Tech Leaders Returning to Silicon Valley
Many technology company founders and investors who left the Silicon Valley area at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have begun to return to San Francisco, where funding remains high for tech companies. Keith Rabois, a venture capitalist who has invested in Airbnb and DoorDash, told the The Wall Street Journal that he moved from […]
Yemen’s Houthis Keep Up Attacks on Ships in Mideast Amid Weak Biden Terrorist Designation
A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden has forced the crew to abandon the ship, authorities said Monday. Another ship reportedly came under attack as well in the Gulf of Aden. The Iran-backed Houthis […]
Archbishop Sergio Pagano, Keeper of Vatican Archive’s Secrets, Is Retiring
The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that secret: It has opened up the files of controversial World War II-era Pope Pius XII to scholars and changed the official name to remove the word “Secret” from its title. But a certain aura of myth […]
Ukraine Showing It Doesn’t Have Artillery to Fight Russia
Dwindling ammunition threatens Ukraine’s hold on the 620-mile front line under withering assault by Russian artillery. Defensive lines are in jeopardy. Ukrainian forces withdrew from the city of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region on Saturday after daily Russian onslaughts from three directions for the last four months. Avdiivka was a stronghold for Ukrainian positions deeper […]
Navalny’s Widow Yulia Will Continue His Work, Fight for ‘Free Russia’
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said in a video message Monday she would continue the work of her husband and fight for a free Russia. “I want to live in a free Russia, I want to build a free Russia,” Navalnaya said in a video message entitled “I will continue the […]
Lily Gladstone: Chiefs’ Name, Tomahawk Chop Insensitive
Native American actress Lily Gladstone, known for her role in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” has voiced her opposition to the Kansas City Chiefs’ team name as well as its fans’ use of the tomahawk chop, which she finds culturally insensitive, New York Daily News reported. “Every time,” Gladstone says of hearing the tomahawk chop, […]
Patti Davis Backs Cognitive Tests For Presidential Candidates
The United States “probably” should have cognitive tests for presidential candidates, Patti Davis told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Davis, who is the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan, said “it would probably be a good idea” due to “what we know about what age can do.” “It doesn’t always do that, but it would probably be […]
Report: Biden Admin Wavers on EV Switch by 2030
The Biden administration is revising its strategy, demanding automakers manufacture mostly electric vehicles (EVs) after 2030 instead of before, The New York Times reported. “Pace matters,” said John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents 42 car companies that produce 97% of the new vehicles sold in the United States. “Give the […]
Cori Bush Faces Tough Primary Over Israel Stance
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., a member of the “Squad,” is facing a tough primary challenge over her anti-Israel stance. A poll released recently shows Bush trailing by significant numbers behind prosecutor Wesley Bell in the primary for the state’s 1st Congressional District. Recent financial statements show her being outraised by Bell as well. According to The […]
Grenell: Wait for US Elections to Pick NATO Head
Selecting the next secretary-general of NATO should be delayed until after the U.S. presidential election, Ric Grenell, former U.S. ambassador to Germany, told “The Morgan Ortagus Show” Sunday. “We cannot have a secretary-general picked this summer when the EU elections and the American elections are literally around the corner,” Grenell said. Elections to the European Parliament will be held in EU […]