Former President Donald Trump amplified posts on social media calling for a televised military tribunal for former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and the jailing of top elected officials, including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. “ELIZABETH LYNNE CHENEY IS GUILTY OF TREASON,” one post created by another user that Trump amplified on his […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s BYD posted a 21% rise in second-quarter electric vehicle sales, closing the gap with Tesla after handing back the world’s top EV vendor title to the U.S. rival in the first quarter. BYD sold 426,039 EVs in the April-June quarter, according to Reuters’ calculations based on its monthly sales reports. That’s […]
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new Cabinet on Monday, confirming the handover of 12 ministerial posts to opposition parties in a televised speech. The largest opposition party, the economically liberal Democratic Alliance (DA), will take on six positions with DA party leader, John Steenhuisen, named to head the Ministry of Agriculture, Ramaphosa said. […]
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A man accused of raping and killing a Charlotte woman has already posted bond on Friday, according to Mecklenburg County court records. Raphael Omar Wright, 22, has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree forcible rape in connection to the death of 27-year-old Michelle Lynn Schechter. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, […]
Chewy (CHWY) stock rose as much as 30% on Thursday after the X account linked to investor Keith Gill, also known as “Roaring Kitty,” posted a picture of a dog. The stock quickly retreated, though, and closed the day just below the flat line. Posts on Gill’s account have been driving up shares of GameStop […]
Chewy (CHWY) stock rose as much as 30% on Thursday after the X account linked to investor Keith Gill, also known as “Roaring Kitty,” posted a picture of a dog. Posts on Gill’s account have been driving up shares of GameStop (GME) over the past month. While that meme trade had largely gone quiet over […]
The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration on Wednesday in a debate over whether it was a violation of the First Amendment for the federal government to police what they consider to be misinformation on social media, on topics including the 2020 election results and COVID-19 vaccines. The 6-3 vote reversed the Fifth Circuit […]
After a dispute lasting more than five years, Spain’s ruling Socialists (PSOE) and the largest opposition party, the conservative People’s Party (PP), have reached an agreement, mediated by the EU, on the replacement of key judicial posts. Spain’s Socialist Justice Minister Félix Bolaños and conservative member of the European Parliament (MEP) Esteban González Pons reached […]
(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s two biggest political parties are nearing agreement on the number of ministers each party would have in their efforts to form a broad coalition government with other smaller parties, people familiar with the matter said. Most Read from Bloomberg The African National Congress, which lost its majority for the first time […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is being charged with the commission of the act of terrorism after police say he made threatening posts on social media that made Memphians fear for their safety. On June 21, a post was made on Facebook from a man going by the name “Huncho Cinco” saying that he was […]
Robert Winnett, the Daily Telegraph editor that Washington Post Publisher and CEO William Lewis recruited to edit “core news” at the paper, resigned last week as the tide of exposés about his and Lewis’ shady conduct at British newspapers continued to surge. “It is with regret that I share with you that Robert Winnett has […]
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu was in South Africa in June 2024 for the second full-term swearing-in ceremony of Cyril Ramaphosa. Social media posts sharing videos from the event claimed Ramaphosa ignored Tinubu as he was greeting other dignitaries — a mark, they argued, of Nigeria’s waning reputation. But the claim is false: longer footage shows […]