
By Casey Harper (The Center Square) Pro-Hamas demonstrations on college campuses have become increasingly intense, and even violent in recent days, pushing lawmakers to call for a change. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., sent a letter this week to the Columbia University Board of Trustees with an ultimatum: “take action against antisemitism or lose federal […]
One of the first black eyes for the Biden administration happened just months after he took office. The disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan left the U.S. discredited and scarred a generation of veterans. Perhaps the most notable event from three years ago was the explosion at Kabul airport. The attack took the lives of 13 U.S. […]
U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa acquitted three former Backpage executives of myriad counts against them last week—more evidence of how empty so much of the federal case against them is. Humetewa ruled that there was insufficient evidence to uphold 50 of the counts* against journalist and Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey, 10 of the counts against […]
Brazil posted a primary fiscal deficit of 1.5 billion reais ($293 million) in March, surprising analysts who forecast a surplus for the month and ramping up pressure on the government’s efforts to shore up public accounts.
Reinold Geiger, the billionaire owner of L’Occitane International SA, wants to take the skin-care company private in a move that could end its 14-year run on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
TotalEnergies SE has emerged as one of the contenders for the assets of AES Corp. in Brazil, competing against China Three Gorges Corp. and Sao Paulo-based Auren Energia SA, according to people familiar with the matter.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk summoned the head of the secret service and prosecutor general following a report that the previous management of the nation’s largest oil refiner had ignored warnings about a Swiss unit.
Barry’s Bootcamp, best known for its high-intensity workouts, has renewed efforts to sell itself.
A Group of Seven-imposed cap on the price of Russia oil is becoming increasingly unenforceable, an organization at the heart of the global insurance industry said, offering one of the most direct criticisms yet of measures that were meant to deprive the Kremlin of petrodollars.
Tether Holdings Ltd., the issuer of the biggest stablecoin, said it invested $200 million in Blackrock Neurotech, a maker of brain-computer interface technology.