Colombian businessman Alex Saab is expected to make his initial court appearance at 1 p.m. ET before US Magistrate Judge John J. O’Sullivan of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, DOJ spokesperson Nicole Navas Oxman said in a statement Sunday. The US alleges Saab was behindContinue Reading
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with George Washington University’s Andrew Mines on what the suicide blast at a mosque in Afghanistan which killed dozens says about the Taliban’s ability to maintain security. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Dozens of people are dead in southern Afghanistan after suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque inContinue Reading
Elon Musk has entered rarified air in the world billionaire rankings. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO is not only currently the richest person in the world, but is now worth as much as fellow billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett combined. The 50-year-old’s net worth is $230 billion as ofContinue Reading
Netflix’s stock was in the red for 2021 as recently as August. Investors worried it may have lost its mojo as consumers flocked to newer streaming platforms like Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Peacock and HBO Max, which is owned by CNN parent WarnerMedia. But Netflix (NFLX), whichContinue Reading
A view of the densely populated Jalousie neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Sept. 28, 2021. A group of 17 U.S. missionaries was kidnapped by a gang in Haiti on Saturday, according to a voice message sent to various religious missions by an organization with direct knowledge of the incident. Rodrigo Abd/AP hideContinue Reading
In 2011, one share of Domino’s cost less than $30, enough to get you a few pies and a 2-liter bottle of Coke. The pizza chain was still in the midst of a major rebrand that saw it toss out its old recipe and admit to its customers that itContinue Reading
Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields will fight on the same card in December Savannah Marshall set up a unification fight with Claressa Shields with a powerful destruction of Lolita Muzeya in Newcastle to retain her WBO title. With Shields watching via zoom in America, Marshall walked through a Muzeya stormContinue Reading
Over the past decade the international community has sent more than $13 billion in aid to Haiti, but life for most in the country has only grown more perilous. Analysts say that support has propped up troubled institutions and prevented necessary reforms. While religious groups and international aid organizations provideContinue Reading
More than half of Bali’s economic revenue stems from tourism, employing hundreds of thousands of Balinese people in the industry. Many moved back to their home villages. And with more people returning to the villages, more trash piled up. With so many people out of work, they were also goingContinue Reading
A member of parliament from Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has died after being stabbed multiple times while he was meeting with local voters in his constituency. AILSA CHANG, HOST: In Britain, counterterrorism officers are investigating whether today’s stabbing death of a member of the British Parliament was an act ofContinue Reading