By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Thursday after an oil tanker was boarded by an armed group in Oman, raising the prospect of escalating conflict in the Middle East. Brent crude futures gained $1.03, or 1.3%, to $77.83 a barrel by 0…
S. Korea top court upholds wartime labor ruling against Japan firm
South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld lower court decisions ordering that Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp. pay damages to South Koreans over wartime labor. The ruling comes after the top court last month ordered the company and two other Japanese fi…
OpenAI Reportedly Negotiating Content Licensing With CNN, Fox, Time Amid New York Times Lawsuit
OpenAI, the company behind the AI chatbot ChatGPT, has been reportedly negotiating with CNN, Fox Corp., and Time regarding the licensing of their content. These discussions come amid allegations of copyright infringement raised against the startup. Wha…
Russian missiles hit hotel in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, 11 injured -regional governor
(Reuters) -Two Russian missiles struck a hotel late on Wednesday in the centre of Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, injuring 11 people, one person seriously, the regional governor said. Pictures posted online showed many of the windows blown out …
George Santos begs for a ‘second chance’ but can’t explain his past lies
Banished from a blip in Congress and relegated to pay-to-say Cameo gimmicks and Twitter subscription-based tea-spilling — George Santos is asking for one more chance. “Don’t count me out. You know, I’ve given many people a second chance. And I’m asking…
AOC trashes Republican lawmaker over Hunter Biden ‘white privilege’ dig
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wednesday trashed a white Republican colleague for saying Hunter Biden is the “epitome of white privilege” after the presidential son crashed a congressional hearing. The firebrand progressive lawmaker denounced Rep. Nancy…
Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis to clash in final Republican debate before Iowa caucuses
Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis were set Wednesday night to clash one-on-one in a final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses in which they hope to derail former President Donald Trump’s seemingly unshakable grip on the nomination. With each of them …
WATCH: FULL VIDEO OF CHRIST CHRISTIE WITHDRAWING FROM 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE, CRITICIZING REPUBLICAN PARTY
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew from the 2024 race for the Republican Presidential Nomination today. Christie was the sole voice directly taking on former President Donald Trump, Trump’s past and Trump’s future threat to democracy. H…
Billionaire Investor Howard Marks Says US Hasn’t Had A Free Market In Decades Due Federal Reserve’s ‘Activist’ Approach, Warning That ‘Easy Money Corrupts’
Renowned investor Howard Marks, who co-founded Oaktree Capital, has raised concerns that a return to the low-interest rate environment, which was seen between the Great Financial Crisis and the outbreak of the pandemic, could foster detrimental investm…
UN Security Council demands end to Houthis Red Sea attacks
The UN Security Council on Wednesday demanded Yemen’s Houthis immediately end attacks on ships in the Red Sea and cautioned against escalating tensions while implicitly endorsing a US-led task force that has been defending vessels. The demand came in a…