People pass in front of big screen during the speech of US President Donald Trump on January 26, 2018 at the Davos Congress Centre (C), the venue of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in the town of Davos, eastern Switzerland. / AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)Miguel Medina | Afp | Getty ImagesBillionaire wealth surged in 2024, as the world’s richest people increasingly benefited from inheritance and powerful connections, according to Oxfam’s latest annual inequality report.The combined wealth of the world’s most wealthy rose from $13 trillion to $15 trillion in…
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The Philadelphia Eagles advanced to the conference championship game for the second time in the last three seasons after a snowy 28-22 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.Lincoln Financial Field was covered in snow in the second half of the tightly contested NFC divisional matchup, but Philadelphia’s usual strengths — its No. 1-ranked defense (by yards allowed) and its Saquon Barkley-led rushing attack — were the difference yet again. Especially after quarterback Jalen Hurts was hampered by a left knee injury sustained while absorbing a sack late in the third quarter.In addition to a pair of long touchdown…
In Salzburg, Austria last spring, I skipped around the fountain outside Mirabell Palace.Others did too.Some 60 years earlier, Maria and the von Trapp children danced around the palace’s Pegasus Fountain, singing “Do-Re-Mi,” one of most famous songs from “The Sound of Music.”The movie recounts the story of the von Trapp family, and the novice nun Maria who serves as governess of the seven children, and later (spoiler alert) marries their father only to have to flee the Nazi regime following the annexation of Austria.Salzburg’s plans to celebrate the beloved musicalThe film, starring Julie Andrews, was released in March 1965. To…
President Donald Trump’s official Presidential portrait in 2017.Library of CongressDonald Trump plans to sign more than 50 executive orders Monday — and possibly more than 100 — on the first day of his second presidency, according to a person in his transition operation.Trump, who is scheduled to take the oath of office inside the Capitol at noon, intends to sign several of the orders in front of a crowd at an event in Capital One Arena in Washington later in the afternoon. The inauguration-related events were moved to indoor locales because of inclement weather in the nation’s capital.The first wave of Trump’s…
The good news for Tom Brady the Television Analyst is that Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is now free to be hired by Tom Brady the Minority Owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.It also potentially eliminates, going forward, the glaring conflict of interest at play during Fox’s broadcast of the Washington Commanders’ upset win over the Lions in Saturday’s NFC divisional-round game.Let’s set the scene: After a season of slow-yet-steady development as Fox’s lead NFL game analyst and special “Brady rules” on air (and off the field) due to his dual role as part-owner of the Raiders, Brady took to…
After they win elections and move into the White House, plenty of presidents at some point eventually break a campaign promise. Donald J. Trump will not even wait that long. He will break an important campaign promise the moment he takes the oath of office.While stumping for a return to power in the fall, Mr. Trump repeatedly made a sensational if implausible pledge with profound geopolitical consequences: He would broker an end to the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. And not just in 24 hours — he would do so before being sworn in as president.“Before I even arrive…
TSMC Arizona’s first chip fab on November 7, 2024Katie TarasovU.S. President-elect Donald Trump has accused Taiwan of “stealing” his country’s chip industry. But Taiwan’s biggest chip company is confident the Trump administration will continue funding its projects in the U.S.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has been promised $6.6 billion under the Joe Biden administration’s CHIPS and Science ACT to help build three cutting-edge chip fabrication plants in Arizona as part of U.S. efforts to onshore chip manufacturing.Speaking to CNBC’s Emily Tan in an exclusive interview, TSMC Chief Financial Officer Wendell Huang said the funding was expected to continue to roll in…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Many years from now, when Arrowhead Stadium is no longer the home venue of the Chiefs, when coach Andy Reid is no longer on the sideline looking at his laminated play sheet, when defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo has stopped blitzing, when the trio of Hall of Fame players — quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce and pass rusher Chris Jones — already have their gold jackets, the people who call this city home will still reminisce about this era of January games, including Saturday’s.The Chiefs’ divisional-round game — this one against the Houston Texans —…
President Biden and his aides came into office with deep experience in trans-Atlantic affairs. But over four years, they focused too on the Pacific, where China strains to be the dominant player. Their main effort: building up alliances to counter China.President-elect Donald J. Trump has already signaled a different approach to China. He invited Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to his inauguration on Monday. The two spoke by phone on Friday, and Mr. Xi is sending China’s vice president, Han Zheng, to the ceremony, a break from China’s tradition of having its ambassador in Washington attend.The Biden administration’s final activities aimed…
A motorist clears snow off his vehicle parked along First Avenue as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West, plunging temperatures into the single digits and bringing along a light snow in its wake Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Denver. David Zalubowski | APOver 135 million people across 35 states will be under cold weather alerts over the next several days as the mid-Atlantic and Northeast ready for another round of rain and snow, driven by a low-pressure system developing off the coast of the Carolinas.This comes on the tail of another system that brought scattered rain and snow to…
