After POLITICO reached out to Babiš and his ANO party for comment, his right-hand man, ANO Vice Chair Karel Havlíček, replied that “it’s nonsense” to say the party has moved toward the far right. Dita Charanzová told POLITICO that “it was clear from the developments in the Czech Republic that the ANO movement would push nationalistic…
Georgia’s opposition is disputing the results of Saturday’s parliamentary elections, which are being led by the ruling party and could determine the country’s chances of joining the European Union and NATO. Georgian Dream, led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, received about 54% of the votes, the election commission said after counting more than 99% of the…
This decision, announced by the chronically embattled Post chief executive officer Will Lewis, came after Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong killed that organization’s endorsement of Kamala Harris. The Post editorial board had also planned to endorse Harris before Bezos killed it. It would be easy to call this a dark week in American media,…
Less than two weeks before Election Day, The Washington Post said Friday it would not endorse a candidate for president in this year’s tightly contested race and would avoid doing so in the future — a decision immediately condemned by a former executive editor and one that the current publisher insisted was “consistent with the…
Washington Post staffers are growing restless over the left-leaning paper’s silence on endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president — with many suspecting that owner Jeff Bezos is behind the delay, according to a report. Some insiders speculate the billionaire Amazon founder, who has not spoken publicly about the 2024 election, does not want to…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on April 9, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are….
The parent companies of The Post and the Wall Street Journal have filed suit against the Jeff Bezos-backed artificial intelligence firm Perplexity AI for allegedly engaging in a “massive amount of illegal copying” of the publications’ copyrighted work. NYP Holdings Inc. and Dow Jones, both of which are subsidiaries of News Corp, jointly filed the…
On substance, the EU had little to offer Kyiv. With Hungary objecting, the bloc failed to unblock frozen Russian assets as loans for Ukraine. Zelenskyy also met with Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, another increasingly pro-Russia country like Hungary. His Brussels tour began in the European Council. Despite a worsening situation on the…
GroupM, WPP’s media investment arm, has appointed Milton Liao as client president for South China and head of GroupM’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) and outbound business. Liao will report directly to Rupert McPetrie, CEO of GroupM China, and his new role takes effect immediately. In addition to this new appointment, Liao will continue overseeing Wavemaker…
Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024. David A. Grogan Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway continued to increase its stake in SiriusXM, now owning 32% of the New York-based satellite radio company. The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate purchased roughly 3.6 million…