According to a financial filing, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has unloaded some 3.3 million shares of his company. This sale is valued at around $736.7 million. Why It Matters According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Bezos, who stepped down as Amazon’s CEO in 2021 but is still the company’s chairman, is the third richest person…
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, spoke to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for the first time in three years on Tuesday in an attempt to de-escalate the Iran crisis, as Tehran confirmed it was ending all cooperation with the UN nuclear inspectorate, including banning its inspectors from visiting any of its nuclear sites. Macron had…
The X logo appears on a phone, and the xAI logo is displayed on a laptop in Krakow, Poland, on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk‘s social media platform X was hit with an outage on Wednesday, leaving some users unable to load…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks with reporters as he returns to his office after going to the House Rules Committee as it holds a hearing to consider the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on July 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. House Republicans began their work on the legislation…
Melinda French Gates has spoken candidly about her choice to file for divorce from Bill Gates after twenty-seven years of marriage, stating that her decision ultimately stemmed from a personal place. Melinda French Gates revealed her decision to divorce Bill Gates stemmed from personal revelations about the marriage. REUTERS/Kamil Zihnioglu/Pool/File Photo (REUTERS) “When that voice…
In China, the world is witnessing the possible return of a far more technocratic elite that favors scaling back direct confrontation with the West. The rumor mill is spinning in overdrive yet again. This time, the wind blows hard from the Far East, where unconfirmed reports indicate that Xi Jinping, the man who has ruled…
Russia will allow foreigners to invest in the country through new “In” accounts that offer withdrawal guarantees, according to an official order signed by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. The move is part of efforts to attract foreign capital to the Russian stock market, which has seen sharp declines in Western participation since sanctions were imposed…
The Republican-led House seeks to pass the bill for Donald Trump’s agenda before the end of the week. The Pentagon pauses a shipment of weapons to Ukraine. And jurors reach a verdict in four of the five counts against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Here’s what to know today. House Speaker Mike Johnson races to pass Trump’s…
Reading Time: 4 minutes QUITO—As global tensions sharpen and economic lifelines become scarce, Ecuador is turning once again to a significant—and controversial—partner: China. Last week, and marking the first international trip of his new term, President Daniel Noboa visited the Asian country seeking fresh capital, infrastructure deals, and strategic partnerships to anchor a fragile economy…
Of late, there have been speculative reports and analyst opinion articles about ‘changes’ in the power circles of China, several of which implied that President Xi Jinping, the ‘Chairman of everything’, may be on his way out. While we have seen this movie before, produced by Western intelligence agencies and planted in media, this time…