President Trump addresses supporters at Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin: AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump admitted his decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was made largely for Evangelical Christians, a community staunchly supportive of his presidency. Speaking at a campaign rally in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on Monday, the president also […]
A Uighur fashion model who filmed himself handcuffed to a bed in an epidemic prevention centre in Xinjiang was lawfully detained, Chinese officials have said. Merdan Ghappar sent video of himself, and a series of accompanying text messages, to his family in February. They were passed to the BBC and published earlier this month. The […]
A house for sale in Pittsburgh Associated Press Intercontinental Exchange Inc., the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, borrowed $6.5 billion on Monday in the corporate bond market to help expand its footprint in the U.S. mortgage industry. That’s more than half the $11 billion that ICE ICE, +1.52%, a global exchange, clearinghouse and […]
What can the U.S. do differently? Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, delivered some blunt messages to the public during an online video interview with actor Matthew McConaughey. There are three key reasons why many island nations and Asian countries, such as New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea, […]
Forget the balloon-drops, backslapping and cheering crowds: This year’s Democratic National Convention, beginning Monday, will be an almost entirely virtual event, as the party faithful gather around computer screens and TVs to celebrate Joe Biden as their presidential nominee. Originally scheduled as an in-person event in Milwaukee, the convention has instead changed to something resembling […]
A high drama is playing out in a small corner of the financial markets right now, in perhaps the last place any ordinary investor — or Hollywood producer — might think to look. While many of the details are knee-high in financial markets jargon, from short covering to triple leveraged exchange-traded notes, some observers think […]
Dear Moneyist, A friend of mine is getting married next month with a handful of guests, mainly family and close friends. The wedding itself was put off because of the coronavirus pandemic. Do I send a gift? They are having a large party next year. I was only invited to that. If I do send […]
Regardless of what happens at the party’s convention this week, Howard Dean said he has no doubt that Democrats will vote in high numbers this fall during the presidential election. “Our task is not that hard. We just have to be decent,” said Dean, the former Vermont governor who nearly won the 2004 Democratic nomination […]
CBC With new true crime docuseries debuting on a weekly basis, the differentiating factor between them is often less the freshness of their filmmaking than the quality of their mystery. In that regard, The Suspect proves a worthy addition to the ever-burgeoning subgenre, delivering a baffling Canadian whodunit that, like so many legal thrillers, ultimately […]