Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom called a general election, while Nvidia delivered its earnings and saw its shares soar to record highs. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/23/cnbc-daily-open-nvidia-shares-top-1000-on-ai-boom.html
Around 80% of the world’s gum arabic is harvested from Sudan’s acacia trees, and the widely used ingredient has become a key funding source for both sides in the country’s civil war. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-soda-chocolate-and-chewinggumare-funding-war-insudan-535a7686
China’s military has started two days of ‘punishment’ drills around Taiwan, just days after new Taiwan President Lai Ching-te took office. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/23/china-launches-military-drills-around-taiwan-following-inauguration-.html
In a continued effort to contain New York City’s rat problem, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday the inaugural National Urban Rat Summit. The summit, which will take place on Sept. 18 and 19, will gather the best in the rat business from Boston, New Orleans and Seattle to mitigate the spiraling rodent problem in the…
A class action against Rio Tinto has been filed in a Papua New Guinea court in relation to a long-shuttered copper mine that it offloaded in 2016. https://www.wsj.com/articles/rio-tinto-faces-class-action-over-bougainville-mine-impact-2913dfa6
Missouri prosecutors said Wednesday that they intend to seek the death penalty against a Kansas City-area man who is charged with murder in the killings of a court employee who tried to serve an eviction notice on him and a police officer who responded. Larry Acree, 70, of Independence, is accused of shooting court employee…
Former Republican presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has purchased a minority stake in BuzzFeed, the digital publishing company that shut down its media outlet last year. Shares of the company skyrocketed higher Wednesday. VIVEK RAMASWAMY TO JOIN TRUMP IN MANHATTAN COURT ON TUESDAY Ramaswamy acquired a 7.7% stake in BuzzFeed, according to a…
FIRST ON FOX: Newly released messages from the House Ways and Means Committee appear to show Hunter Biden proposing a meeting in New York City between the boss of a Chinese energy company and Joe Biden, the former vice president at the time, along with Joe’s brother, Jim Biden. “Can you meet this evening early,”…
Former bankruptcy judge David R. Jones asked Texas law firm Jackson Walker to make a false disclosure about his romantic relationship with one of its lawyers while he was on the bench, the law firm alleged in a court filing. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bankruptcy-judge-jones-asked-jackson-walker-to-make-false-statement-law-firm-alleges-b97c036e
During Wednesday’s White House briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the border crisis, defending President Biden’s approach and giving a shocking reason as to why he has not taken action. Jean-Pierre opened the briefing by saying it was up to Republicans to do something to solve the problem or continue to use it…