Month: January,2025

Experts say first week of ‘Trump effect’ is derailing global climate movement’s ‘house of cards’

Experts say first week of ‘Trump effect’ is derailing global climate movement’s ‘house of cards’


January 25, 2025
The global climate movement is already feeling the sting of the ‘Trump effect’ after green energy policies were a target of President Donald Trump’s first executive orders, according to energy experts who reacted to the president’s first week in office. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States Monday, signing numerous […]
Senate forces rare weekend vote to push through Kristi Noem as Homeland Security chief

Senate forces rare weekend vote to push through Kristi Noem as Homeland Security chief


January 25, 2025
The Senate will hold votes over the weekend to accelerate the confirmation of one of President Donald Trump’s key Cabinet nominees. Lawmakers will meet for a rare Saturday session to hold a vote on whether to confirm South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, to the top Cabinet […]
REP. JAMES COMER: Biden family pardons a confession to selling out America

REP. JAMES COMER: Biden family pardons a confession to selling out America


January 25, 2025
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Before he left office, President Joe Biden followed his unprecedented pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, by issuing additional preemptive pardons to family members, dating back to his time as vice president. I believe these preemptive pardons serve as a confession that the Biden family sold out […]
DAVID MARCUS: GOP trio missed the whole point of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

DAVID MARCUS: GOP trio missed the whole point of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth


January 25, 2025
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pete Hegseth squeaked through his Senate confirmation on Friday and became America’s new secretary of defense, but he needn’t thank Republican senators Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins. For all three long-time establishment and anti-Trump senators, the main objection to Hegseth stepping into the top Pentagon […]
Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas due to their negative impact on agriculture

Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas due to their negative impact on agriculture


January 24, 2025
Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas, with supporters urging humane methods to bring down the animal’s population, which is wreaking havoc on the island’s agricultural sector. Around 200,000 of the reptiles are believed to be in the island’s southern and central areas, which are heavily dependent on farming, according Chiu Kuo-hao of […]
UK teenager jailed for minimum of 52 years for Southport girls’ murders

UK teenager jailed for minimum of 52 years for Southport girls’ murders


January 24, 2025
A British teenager who murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an atrocity prosecutors said was so violent it appeared he had tried to decapitate one of the victims. On Monday, Axel Rudakubana, 18, admitted carrying out the killings last July in […]
Palestinian journalist reunited with child after harrowing months in Israeli jail

Palestinian journalist reunited with child after harrowing months in Israeli jail


January 24, 2025
The female Palestinian inmates were made to kneel in a line on a cold evening last Sunday on the grounds of Israel’s Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank. “This is not a victory for you. We have destroyed and killed in Gaza, in Yemen, in Syria, in Iran. We killed (your) leadership,” one, Rula […]
Amanda Knox slander conviction upheld by Italy’s high court

Amanda Knox slander conviction upheld by Italy’s high court


January 24, 2025
Italy’s high court has upheld the remaining conviction against American Amanda Knox, who was jailed and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox was convicted of slandering her former boss Patrick Lumumba by falsely accusing him of Kercher’s murder. Knox, 20 at the time, signed two statements prepared by […]
‘Bomb’ cyclone Storm Éowyn approaches Ireland and parts of UK as schools and public transport shut

‘Bomb’ cyclone Storm Éowyn approaches Ireland and parts of UK as schools and public transport shut


January 24, 2025
The United Kingdom and Ireland are bracing for what could be one of the most severe storms seen in years, with authorities shutting schools and warning residents to stay in. Storm Éowyn, an extratropical “bomb” cyclone that has formed in the North Atlantic and intensified rapidly, is expected to bring gusty winds, heavy rain and […]
Trump 2.0 is going well for China so far. But can the honeymoon last?

Trump 2.0 is going well for China so far. But can the honeymoon last?


January 24, 2025
Donald Trump’s second term in office is getting off to a good start for China. The new US president has so far refrained from acting on his threat to slap hefty tariffs on China, told business and political leaders at an economic forum in Davos that the two countries could have a “very good relationship” […]
Death sentence for Chinese knife attacker who stabbed Japanese mother, child

Death sentence for Chinese knife attacker who stabbed Japanese mother, child


January 24, 2025
A Chinese man who carried out a knife attack in eastern China last June that wounded a Japanese woman and her child and killed a bus attendant trying to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to a Japanese official. A court in the Chinese city of Suzhou ruled that the 52-year-old unemployed man, […]
Israel seeks to remain in Lebanon past Sunday withdrawal deadline

Israel seeks to remain in Lebanon past Sunday withdrawal deadline


January 24, 2025
The Israeli government is seeking to keep military positions in southern Lebanon past a Sunday withdrawal deadline, set in a November ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, the country’s ambassador to the US said on Thursday. The Israeli military invaded southern Lebanon on October 1 – the culmination of a yearlong, low-level war with Hezbollah, […]
US security contractor will take charge of key checkpoint in Gaza as Israeli forces withdraw

US security contractor will take charge of key checkpoint in Gaza as Israeli forces withdraw


January 24, 2025
Armed personnel from an American security contractor will man the checkpoint and will be responsible for inspecting vehicles entering northern Gaza. Palestinians returning to northern Gaza on foot will not be inspected, according to the terms of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Israeli forces are set to complete their withdrawal from the Netzarim […]
Severe storm lashes parts of UK and Ireland, causing travel chaos

Severe storm lashes parts of UK and Ireland, causing travel chaos


January 24, 2025
A rare “stay at home” warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel chaos. Storm Éowyn, an extratropical “bomb” cyclone that has formed in the North Atlantic and intensified rapidly, has hit rail services, delayed […]
Energy Picks Up and Consumer Discretionary Continues to Lead

Energy Picks Up and Consumer Discretionary Continues to Lead


January 24, 2025
I have been traveling in the US since 1/15 and attended the CMTA Mid-Winter retreat in Tampa, FL 1/16-1/17 and then moved to Redmond, WA to work from the StockCharts.com office this week. Unfortunately, the 40-degree (F) temp drop between Tampa and Seattle left me with a cold and a sore throat so I am […]