox News Digital has found. President Biden has repeatedly insisted he had no knowledge of Hunter’s business dealings…

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US can defend Gershkovich, but Russian court to decide his punishment, says Kremlin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Dmitry Peskov stressed that Gershkovich had been “caught red-handed as he violated the relevant Russian law https://tass.com/politics/1602555

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Ice hockey team’s anthem blunder has affected ‘all Hong Kong athletes,’ chair of sport’s body says

Hong Kong Free Press A national anthem blunder involving a pro-democracy protest song being erroneously played at an international sporting final has affected “all of Hong Kong’s athletes,” the chair of the city’s ice hockey body has said. Hong Kong’s women’s ice hockey team. Photo: Razvan Pasarica/Sport Pictures. “Right before the playing of the national…

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Kremlin to announce later who is to head Russian delegation at launch of Akkuyu NPP

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Russia will be represented at the proper level and, of course, video communication will be involved in some way,” Dmitry Peskov said https://tass.com/politics/1602551

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South Korea Fines Google $32 Million for Squeezing Out Local Rival

Wall Street Journal Google’s tactics of blocking the growth of rival app marketplace One Store amounted to anticompetitive practices, South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission says. https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-korea-fines-google-32-million-for-squeezing-out-local-rival-37dc76c9

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Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk

Wall Street Journal Newmont, Newcrest and more featured in the latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. https://www.wsj.com/articles/basic-materials-roundup-market-talk-8802cc57

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Court in Pakistan-held Kashmir removes Imran Khan’s protégé

Washington Post A top court in the Pakistani-administered section of Kashmir has removed the protégé of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and head of the local government from office https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/pakistan-kashmir-court-dismisses-premier/c6d94006-d85b-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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Dana Nemcova, leading Czech anti-communist, dies at 89

Washington Post One of the leading Czech dissidents and human rights activists from the communist era has died at the age of 89 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/czech-dissidents-communism-human-rights-nemcova-havel/b9dcada2-d85b-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

Wall Street Journal Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Sarepta Therapeutics and more featured in the latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-care-roundup-market-talk-185a69eb

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DeSantis goes after Fed digital currency — which doesn’t exist yet

Washington Post The Florida governor is just the latest politician to go after the central bank. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/11/desantis-fed-digital-currency/

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