Month: October,2024

Tim Walz and AOC play Madden on Twitch in attempt to appeal to young male voters

Tim Walz and AOC play Madden on Twitch in attempt to appeal to young male voters


October 28, 2024
In an effort to secure more support from male voters before Election Day, vice-presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., played Madden NFL together on the live-streaming platform Twitch on Sunday. ‘Sundays are for football! Game on, AOC,’ Walz wrote in a post on X. The pair jumped on the streaming service […]
Walz repeats Clinton attack that Trump Madison Square Garden event mirrored 1930s Nazi rally

Walz repeats Clinton attack that Trump Madison Square Garden event mirrored 1930s Nazi rally


October 28, 2024
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz repeated Hillary Clinton’s attack that former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City mirrored a 1930s Nazi event.  Walz compared Trump’s rally on Sunday night to a 1939 ‘pro-America’ rally held by German dictator Adolf Hitler at Madison Square Garden 85 years […]
Georgia’s pro-Western president condemns ‘troubling incidents of violence’ at polling stations with crucial vote underway

Georgia’s pro-Western president condemns ‘troubling incidents of violence’ at polling stations with crucial vote underway


October 27, 2024
Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili has condemned “deeply troubling incidents of violence unfolding at various polling stations” as the country votes in a crucial parliamentary election. Voting opened early Saturday in the election, seen as a stark choice between Russia and the West. The ruling Georgian Dream party, which has in recent years taken a sharp […]
Commonwealth leaders say ‘time has come’ for discussion on UK slavery reparations

Commonwealth leaders say ‘time has come’ for discussion on UK slavery reparations


October 27, 2024
Commonwealth leaders, ending a week-long summit in Samoa, said on Saturday the time had come for a discussion on whether Britain should commit to reparations for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. Slavery and the threat of climate change were major themes for representatives of the 56 countries in the group, most with roots in Britain’s empire, at the Commonwealth Heads of […]
Georgia’s ties with the West face an uncertain future as all sides claim election victory

Georgia’s ties with the West face an uncertain future as all sides claim election victory


October 27, 2024
Georgia’s most powerful man claimed victory in an election on Saturday but the opposition called on the ruling party to admit defeat, setting the stage for a confrontation over the future of the South Caucasus country. Georgian Dream’s billionaire founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, the opposition, and foreign diplomats had cast the election as a watershed moment […]
At least 126 dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides in Philippines

At least 126 dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides in Philippines


October 27, 2024
The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130 and the president said Saturday that many areas remained isolated with people in need of rescue. Trami blew away from the northwestern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 85 people dead and 41 others […]
Bus crash in central Mexico kills 19 people

Bus crash in central Mexico kills 19 people


October 27, 2024
Nineteen people died and six others were injured when a bus crashed on a highway in Mexico’s central state of Zacatecas on Saturday, local authorities said. The accident occurred in the early morning hours when the bus carrying the victims collided with the back of a tractor-trailer carrying corn, which had come loose. Zacatecas Governor David […]
Japan’s new PM faces major test with an election just weeks after taking office

Japan’s new PM faces major test with an election just weeks after taking office


October 27, 2024
Polls opened Sunday in Japan’s general election, in a test for new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as he seeks voter support for his scandal-hit party just weeks after taking the role. Ishiba, the former defense minister, called a snap election immediately after winning the leadership contest of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a conservative political […]
Criminals are looting millions from ATMs in Europe. Here’s why Germany is a prime target

Criminals are looting millions from ATMs in Europe. Here’s why Germany is a prime target


October 27, 2024
In the early hours of Thursday, March 23, 2023, residents in the German town of Kronberg were woken from their sleep by several explosions. Criminals had blown up an ATM located below a block of flats in the town center. The attack caused severe damage to the building and forced the evacuation of its inhabitants. […]
Week Ahead: NIFTY Violates Key Support Levels; Drags Resistance Lower

Week Ahead: NIFTY Violates Key Support Levels; Drags Resistance Lower


October 27, 2024
The over-deviated markets continued to extend their losses for the fourth week in a row. The Nifty remained largely under sustained selling pressure over the past five days, barring a few feeble attempts to stage a technical rebound. The markets extended their downsides while giving up key supports on the daily charts. The trading range […]
Two Indicators to Improve Your Edge

Two Indicators to Improve Your Edge


October 27, 2024
There are no magic bullets, but we can improve our trading edge by starting our selection process with two proven concepts: trend and momentum. These are perhaps the two most powerful forces in the market. The idea is relatively simple: stay on the right side of the trend and focus on the leaders. This is […]
JONATHAN TURLEY: Why I’m congratulating the Washington Post

JONATHAN TURLEY: Why I’m congratulating the Washington Post


October 27, 2024
As someone who used to write regularly for the newspaper, it has been a long time since I have had an occasion to say this but . . . Bravo, Washington Post. This week, the Post announced that not only would it not endorse a candidate this year, but it would not do so in […]
Trump isn’t the first president menaced by Derangement Syndrome

Trump isn’t the first president menaced by Derangement Syndrome


October 27, 2024
A Republican presidential candidate endangering democracy, threatening the Constitution and such a menace to America he could foment a civil war?  Yes, this is what Fire-Eater Southern Democrats said about former Congressman Abraham Lincoln during the 1860 presidential campaign. And their irrational fear of him winning the White House made all their dire predictions come […]
DAVID MARCUS: In Scranton, even Kamala’s paid union supporters see writing on the wall

DAVID MARCUS: In Scranton, even Kamala’s paid union supporters see writing on the wall


October 27, 2024
SCRANTON, Pa. – Joel was down from Boston with a few of his heavily accented friends and fellow members of the National Association of Government Employees sent by the Kamala Harris campaign to shore up support in Pennsylvania. Even they know, things are not going well for her. ‘I don’t know why she can’t answer […]
Trump blasts Harris at Michigan rally for ‘partying’ while a ‘war’ is ‘going on’: ‘Nobody’s in charge’

Trump blasts Harris at Michigan rally for ‘partying’ while a ‘war’ is ‘going on’: ‘Nobody’s in charge’


October 27, 2024
Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Michigan on Friday night where he slammed Vice President Kamala Harris for ‘partying’ while tension in the Middle East boiled over. Trump spoke in Traverse City, as Israeli fighter jets were bombarding Iranian military targets and Harris was at a rally in Houston with Beyonce. ‘You know […]