March 26, 2025
This country was the world’s ‘baby exporter.’ But its government violated human rights to meet demand, probe finds
South Korea’s government fabricated birth records, falsely reported children had been abandoned and failed to properly conduct safety checks of prospective parents during its postwar frenzy of sending babies overseas for adoption, a long-awaited investigation reported on Wednesday. Authorities say more than 200,000 South Korean children have been adopted overseas since the 1950s, when the […]
March 26, 2025
Russia may be ‘dragging feet’ on achieving peace in Ukraine, Trump tells Newsmax
US President Donald Trump told Newsmax he believes Russia wants to end its war with Ukraine, but that Moscow could be “dragging its feet.” “I think that Russia wants to see an end to it, but it could be they’re dragging their feet. I’ve done it over the years,” the president told the right-wing cable […]
March 26, 2025
SCRi Announces Seventh Consecutive Quarter of Revenue Growth Averaging 300% Year on Year
(TheNewswire) All figures are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. TORONTO, ON TheNewswire – March 26, 2025 Silver Crown Royalties Inc. ( Cboe: SCRI, OTCQX: SLCRF, BF: QS0 ) ( ‘Silver Crown’ ‘SCRi’ the ‘Corporation’ or the ‘Company’ ) is pleased to announce the release of its financial results for the year ended December […]
March 26, 2025
Silver Tiger Metals Inc. Announces Bought Deal Financing
Silver Tiger Metals Inc. (TSXV: SLVR) (OTCQX: SLVTF) (the ‘Company‘ or ‘Silver Tiger’) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with Stifel Canada and Desjardins Capital Markets, to act as co-lead underwriters (together, the ‘Co-Lead Underwriters’) and joint bookrunners (together with a syndicate of underwriters, the ‘Underwriters’) pursuant to which the Underwriters […]
March 26, 2025
Senate confirms Dr Marty Makary as Trump’s FDA chief
President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor Dr. Marty Makary, was confirmed in the Senate on Tuesday. His confirmation was cemented just hours after he cleared one last procedural test vote earlier in the evening. The Senate voted 56-44 to invoke cloture on the nomination […]
March 26, 2025
GOP senator says Dr Oz ignored his questions on transgender issues, abortion
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has lingering questions about President Donald Trump’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) nominee, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and his past stances on transgender treatments for minors and abortion, and he says the nominee hasn’t answered his inquiries. The Missouri Republican told Fox News Digital in an interview that he remains […]
March 26, 2025
Stock Market Momentum Slows Down: What This Means for Investors
The stronger-than-expected Services PMI reported on Monday injected optimism into the stock market. There was also some relief as news hit that the April 2 implementation of tariffs may be scaled back. On Tuesday, however, the market hit the brakes and stalled the upside momentum. Consumer confidence fell by 7.2 points in March, a sign […]
March 26, 2025
‘Eat now, pay later’? DoorDash-Klarna deal fuels concerns around loans for takeout
DoorDash and Klarna are joining forces to let users pay for meal deliveries with installment loans, calling it “essential to meeting our customers’ needs.” Not everyone sees it that way. The announcement has drawn a flurry of criticism on social media, less directed at the companies themselves than questioning what the need to use a […]
March 25, 2025
A comedian told a joke about a politician. Now he’s under police investigation
A prominent Indian comedian is standing by his right to make jokes after an angry mob attacked a comedy club where he had made an onstage jibe at a right-wing politician. Kunal Kamra, known for his quips about popular culture and politics, is under investigation for alleged defamation by police in the western state of […]
March 25, 2025
World’s longest-serving death row prisoner awarded $1.4 million after acquittal – that’s $85 for each day
A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, a court said on Tuesday – roughly $85 for each day he was wrongfully convicted. Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada, 89, was sentenced to death in 1968 for a quadruple […]
March 25, 2025
Trump Invokes Wartime Powers to Boost US Critical Minerals Production
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to accelerate domestic production of critical minerals, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign sources — particularly China. The order, signed on March 20, identifies mineral production as a national security imperative and authorizes the Department of Defense, in coordination with the […]
March 25, 2025
Funding the Energy Transition: The Role of Public and Private Finance in Building Supply Chains
The energy transition demands substantial funding as participants look to build out infrastructure and supply chains, but experts say new solutions are emerging to help navigate this landscape. During the ‘Financing the Energy Transition’ panel at the Benchmark Summit, participants discussed the role of government and public sector investment, as well as the outlook for […]