Category: Nations
Your Uber Driver ‘Dave K’ Is Arriving Soon. He Might Be the CEO.
Wall Street Journal Dara Khosrowshahi, using an alias, and other Uber executives started shuttling passengers around to experience driving for the app firsthand. https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-uber-driver-dave-k-is-arriving-soon-he-might-be-the-ceo-ee77f9fd
Read More‘Apertures’ by Rajna Swaminathan Review: Sounds of Many Societies
Wall Street Journal The composer and percussionist, who plays a two-headed drum called the mrudangam, draws on jazz and the music of South Asian and African diasporas on an adventurous new album. https://www.wsj.com/articles/apertures-by-rajna-swaminathan-review-sounds-of-many-societies-6604b6bf
Read MoreRepublicans urge investigation into Biden’s ‘mismanagement’ of emergency oil stocks
Fox News Republican leaders on Senate and House committees with oversight of federal energy policies are requesting a watchdog investigation into the Biden administration’s depletion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The lawmakers – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member John Barrasso,…
Read MoreNorth Dakota bill letting teachers ignore pronouns becomes law
Fox News North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a bill into law that allows public school teachers and state government employees to ignore the pronouns their transgender students and colleagues use, the governor’s office announced Monday. The new law also requires teachers to tell a parent or legal guardian if the student identifies…
Read MoreRussia manipulates Holocaust history for policy – opinion
Jerusalem Post Current Russian authorities treat the Holocaust more as an instrument of policy, rather than as a historical phenomenon worthy of study and memorialization in its own right. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-742440
Read MoreChinese investment in Europe hit 10-year low in 2022, down 22 per cent from year before: study
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Beijing’s zero-Covid policy coupled with geopolitical factors like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine weighed on the flow of capital, which fell to US$8.7 billion. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3219854/chinese-investment-europe-hit-10-year-low-2022-down-22-year-study?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina’s supercharged new-energy sector is propping up exports, but will it last?
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Shipments of EVs, lithium-ion and solar batteries surged during the first quarter, and analysts say it will not be easy to dethrone China as the dominant market player despite an intensifying deglobalisation of new-energy…
Read MoreNew York Times to Get Around $100 Million From Google Over Three Years
Wall Street Journal The Times had previously announced the deal, without disclosing financial terms, saying it covered distribution, subscriptions, marketing and ad products. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-times-to-get-around-100-million-from-google-over-three-years-f2dd15e1
Read MoreFlorida’s Ron DeSantis signs bills limiting Chinese land ownership, TikTok at schools
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Citing a threat from China, the governor moved to curb real estate purchases by Chinese nationals and ban Chinese apps from school and government servers. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3219861/floridas-ron-desantis-signs-bills-limiting-chinese-land-ownership-tiktok-schools?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreNew Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings — Week Ending May 7, 2023
Wall Street Journal A list of some new chapter 11 bankruptcy filings made during the last week. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-chapter-11-bankruptcy-filings-week-ending-may-7-2023-d0460a09
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