2:00PM Water Cooler 4/15/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I am finishing up another in my series of posts on Covid and the economy. I should have gotten an earlier start. But…
Donald Trump, the Defendant
He scoffed. He slumped. He seemed to sleep. And all the while, he was, for all intents and purposes, stuck. As the first criminal trial of former President Donald Trump…
NASA Seeks ‘Hail Mary’ for Its Mars Rocks Return Mission
The cost of a proposed NASA mission to gather rocks on Mars and return them to Earth is spiraling upward and slipping further into the future. So on Monday, space…
A Beloved Copenhagen Cafe Gets Serious About Dinner
When the Danish chef Frederik Bille Brahe took over Apollo Bar & Kantine in 2017, it was an unassuming museum cafe where a person might grab a quick sandwich after…
Trump, Trailing Biden in Cash, Relies on Big Donors to Try to Catch Up
Former President Donald J. Trump leaned heavily on major Republican donors in March as his campaign and the Republican Party sought to close the financial gap separating him from President…
Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal
Microsoft on Tuesday said it would make a $1.5 billion investment in G42, an artificial intelligence giant in the United Arab Emirates, in a deal largely orchestrated by the Biden…
Johnson Says House Will Vote on Stalled Aid to Israel and Ukraine
Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday said he planned this week to advance a long-stalled national security spending package to aid Israel, Ukraine and other American allies, along with a separate…
In Australia, ‘Cats Are Just Catastrophic’
Katherine Moseby wanted to be clear: She does not hate cats. “They’re a wily beast,” she said, as her truck rumbled down a desert road. “But I respect them. They’re…
China’s Economy, Propelled by Its Factories, Grew More Than Expected
The Chinese economy grew more than expected in the first three months of the year, new data shows, as China built more factories and exported huge amounts of goods to…
Endangered California condor chicks hatched in LA
Endangered California condors are part of a recovery programme that aims to release them into the wild. Zoos in the state work closely with the US Fish and Wildlife Service…