President-elect Donald Trump has named longtime ally Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel, who has been a frequent and harsh critic of the FBI, to serve as the bureau’s next director in the new administration. Patel, 44, is an attorney with experience in national security, intelligence and counterterrorism and helped uncover the bureau’s…
President-elect Trump has nominated Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner, to serve in his new administration as the U.S. ambassador to France. ‘I am pleased to nominate Charles Kushner, of New Jersey, to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to France,’ Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Saturday.…
A group of former United Nations officials fed up with its inefficiency launched ‘DOGE-UN,’ an investigative effort that will highlight waste by the world body. The effort, similar to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), will culminate in a report online ahead of the 2026 secretary-general…
President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and the billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk were among just some of the well-known political figures who were ordered to court in 2024. The year saw a flurry of election-related lawsuits play out in swing states across the country, the winding…
A prominent Chinese journalist was sentenced in a Beijing court to seven years in prison for espionage, according to his family. Dong Yuyu, a commentator and editor, was detained by police in February 2022 while he was meeting a Japanese diplomat at a restaurant, according to The Associated Press, and…
President-elect Donald Trump chose Saturday night to announce that his long-time aide Kash Patel is his choice to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for anyone interested in a good fumigation of the bureau, this is a cause for real optimism. Before we get to…
In this interview with Linius Technologies (ASX:LNU) CEO James Brennan, he outlined his company’s plans to broaden its reach beyond the sports broadcasting segment. “Our SaaS platform turns that video into data, letting us break it apart, find anything that we want across that video and put it back together…
Energy Technologies (ASX:EGY)CEO Nick Cousins shared that the company is refocusing its business strategy, focusing on the burgeoning renewable energy sector in Australia. Watch the full interview with Nick Cousins, CEO of Energy Technologies. The information contained here is for information purposes only and is not to be construed as…
Syrian armed rebels claim to have entered Aleppo, the first time rebels have entered the country’s second largest city since government forces recaptured the city in 2016. Rebel forces launched a surprise attack this week, capturing a number of villages and reigniting conflict that had been largely static for years.…
Georgia has been rocked by protests after its increasingly autocratic government said it would halt the former Soviet country’s bid to join the European Union. The ruling Georgian Dream party, which claimed victory in last month’s election that observers said was fraudulent, announced on Thursday that it would suspend accession…